When Silver Line buses go bad
The Lone Rider adds them to his list of Silver Line buses he will never get on again. Latest on his list: Bus 1131, which broke down in the Ted Williams Tunnel, causing a horrific traffic jam that meant it took him 47 minutes to get from Logan to South Station.
Alicia, meanwhile, uses her BlackBerry to report that the driver on the 7 bus is actually going too fast:
... She is speeding like crazy and then slams on the breaks if she has to pick someone up. Everyone's heads are whipping forward when she finally decides to break last minute. If there is a service slowdown going on, this chick is definitely boycotting it. Ugh, I need a barf bag. ...
Well, unfortunately...
...these things do happen. And there is nothing much anyone can do about it.
wait wait, we have "dual mode" busses?
Can they put the catenary wires back on Centre street and give us some of those busses?
Seriously, if Cambridge and Watertown can get them trackless trolleys, why can't JP? They're more efficient and a hell of a lot quieter- the bendy busses in JP are painfully loud if you're walking down the street.
Dual mode buses in JP
If they did that, then someone would claim overhead wires did not fit the historical character of JP. *snicker* Also, that it would destroy local businesses.
You know it's true.
Not once, but twice ...
... it's spelled "brake."
Motive, ewe caught me red-handed!
Yes, it's true. I'm a homophonbic.