@tchauhan

What do you know about the #BigDig MegaProject that ran from 1982-2007 in #Boston which gave us a bridge, a couple of tunnels, & a park, but also dropped pollution numbers downtown by double digit percentages & fixed nightmare-level traffic problems on the Central Artery of 93?

I'm not sure what the final number will be for cost, but with interest its well more than $20 billion USD?

The state will continue to pay >$100 million USD on this debt annually through 2038. Thats where your fares go, not world class service.

One can draw a direct line between the debt & service failures you see today - the #MBTA has been cutting corners for decades since they don't have sufficient funding to thrive.

Solution: fund the T absurdly well over the next 5 years.

We must hire, & retain, smart, dedicated people to manage this incredibly complex system.
We must fix root causes, not patch problems.
We must over-staff front line workers who are well compensated & do a great job providing rider-facing services.

Its an exercise for the reader how to fund this change. I don't think it should be the average low-income bus rider.

Rather, the MBTA must stop relying on rider fares & instead tax the rich/corporations/landowners.
#MAPoli #Massachusetts

@LikeItOrLumpIt Yeah, there's something about the way this park is situated (it's a human-made hill on top of an old garbage dump and landfill excavated from #boston's #bigDig ). Always windy.

Keeping students engaged and excited about science: Resources to incorporate engineering into physics!
-> Hovercraft build project, Mousetrap racers, Catapult and trebuchet build projects, What is engineering?, How subways work, - and Boston's Big Dig

https://kaiserscience.wordpress.com/physics/engineering/

@edutooters
@science
@scienceteachers
#STEM #scienceteachers #NGSS #hovercraft #mousetrap #catapult #trebuchet #BigDig

Teaching high school science? Projects to keep our students engaged - adding engineering into science class:
Hovercraft, Mousetrap racers, Catapult and trebuchet build projects

https://kaiserscience.wordpress.com/physics/engineering/

#STEM #scienceteachers #NGSS #hovercraft #mousetrap #catapult #trebuchet #BigDig #physics #teaching #teachers #highscool