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In 1630, the Massachusetts Court Of Assistants were offering a charter to anyone who would operate a ferry to connect Boston and Charlestown
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Thomas Williams established a three-mile ferry run across Boston Harbor. He established one of the biggest and most successful transportation systems in the world, which would provide transportation by boat to civilians for the next few hundred years.
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During 1793, the first stagecoach started between Boston and Cambridge over the West Boston Bridge.
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In 1820, a new type of transportation was being introduced to the world, a vehicle called an “Omnibus”. This bus is an early replica of the buses we have in modern day society with many rows and seats and doors on each side, and would soon evolve and change into the bus that is commonly seen everyday.
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In 1832, the beginning of the rail and subways were being created with the start of horses being able to pull heavy carriages along 2 parallel railings. Since the cart would be gliding along rails and would not be directly on the ground, it would be able to move much more smoothly more efficiently and be able to transport the civilians and goods in harsh conditions such as snow.
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Boston began to use small copper wire could propel cars and since it worked sucessfully, other cities began to follow.
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Boston's Tremont Street became so crowded, it cause people to propose to build a subway underground.
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The Boston "El" was created and Boston also built the nation's first underwater transit tunnel .
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Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway,offered bus service to peole of massachusetts only.
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The MBTA got rid of all the tokens, and switched to the CharlieCards. Creatigna quicker and more efficient way of processing and transacting transit fees.
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the MBTA is the United State's 5th largest mass transit system. It services thousands of commuters weekly.
