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New train in old station
By adamg on Wed, 02/20/2008 - 4:21pm
The MBTA finally rolled out the first of its new Blue Line trains today, and SignalPAD was there to take one of its first runs. Over the next 18 months, the T says it will replace the current 70 old cars with 94 new ones.
Eastie's Lewis Forman is looking forward to the quieter, more comfortable ride promised by the T.
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I'd rather have...
..old dirty cars that show up on time than having the T lie to me about what time the new cars are showing up. Old-ass trains aren't the problem. I just want the T to work, then we can talk about comfort and aesthetics.
New cars, in theory, would
New cars, in theory, would work more reliably with fewer breakdown resulting in fewer delays.... in theory.
Right.
But in case you missed it, the T was canceling buses and trains and then lying about it.
http://www.universalhub.com/node/12936
A broke down train and a brand new train works equally as well if the trip was secretly cancelled.
I didn't miss it.
Hence why I said in theory.
I'm starting to get sick of
I'm starting to get sick of the "The T Doesn't Work" crowd. The subways "work" (and by that, I mean get you to your damn destination, within a standard deviation of about 20 minutes) fine at least 95% of the time. I know this is a fact. I am a daily commuter on the T. I hate to say it, because I bitch and moan as well, but if you are finding that you are getting to work late, maybe you need to leave earlier. It's still better than sitting on 93 or 128 that early, driving in from NH and paying $20 for parking.
I haven't ridden it yet but the new Blue Line trains look like going from, say, the Wrath of Khan to The Next Generation.
The buses and commuter rails, however, are nightmarish.
That isn't "working"
That is running. Standard deviation of 20 minutes? Difficult when the trip should only take 20 minutes.
Huh?
You start off by defending the T:
then end up criticizing it:
Which is it? The T gets you there (whether in a timely fashion or not) or it is nightmarish?
The T doesn't work, and for a number of reasons too (its nightmarish buses and commuter rail are part of why). There's no reason why the riders should keep quiet about it either.
Guess what...
...the buses are part of the T. And so aren't the commuter rails.
It's nice that your preferred section of the T works nice for you, but that's not the case for everyone.