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Starting this month, special cooling fans will be installed in most downtown underground stations to lower the air temperature, in some cases by 15 to 25 degrees, and to reduce humidity.

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That sounds like progress. I was thinking at first “No! They’re not putting them in Ashmont and Mattapan?”, then I realized that these are outdoor, above-ground stations, unlike parts of Forest Hills and most other greater Boston stations (Downtown Crossing, New England Medical, etc.). They’re actually going to put AC’s in the trolleys from Ashmont to Mattapan when they come back…those things always got hot!

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