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Red Line train shudders and halts; riders mutter their Oy Gevalts
By adamg on Mon, 05/18/2015 - 6:31pm
Jammed into South Station. Photo by Jed Hresko
Shortly after 6 p.m., Nate Roy informs us:
Red Line inbound from Kendall jerked to a stop and hasn't moved in about 10 minutes. Here we go again...
By 6:20, Kendall station was so jammed people could no longer even get on the platform, Mary Hurley reports.
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Comments
cell phone robberies
Take a look at all the passengers tweeting,texting or calling on expensive I-Phones and you realize why the Transit Police get frustrated with all the cell phone snatchers they have to investigate.
And just how is this different
from any station platform when the service is running normally?
to be fair, though
in a situation like this, where is a thief gonna go, and how is he/she gonna get there? no room to move, really.
damn those victims of shitty
damn those victims of shitty T service. They should stand in silence on the off chance they are also victimized by thieves because the transit police are tired of doing their jobs.
Damn you Old Man Winter!!!
Damn you Old Man Winter!!!
Hang in there
New trains in, what, 7 years?
Fare increases in... far less
Fare increases in... far less than 7 years.
Just in time to remind
Just in time to remind Boston2024 that their "overhaul" doesn't mean squat. Welcome to the new world-class city, same as the old world-class city.
South Station is always a zoo
South Station is always a zoo! A broken down train doesn't help. People are always in their own worlds(face attached to phone)
In FY 14 the T had operating
In FY 14 the T had operating expenses of $1.4 Billion. Fare revenues (including parking lots) totaled $585 million and non transportation income was $31 million. That leaves a whopping $804 million for the taxpayers to pick up. Why are the 5 million+ citizens of Mass subsidizing the daily commute of the 600,000 who ride it on the average work day. I think it is time the riders of the T start paying their "fare" share so that the T can operate properly. Shouldn't the riders pay for around 2/3 of the operating budget?
(Sourced from the MBTA website)
Wow
What world do you live in where the T riders aren't also taxpayers? And how many toll roads do you drive on on your commute?
Those T riding taxpayers are
Those T riding taxpayers are outnumbered almost 10:1 by people who do not ride the T.
On my walk to work there are no toll booths. Is there someone I should be expecting to subsidize the sidewalk maintenance for my commute?
WTF...
your logic is screwy.
Uh everyone else is
Uh everyone else is subsidizing your walking commute.
Highways?
I don't use highways. Why should the 5 million+ citizens of Massachusetts subsidize the few who take the Mass Pike?
I probably wouldn't have selected the Pike as my example.
at least the drivers on the Pike are paying an additional user fee (and in the case of this occasional user, happily doing so, as it is still the best maintained road in this Commonwealth (although not as good as it used to be)).
I think that I-93 would have been a better example. Or Rt. 3. Or I-95. Or I-495. Or I-91. Or I-195. Or....
How does the food you eat get
How does the food you eat get to the grocery store? How about deliveries? How do first responders get around. 100% of all consumables, which make up about 70% of the economy are delivered at some point over the road. We all benefit from that. The same thing cannot be said about the MBTA.
And what is the annual cost
And what is the annual cost of road maintenance in the boston area? How much of that cost is subsidized by people who don't drive?
Give it a rest: not every facet of civil life needs to a privatized profit center.
Basically, everything is
Basically, everything is subsidized by everyone else. Drivers currently pay less than half the cost of roads:
http://www.masspirg.org/reports/map/who-pays-roads