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The little trolley that couldn't
By adamg on Mon, 02/02/2015 - 4:13pm
UPDATE, 4:30 p.m. Now there's a cab stuck on the tracks at Packards Corner.
Shortly before 4 p.m., Beth Wolfe reported:
Stranded @ Warren for 40 min due to struck T. 4 car train push didnt help. Still stranded. Help.
Meanwhile, the Red Line is kind of dead in both directions.
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Since when did we get trains that were...
Scared of a little snow, when we get new train cars-they need to be as tough as this one
meh
glad I stayed home (even thou our office was open)
The blue line is 'recovering' from issues, but you know how the T is.. once one issue starts, the whole line is at a crawl for hours.
A Real Delight.
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Any word from Gov. Baker? At all?
Guv'na asked Deleo to fund
Guv'na asked Deleo to fund the MBTA's repairs and the speakah voted away term limits behind close doors to goose his pension instead.
Doubtful
"20% of the sales tax should be enough! I'm not raising any new taxes!"
I e-mailed their campaign the day after he won asking what his plan was for the MBTA and never even got back a form letter. While I think he has a good pick for Sec Trans, without raising new taxes or finding a way to retire some of the Big Dig debt the T is saddled with, I have my doubts about anything changing for the next 4 years... And of course since neither DeLeo or Rosenberg are from Boston, why should the legislature do anything to help?
He Melted All The Snow With His Heat Ray
Gov. Baker was at the State House today and Janet Wu (The Smart One) had to do a producer ordered story on who was in their offices under the Golden Dome.
However, to expect the executive to somehow get all Charlton Heston circa 1962 and go out and solve problems with powers which idiots assume they all have is preposterous.
Stay home. Stay off of the road. Unless you are the person plowing the runway for the Pats, a nurse, or a Dunkin Donuts worker, you are not really that essential today.
Your means of income will still be there tomorrow, so wait until then so you can complain about all the suburbanites coming into YOUR(!?!) city to celebrate.
What Happened Today?
I went into work like a lot of people thinking that roads would be plowed, sidewalks would be somewhat cleared, and the T would be running. After all, state government was open and the city seemed to understand that this would be a big storm, maybe not as bad as last week's but still something they would work hard to mitigate.
It was a total disaster. The roads weren't plowed, people who shoveled their walks last week were instead trying to get to work, and the T now appears to have been shut down entirely. This last part is not unexpected, I guess, but since it came without warning it now seems that thousands of people are stranded.
If it comes out that the city is directing all the plows and snow removal that should be spread out all over town to clear the route for a parade that was scheduled for a work/school day that kids could not attend, but now can attend because the snow makes it dangerous for them to travel, in which case why is there going to be a parade, then I'm going to be pretty ticked off.
Operating the MBTA during a snow storm
In one of the threads last week, somebody was questioning why the MBTA was operating during that snow storm. Maybe this is why. What would happen to the Green Line now if one of the overhead wires came down?