First off, I like public transit. I love books with photos of old T stations. The New York City subway museum sounds fascinating to me.

But I agree with Pelican's comments. In the face of declining ridership and multiple calls for improvement on seemingly every line, the T is rushing to implement an inconvenient systemwhich customers haven't asked for. I live near Fields Corner, and pleas for something as simple as garbage cans on the platforms have gone unheeded. When the Globe reported a mugging there on Hallween, the T declared on November 7 that they would "add mirrors along the ramps to help pedestrians see who is behind them as they exit" (see here ). When I walked through the exit in question a few days ago, there were still no mirrors, well over a month later.

Your actions show your priorities. obviously, timeliness, cleanliness, and safety of customers are lower priorities than rolling out a pet-project that may increase revenues in the short term but will do nothing if people continue to leave the T's poor service.