There's a busted rail at Community College, delays severe, T will acknowledge

I'm only referring to the folks actually on the delayed train complaining vocally to other stuck passengers.

Complaining on UHUB, Twitter, etc is, of course, fine.

I should have made that more clear. Apologies.

I don't really see how yelling loudly at your fellow passengers helps anything.

Yes, you are inconvenienced, so are we.

Yes, you are annoyed, so are we.

Yes, you are angry, so are we.

Your loud yelling and complaining is really only making a bad situation worse. Kindly refrain.

The 89/101 coming from Broadway. Traffic heading into Sullivan is always backed up past the busway entrance, but the problem is compounded when traffic is especially bad, because traffic coming to Sullivan from 93 takes the Mystic Ave/Broadway ramp instead of the Sullivan Sq/Charlestown ramp, and turns right then left onto Broadway. This both increases the volume coming in on Broadway AND prevents outbound traffic from getting to Broadway (which is a serious problem in the afternoon).

As a civil engineer I've actually given a lot of thought to what can be done in Sullivan. A bus lane would be fantastic, but I can't see any effective way of preventing other traffic from using it. Cars already form 2 lanes through there, using the bike lane and parking, so obviously pavement markings alone won't suffice. You could use flexible bollards, but there's the maintenance issue, and the fact that people would still be able to access the lane at the Lombardi Way signal. You can't block it off before the intersection because 90/92 buses access Sullivan by turning left onto Broadway from Lombardi Way, so they would then be unable to use the lane.

The solution I think would actually help here is to close the Broadway portion of the Mystic Ave/Broadway offramp from 93. This way all traffic going to Sullivan would be forced to use the intended Sullivan offramp, and not impede buses and local traffic. The ramp is really unnecessary anyway - any traffic turning left (towards Assembly) can just use the u-turn to Mystic Ave, and any traffic turning right toward Broadway can just use the previous exit to Mystic Ave, and then cut over via McGrath - that route's probably faster and more direct anyway. This solution would also have the side effect of preventing traffic from 93 south destined for Washington St from cutting through the residential neighborhood via Mt Pleasant St to avoid Sullivan.

I know this is getting a bit long-winded, but since I'm on the subject, there are actually a whole host of improvements that should be done to the 89/101 - Winter Hill short-turns, stop consolidation, signal priority, etc. Honestly if these weren't separate routes, they'd have the ridership to be considered a Key Route (8923 weekday - that's higher than 5 of the Key Routes!), and most of that ridership comes from the combined portion. Short-turning buses on the busiest portion of the route would create a lot better reliability for the majority of riders, and reduce the insane bunching that often occurs (e.g. 4 buses in a row!)