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Boston is one of the United States’ most interesting cities, with its colonial history, unique culture, and diverse population. Known primarily for its role in the American Revolution, Boston is a city of great historical significance. You may not know that Boston was the first U.S. city to have a subway system, a technological breakthrough that would have a lasting influence on U.S. mass transit. Today, the history behind Boston’s subway system, the engineers and politicians who made it happen, and how its creation and development helped revolutionize American public transport.
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@ThatIsInterestingTII 3 года назад

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@sub_par3174 3 года назад

Nice video man

@ThatIsInterestingTII 3 года назад

@@sub_par3174 haha thanks man

@sub_par3174 3 года назад

@@ThatIsInterestingTII It was a very interesting and Informative topic that I have actually never seen covered before

@williamhewitt4748 3 года назад

The Red line goes past South Station? That would of been good to know when I went their lol

@Col_Crunch 3 года назад

@@williamhewitt4748 There are maps in all stations, and lists of the stops on the line above like every door on the trains.

@WoodT92 3 года назад

Shout out to my ppl from Boston. We out here.

@humanimal4dub926 3 года назад

Ayee Fellow Bostonian.

@mr_godoy2008 3 года назад

I recorded trains there

@Reverend_Harrison86 3 года назад

Worcester and Warwick here... close enough lol

@WoodT92 3 года назад

@@Reverend_Harrison86 I’m actually moving not too far from warrick to Pawtucket

@sostdm617 2 года назад

I'm Dorchester born and raised

@stevenmichaelhachey4483 3 года назад

As one myself, this video is bostonian approved Also MBTA means Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.

@andrew_ray 3 года назад

I don't know why it seems like nobody gets this right. Worst I've ever heard was when some news station called it the Metropolitan Boston Transit Authority.

@quanbrooklynkid7776 3 года назад

@@andrew_ray haha

@stevenmichaelhachey4483 3 года назад

@@andrew_ray IKR lol

@SleepTrain456 3 года назад

I once made _that_ error myself! When I make a video about the MBTA, I will be sure to dedicate a sentence or two to say that it is "Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority", not "Metropolitan Bay Transportation Authority" or "Metropolitan Boston Transit Authority"!

@stevenmichaelhachey4483 3 года назад

@@SleepTrain456 Thank you! Happy to help. Have a nice day!

@ClarkEmbree 3 года назад

8:54 It's actually the "Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority"

@SleepTrain456 3 года назад

Apparently, a lot of people (including myself, in the past!) get it quite wrong!

@CityGeek 3 года назад

I didn’t realize Boston was the first US city to get a subway system. Thanks for another great video!

@newsaxonyproductions7871 3 года назад

Same for me on both points.

@sachemofboston3649 3 года назад

We generally have the oldest everything in America lol

@newsaxonyproductions7871 3 года назад

@@sachemofboston3649 Not really. I guess you could say that the East Coast has a lot of older stuff, but in general other places invented stuff first, and the US came in and improved upon it. Examples: whiskey, subways, drugs.

@robertewalt7789 3 года назад

Arguably, Philly’s system is the first, if you require a subway to have trains, several cars hooked together. Boston had tunnels with trolleys. Single cars.

@spencergraham-thille9896 3 года назад

@@robertewalt7789 No one requires that.

@JMM33RanMA 3 года назад

Another very interesting video about my hometown. For viewers who are interested in urban design, the T, tunnels, etc., I would like to recommend National Geographic's "The Big Dig." Particularly relevant to this video are the segments about the difficulty of dealing with the Red Line, and the construction of the subway bus line from South Station to Logan Airport. Thanks again for another wonderful video focusing on Massachusetts.

@davekimball3610 2 года назад

That image of Park Street at 6:04 is amazing. To see it clean that like is something inconceivable these days.

@bostonrailfan2427 Год назад

and taken years after the red line opened and not the Park Street station he was talking about

@rpk5216 3 года назад

6:01 so weird how the Park St station on Tremont St pretty much looks the same today.

@TMC_BC 3 года назад

Boston’s system is quite interesting since it is quite a separated system. Hope you make a video about NYC’s Subway if you haven’t already!

@olof-palme 3 года назад

Man! You are going places with this channel, absolutely fantastic. I would consider upgrading the microphone and look briefly into audio mastering of vocals. Keep at it, and thank you for all the content.

@puesbien 3 года назад

Big facts

@bakert7000 Год назад

I went on the subway in Boston the summer of 2018. I loved it

@williamhewitt4748 3 года назад

I went on the commuter rail to South Station from Montello, couldn't find the subway to my destination so Boston is so compact of a city that I just walked to Prudential.

@mrjarichard 3 года назад

Red Line from South Station to Park Street then transfer to the Green Line and get off at Prudential Station

@rpk5216 3 года назад

Most of the stations downtown are laughably walkable. I would say Boylston to Park Street is the shortest distance I can think of. Barely a full city block apart.

@jrdosreis6484 3 года назад

@@rpk5216 North Station to Haymarket or Haymarket to Government center are so close to each other

@bostonrailfan2427 Год назад

you couldn’t see the directions to the red line then the map showing Prudential station on the E? odd, you had to have gone out of your way to not seen maps

@bostonrailfan2427 Год назад

@@jrdosreis6484 the entire downtown core stations of Park/Government Center/Boylston/Downtown Crossing/State/North Station/Haymarket are no more than three short blocks from one another

@catjudo1 3 года назад

Great video, but you never answered the most pressing question of all: Did Charlie ever get off of the MTA?

@Madness832 3 года назад

Or better yet: why didn't his wife just give him the !@#$%^& nickel (instead of a sandwich)?

@catjudo1 3 года назад

@@Madness832 I think she was having an affair and wanted to keep poor Charlie on the train.

@rockvilleraven 3 года назад

Charlie should have jumped the gate, like those kids in DC do.

@shygalaxyyt2400 3 года назад

Man, that is interesting! But for real it's nice to have more information on this city one of the places I want to go the most

@p0lyf0nisk 2 года назад

kind of funny that the company (Cambridge seven) resposible for the "T"-sign design got it from Stockholm subway design, and now the redesign of the stockholm subway-sign is black just like the boston design x)))

@Madness832 3 года назад

I've ridden the T for over 35 years. Most frequently, The Red Line. Was always the best way into Downtown!

@kanishajeffes5379 3 года назад

😂😂😂😂👌👌👌👌I'm born and raised in Boston massachusetts, originally from roxbury in Boston ma. I live in dorchester ma now , I literally seen old egleston 💦😂that's where I'm from in roxbury, egleston station when it git knocked down 🔻 it looked so bright 😎 we needed shades because due to the train tracks being above us instead of underground, u know we was one if them cities who had both going on and now we don't in roxbury no more but cambridge ma u can ride across the water and stuff so nice and relaxing when a train is not 🚫 crowded 😂this was good video

@Col_Crunch 3 года назад

Fun fact about the MBTA's logo, it's pretty much the same as that of Stockholm and Oslo's metro systems. I couldn't find any source that indicated that it was influenced by either.

@calebsnyderdicesare3026 3 года назад

I recommend checking out Cambridge Seven Associates. They created all of the T's symbols, line colors, etc. There's an interview with one of their members, and how he came up with all of those! I'm sure you could find it online!

@andrew_ray 3 года назад

I read somewhere that one of the Cambridge Seven had just come back from a trip to Stockholm.

@EclecticDD Год назад

I did not know that the early subway cars that went underground were open the same way a trolley/tram above ground would be.

@KEYBEATZ Год назад

The T also has some of the most bus routes of any transit systems (it has 171 bust lines!!!)

@sharbymj 8 месяцев назад

"The Race Underground" was a fantastic read! I read the book years ago and it spawned my trip to Boston. Rode a number of lines but ran out of time. Had to visit the site of the Cocoanut Grove Fire where my uncle perished. Boston's hills wore me out, but I had fun.

@sostdm617 3 года назад

Fun Fact Downtown and the whole Boston is still overly congested then now and forever

@chrisconley8583 3 года назад

Overly congested and overrated.

@LSM_Lover 3 года назад

dang

@qjtvaddict 2 года назад

They need to upgrade the regional system

@arshdixit1566 3 года назад

video starts at 2:18

@Lambda_Ovine 9 месяцев назад

God, I get that it would be so expensive to revitalize the T into modernity... but it would be so worth it...

@davidcobb7446 3 года назад

We used to call it "EMMA" for Emma tee ayyy/ MTA. I used to get off at Ashmont Station and catch the bus home to Randolph. Of course that was a long time ago.

@toi6158 3 года назад

Great Job on this. Great content!

@sanasama2209 3 года назад

Definitely a fascinating presentation👌

@tlam3028 3 года назад

We got the first and the worst! 😭

@magnolia8626 3 года назад

I miss the convenience of Boston subways. Getting tired of driving over here on the bad Midwest roads.

@qjtvaddict 2 года назад

Midwest cities can build monorail lines Disney had a vision time to act on it

@carltonsprague7346 3 года назад

Men like Frank made this country exceptional. Thanks, Frank for your ingenuity.

@jordanlewis9133 3 года назад

I would consider getting a better Microphone. It will really aid video quality. And when is the maryland video coming out?

@ParallaxRS 3 года назад

I completely agree. A better mic and some tweaking on the EQ and he could have that ‘Wendover’ feel, which would be incredible

@ShaheenGhiassy 3 года назад

Agreed - Blue Yeti is a good option

@180_S 3 года назад

Definitely, the audio on this one is particularly bad. I bet he was having technical difficulties

@bennettfoley3018 3 года назад

damn, Chicago's el probably didn't include an underground tunnel before Boston did? The el opened in 1892

@TrainsFerriesFeet 3 года назад

NYC had an El long before that. 1868

@milesawayfromit 3 года назад

Elevated, not subway. Not to mention all the streetcars throughout the U.S. by this point!

@bostonrailfan2427 Год назад

nope…their subway first of two subways didn’t come until 1943 and Boston’s first TWO subways were for streetcars…well one carried larger subway cars for eight years as well but still the first two were for streetcars.

@gbalph4 3 года назад

Awesome! My parents came from Boston and remember the T so much! A very reliable way to get around the city!

@MJ617 3 года назад

That’s a lie nothing is reliable about the T

@mirzaahmed6589 3 года назад

MBTA is Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, not Metropolitan Bay.

@originalsade7243 3 года назад

MBTA = MASSACHUSETTS Bay Transportation Authority. Not Metropolitan

@rimscat55 3 года назад

It is NOT the Metropolitan Bay Transportation Authority It IS the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

@Veriox22 3 года назад

Great video!

@briankelley7918 3 года назад

I'm from Massachusetts I remember as a kid going into a wax museum that was underground. Worcester does not have a subway system. Does anybody remember a wax museum being in the Boston Subway system in the 70's

@FloorEncer 3 года назад

...the formation of the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) in 1947. The MTA was replaced in 1964 with the present-day MBTA, which was established as an individual department within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts before becoming a division of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) in 2009. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Transportation_Authority

@williamcooper9379 Год назад

Nova did a awesome documentary on underground railroad race to produce the subway underground

@TheHistoryPilgrim Год назад

Really enjoyed watching this, New video soon?

@joshymoe6827 2 года назад

notice how all the most popular stations are on the red line

@chrismetafora6565 3 года назад

The Race Underground is a great American Experience documentary. Well worth a look.

@Dreadnought586 3 года назад

Great Video

@NtGoat_AKA_Goatie Год назад

You can say that again! Boston being one of the best inner cities out there, really does hold bounds! With that, Boston can be seen as one of the best landscapes and/or cities in the world and/or tri-state.

@billy3424 2 месяца назад

The original subway ran between Park street and Boyleston street, was only 1 block long.

@ThermosAbtermos 3 года назад

Sometimes the MBTA can be a pain in the butt.

@LogicalReasons 3 года назад

Well done again.

@iloverosie6139 2 года назад

You know I always complain every year when they increase the fare for the T because I never knew what it was going towards. Definitely worth it if that means they're gonna upgrade everything though.

@jamesmeagher6935 Год назад

My great grandfather Mat McCarthy helped establish Carman Union in early 1900s

@personismyname3426 3 года назад

New vid yaaa

@ThatIsInterestingTII 3 года назад

whats upppp

@personismyname3426 3 года назад

@@ThatIsInterestingTII Getting flooded, but good video and great content

@TheShadowGov 3 года назад

I wonder when the next U.S. Explained video comes out.

@mr_godoy2008 3 года назад

Mbta first started in 1964.

@moew1051 2 года назад

Find it cool that there logo and signage all has to do with a song

@BrubandJfowl 3 года назад

You should fix your audio, it’s very soft/quiet compared to the music. It sounds like you’re standing 10 feet behind your mic. Just a tip.

@Reverend_Harrison86 3 года назад

My 💕

@keystonetuscanred4921 3 года назад

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority not Metropolitan Boston Transportation Authority

@KRPlourde1 3 года назад

The background music on this video is mixed too loud and is super distracting.

@alexthemtaandr211weatherfa2 3 года назад

If the Boston subway never opened no Underground subway would exist in nyc until the 1920s or later

@danielmarsala849 2 года назад

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

@StLouis-yu9iz 3 года назад

Still waiting on the next state video...

@timofeypiper 3 года назад

Everybody knows about the green line. I kind of hoped to hear the history about the other lines.

@blue9multimediagroup 3 года назад

The Green Line is what the first subway essentially became.

@bostonrailfan2427 Год назад

yep…nothing about the second, third, and fourth lines nor the el built to connect to the subway nor the historic running of both subway and streetcar trains together on the same tracks never duplicated elswehere

@coryandrum 3 года назад

You think they would get the subway right after basing most of there main roads on cow paths.

@mrjarichard 3 года назад

The cow path theory is an urban legend.

@coryandrum 3 года назад

@@mrjarichard must be a real good legend if we take field trip every year and follow the cow paths threw town.

@radicaledwards3449 3 года назад

Im sure a guy called Dug Most would a thing a 2 about a tunnell!

@jayvoke188 3 года назад

Boston really was the first subway system in America. And the Massachusetts Bay transit authority is still issuing bonds to pay it off.

@silentdogood842 3 года назад

They've been trying to solve Boston's congestion problem since the 1800s. Can confirm, it's pretty terribad here.

@improperbostonian6722 3 года назад

We also have the first police department in the country, Boston Police First and Finest

@DavidHamster88 3 года назад

The background music is too loud and distracting.

@hwoarang2001 3 года назад

Orange line smells like homeless people urine

@danielmarsala849 2 года назад

Budapest's was the 1st.

@bostonrailfan2427 Год назад

not in the US

@SirKenchalot 3 года назад

Technological breakthrough you say??? London has their subway in 1863, a mere 34 years earlier.

@blue9multimediagroup 3 года назад

For the US it was. This is not a pissing contest.

@SirKenchalot 3 года назад

@@blue9multimediagroup Great so I look forward to China showing their technological breakthrough called the 'iPhone' in 2041.

@rowerwet Год назад

With coal burning engines, not electric

@clairekennedy8767 3 года назад

Boston is the most inefficient city in America 😂 & the weather sucks

@puesbien 2 года назад

The roads and highways are ass.

@bostonrailfan2427 Год назад

spoken like an idiot who never lived here

@bostonrailfan2427 Год назад

photos are way out of context…you show photos of the East Boston Tunnel construction then Park Street Under after it was built then the Washington St. El then the Kenmore extension: all four built AFTER the Tremont St. Tunnel were built with one not built until the 1930s! you have facts way off, never mentioned any of the real firsts, never mentioned the development of the lines, ignored the Els entirely…and how dumb are you to claim “eight lines” when there’s four: Blue, Orange, Green, and Red. Four line, two of which have branches. You even showed an out of date map at the end! that was the pre-2018 Silver Line extension map!