A question from the Green Line trolley driver's exam
By adamg - Mon, 07/30/2007 - 8:16pm.
You're at the Packard's Corner stop waiting for a green light in the middle of a torrential downpour. Several would-be passengers knock on the door, asking to be let in. Do you open the door for them?
1. No.
2. Hell no
The Outraged Liberal has the answer.
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It's about a minute or two
This is actually proper procedure. The light cycle at Harvard Ave and Packard's Corner is horrendously long, and with trains admittedly piling up behind them, there was no reason to open the doors and risk missing the critical seconds where a trolley can actually enter the intersection.
It can often take more than a "minute or two" to load a train - especially in the rain when people mysteriously feel the need to pay in dimes that they must dig out of each article of clothing they happen to have on.
The signal at Packard's Corner should be removed
There is really no need to have a traffic signal at this location. Traffic flowed smoothly through Packard's Corner for many decades before the light was installed about 8 years ago.
The Green Line driver should have moved half way into the intersection and then opened the door. That way, even if the light turned red while passengers were loading, the driver could have continued on her way without waiting for it to turn green again.
As someone who crosses the
As someone who crosses the intersection on foot regularly, I highly doubt that I could survive a week if the lights were removed. Especially crossing at the blind corner you encounter trying to cross the Westbound lane by Super 88 and the UPS Store.
The Green Line (especially the B) needs signal prioritization already. The T needs to hold off on commuter rail expansion for five minutes and work out some of the long-standing kinks in the system the CR pours into.
I wouldn't expect anything
I wouldn't expect anything less! I know they're not supposed to pick people up, but it would be a nice thing to do. Oh wait, they don't know what nice means. Sad!
friends at the T
i have lots of friends that work for the mbta.buses and trains can only make drop offs or pick ups at assigned stops.what happens if joe blow or swirllygirl gets a sleeve caught in the door and gets dragged down comm ave? ill tell you what happens. the poor sob that was driving and trying to be nice gets SHITCANNED.a lot of these folks might act like assholes but think about all the assholes THEY deal with, EVERYDAY! they dont make much money and if they have any type of accident it is THEIR fault.so its not worth it for these people to make exceptions because its you.even if you blog.