Because otherwise signal problems on the Red Line at Park Street and a disabled trolley on the Green Line at Government Center might mean trouble. Phew. Oh, wait.
Yes, if by 15-20 minute delays they actually meant "you will spend 15-20 minutes delayed at every single station on the red line, for a grand total of nearly 2 hours."
I took a trip from JFK/UMass to the Apple Store on Boylston St. and back. There was a train waiting at JFK when I arrived, which had been there for at least 5 minutes because I saw it when I was walking up, and left 20 minutes after I got on it. It stopped at least once for a minute or two in between each station as well.
Then, waiting for the Green Line back to home, no trains showed up for at least 15-20 minutes.
The MBTA is going to drive me to move out of state.
the problem became known. T alert was posted at 4:35.
My boss, who was on the overcrowded Park Street platform at about 4:20 waiting for a Braintree train, called and asked me to check the T website for him.
Nothing on the T website about the delays at that point, but I could hear a garbled PA announcement in the background.
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Not too many people...
...and it was only the Friday afternoon of Independence Day weekend in Boston. Nobody wanted to get home from work, anyway. :)
and I twittered. dear god, I twittered....
http://twitter.com/TheAndyHicks
I was stuck in that mess, too. Left Quincy Center at 5:20. Got home to Davis at 7:15.
The MBTA: Putting the "sit" in "transit"
What a mess! I'm sure the T's alert system was a big help.
Oh.
10-15 minutes would have
10-15 minutes would have been a generous understatement.
Yes, if by 15-20 minute
Yes, if by 15-20 minute delays they actually meant "you will spend 15-20 minutes delayed at every single station on the red line, for a grand total of nearly 2 hours."
People in horses n' buggies got home faster.
I took a trip from JFK/UMass
I took a trip from JFK/UMass to the Apple Store on Boylston St. and back. There was a train waiting at JFK when I arrived, which had been there for at least 5 minutes because I saw it when I was walking up, and left 20 minutes after I got on it. It stopped at least once for a minute or two in between each station as well.
Then, waiting for the Green Line back to home, no trains showed up for at least 15-20 minutes.
The MBTA is going to drive me to move out of state.
Once again, the T alert was issued long after
the problem became known. T alert was posted at 4:35.
My boss, who was on the overcrowded Park Street platform at about 4:20 waiting for a Braintree train, called and asked me to check the T website for him.
Nothing on the T website about the delays at that point, but I could hear a garbled PA announcement in the background.