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Crime on Orange Line

Description: Passengers at Egleston Square T station say security is an important issue in light of recent spate of assaults and muggings by teenage gangs. MBTA will put police decoys on the trains to deter crime. Four-car Orange Line train pulls up to platform. Camera rides on train, looks down row of passengers.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/06/1980

Southwest corridor project

Description: Three interviews on southwest corridor mass transit and development project. Areas affected include the South End, Roxbury Crossing, and Jamaica Plain. Construction will create numerous jobs and have an affirmative action goal with a 30% minority set-aside. $391 million (80% federal funds) will be for orange line and railroad relocation; plus an arterial street, community college, housing, and industrial park will make for at least a half billion dollar project. Residents are concerned about impact of noise and disruption in the adjacent neighborhoods, equitable employment opportunities, and environmental issues. Community groups want to be sure the new road and transit routes do not split the surrounding areas along socioeconomic lines.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/15/1976