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Welcome to the MBTA Transit site. It is a site about the MBTA or Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority. At the present time this site is in beta. Phase 1 is finished but since this is a beta pages and material can be changed or added. Since this site is in beta I am asking those who log on to please report any issues or problems. Please list the browser and version (like Internet Explorer 6.0 or Firefox beta 3, release 4). I will be posting known issues as well on this page both reported and discovered by me. Your help is appreciated. Check below for known issues and their dates. Some may be fixed while others may not. We know there are some incosistancies with Firefox 3 that is in beta as well as Apple's Safari 3.0 also in beta for Windows.

Right now this site is still part of the upperMidwestCycling site but will shortly have its own url and website.

Presently all photographs are by the webmaster from a visit to Boston during October, 2007. The next phase may include material gathered from various sources and individuals depicting both historical and present operations including text and pictures. In late September, 2008 the webmaster plans to return to Boston to continue this project including pictures supplementing the present locations in Phase 1 as well as areas not covered including the Orange Line, the historic trolley line, parts of the Red Line not covered, trackless trolleys, more buses and areas of the Green Line including the more of the branches not covered on the first trip. If permission can be granted pictures will be taken of the employees of the MBTA at work. After all, it is not the equipment that makes it happen, it is the employees that operate and maintain the equipment that makes it happen.

Feedback is important from those visiting this site so that the webmaster can take into consideration the direction planned. At this point what was just going to be a picture album has already grown into much, much more. Comments and contributions from MBTA employees would be appreciated. Please click on the link to the webmaster with comments or more details concerning specific needs for this site.

Thanks are again offered to Peter Swan, Manager of Special Projects in Marketing and Christine Selados in Marketing at the MBTA. Also a special thanks to Lynn Matis, Chief Librarian and Archivist of the magnificent State Transportation Library of Massachusetts located in the building where MBTA has their headquarters. I have little doubt that when this project reaches completion (do websites ever reach that point!) there will be more names added in the credits. Those who wish to contribute material and/or pictures should first contact the webmaster by clicking on the link below for particulars.

This site is dedicated to the over 6,600 employees who are part of the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority and the great job they do to serve the public and make it happen.

With that in mind click below to enter the first phase in beta of the MBTA Transit site.

FireFox: version 3.0 tends to mislocate some of the text fields. Hopefully the final release will have that fixed.

Problem seems to persist in Firefox 3.0 final release. will further investigate.

This site is being created on a wide screen. If there are problems with "bleeding" (where text runs into pictures, etc.) please let me know the particulars. Again, always mention your operating system, browser and where the problem was seen.

Possible issues with the right scroll bar being covered by graphics on home page using a 1280x800 screen on a lap top with XP and IE7. Looking into this 03/19/08 10:00AM

Added more links on various pages and cleaned up bleeding where found. 16 May 08

Rosters added to Blue, Red and Green Lines from Wikipedia. Minor touching up on Red and Green Line. 18 June 2008.

Unless otherwise noted all pictures are by Larry Mack and are copyrighted. These pictures may not be used for other web sites and/or commercial purposes without the express approval by the webmaster. The "T" and subway map are copyrighted and owned by the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority and are used on this site with their approval. This site is not officially affiliated with the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority.