Talk:86 (MBTA bus)

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I completely missed this VFD. I have been bold and added information that makes it fit better into the history of the MBTA, and addresses many of the VFD concerns (it's been mostly the same since the 1920s). I may in the future merge it somewhere else, but there is more that is notable than one line on the list. --SPUI (talk) 23:31, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Why?
...does this bus route gets its own article when practically none of the other MBTA bus routes do? What makes this route different from the hundreds of others, including equally important/critical routes such as 39 and 57? 192.196.218.210 (talk) 01:26, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
 * The 39 and 57 are covered under Green Line A branch and Green Line E branch. All of the key routes are worth having their own articles (save for the 39, 57, 71, and 73, which are all covered under other articles), plus some routes with significant streetcar history like the 7, 9, 34, 43, 70, 92/93, and 100. It's just a matter of someone taking the time to do the research and write the articles. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 22:04, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

Language points
The use of “circumferential” is hard to understand, but so far as I can make out it is a way to say circle route. I do not see anything circular here, could someone please say what meaning is intended? Also, I have never come across the word “ridership” in England, or the word or “headway” with this meaning, for those of us confused by them could they please be linked to Patronage (transportation) and headway? It could also be useful to say early on “the number of passengers (ridership)”. Moonraker (talk) 21:39, 29 June 2021 (UTC)