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    "description": "Over a time period spanning centuries, Boston has built a transit system which hundreds of thousands of people use each day. Yet inequalities persist in the geography of who has access to a reliable, affordable, and well-connected transportation network. Historic patterns of investment and disinvestment in communities and transit infrastructure suggest how getting around town means many different things depending on where you live.",
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