William H. McGunnigle, less well-known but of great importance, was a Brockton resident credited with inventing the first baseball glove. It includes both subsidized affordable units and market rate units in certain eligible subsidized developments. Both roads run N-S, connecting Brockton to the Boston area and to different points of the southern coastal region. Rail Commuter rail service to South Station, Boston, will be available in 1996-97 on the Middleborough Line from Brockton. Conrail provides freight service to Brockton.
BAT also provides paratransit services to the elderly and disabled.
The Plymouth and Brockton Street Railway Company provides commuter bus service to Boston. Bloom's Bus Lines, Inc. provides limited service to Boston. Only 1,298 Total 11,418 DPW caseloads are compiled by zip code. In addition to these agencies, the Regional Transit Authorities assisted with the transportation component of the profiles. We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of many city and town officials, which enabled us to include information obtainable only at the local level.