“When this man gets off the bus, I notice his head is completely bald under his blue woolen beanie… I don’t know how I know he’s been sick, it’s just something I feel I know,” says Lauren Elkin in her memoir written on the bus. Read this and other recs:
WBUR arts and culture fellow Lauren Williams recommends three books highlighting the importance of public transportation and the magic of it.
Public transportation is the heartbeat of cities. All across the world, millions of people rely on the consistency of public transit to get to and from work, to grocery stores, and to the homes of our loved ones. Trains and buses are a means of transportation, but they’re also a great equalizer. Similar to a public school, the pew-like seats of a subway are one of the few places where all walks of life come together. They keep our urban centers going.
In Boston, dysfunction on the MBTA has caused “agonizing delays, personal traumas, injuries and even deaths,”WBUR’s Jack Mitchell and Amy Gorel. Starting this Friday, Aug. 19, at 9 p.m., the Orange Line will shut down for a month, overlapping with an upcoming shutdown of the northern stretch of the Green Line for repairs. This is a precarious situation for people all across greater Boston.
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