You might not want to lean too hard on the railings at the Ruggles commuter-rail stop

Roman aqueducts are still standing in great shape, the Great Wall of China is still rockin,'
and the MBTA can't make a set of brick stairs last two years.

You never see that at Wal-Mart of McDonalds, do you?

until it happens or I get a satisfactory answer as to why it hasn't happened: Why is the MBTA still running our public transit? Is it not clear to everybody at this point that they just aren't any good at it?