BOSTON – For many, commuting to work can be an unpleasant experience, especially when it means trying to squeeze into an over-packed trolley or being left stranded in inclement weather waiting for a long time for a bus to arrive.
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority hopes to ease some of that discomfort by setting up a way for the general public to track on-time performance of greater Boston's subway and trolley lines and its 170 bus routes, using something called a performance dashboard.
Among the most pressing questions we face as a civilization is the meaning of freedom and how it applies to our everyday lives: Is freedom merely the license to do as one pleases, or is it something more complex, an idea interconnected with virtue and responsibility? Can freedom exist in a vacuum?
The answer to these questions will direct the course we take as a culture and shape the type of society in which we will live. It is among the fundamental questions of our age.
