"public transportation is, on a good day, adequate[0]."
In a world where NIMBYs weren't the most important people on the scene, building a tram (streetcar) line between those two campuses would be a working solution. High capacity, intervals can be adjusted to the needs of the school, no traffic jams on the track.
And Harvard sits on an enormous warchest, it could cover the costs handily.
But pushing such a construction project in contemporary atmosphere would take longer than landing on the Moon.
In a world where NIMBYs weren't the most important people on the scene, building a tram (streetcar) line between those two campuses would be a working solution. High capacity, intervals can be adjusted to the needs of the school, no traffic jams on the track.
And Harvard sits on an enormous warchest, it could cover the costs handily.
But pushing such a construction project in contemporary atmosphere would take longer than landing on the Moon.