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To the chubby BU students: Tough
By adamg on Mon, 01/29/2007 - 10:01am
Jason Muth doesn't have an ounce of sympathy for BU students who now face the agonizing question of whether to fork over $2 to take the Green Line outbound or walk for five minutes:
... According to the Metro, students are protesting in a variety of ways - everything from taking taxis (that'll get 'em!) to creating groups and petitions on Facebook.com (um...shouldn't you be studying?) Seriously, if you choose to ride, be a responsible resident of Boston and pay the fare. If you elect to walk, enjoy the fact that you're burning off some of the cheap beer you drink nightly.
From one Facebook protest group (registration required, but c'mon, you know you want to see what the cool kids are up to):
Its about time the MBTA fix their business model instead of making the customer pay for poor operation! BOYCOTT the T upon returning from Winter break and make sure to add some new mittens and a hat to your holiday wish list!
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Boo-Hoo
BU kids need to grow up and realize that simply having the option of taking a train to their next class is a luxury that students at most other universities can only dream of. I'd love to see them try and survive winter at the UCONN campus in Storrs, CT. Perhaps their collective whining would be sufficient to keep them warm.
Their entitlement complex is nauseating to the rest of the city, and I'm glad that the MBTA has so far refused to bend to their demands for special treatment. No one has the *right* to a free ride, as BU students believe, and while they have an impossible time understanding what it means to be told "No" it's about time that someone do so. Spending five minutes at St. Paul St. so the train can be crowded with students going to Pleasant St. is the kind of thing that shouldn't be encouraged. The simply insane number of stops BU enjoys (SEVEN in a mile and a half stretch) should have been cut back years ago, but the demand created by the Free Ride Brigade ensured that every stop was overflowing with waiting riders.
Get rid of Blanford St, merge BU West/St. Paul and Pleasant into one stop and in the morning rush hour, express the B-Line inbound to BU Central and then on to Kenmore. It's unnecessary to force people to sit through 20 minutes of stops to allow a total of three people to get off.
BU's special treatment needs to end.
Maybe someone should explain
Maybe someone should explain to them what a "boycott" is. Because the T's not going to lose any money if people who weren't paying to ride continue to not pay to ride.
Get a monthly pass
These poor college students, and I use that term in the most sarcastic way possible, should just get a monthly pass. They'll be able to ride the T as much as they want and as far as they want, at a reduced fare, compared to the $2 a ride they are complaining about. And the MBTA will get some revenue from the students who had been using the system for free.
College students are also
College students are also eligible to buy semester passes through their schools, at a hefty discount.
Re: Semester passes
BU's Parking Services office does offer the semester T passes to students at the discounted rates and some do participate, but I'm not sure how well publicized it is or how many students take advantage of the service.
I've never been to BU's
I've never been to BU's website, but it took me exactly 2 clicks to find it :
http://www.bu.edu/students/life/transportation/
They can even apply online. Short of BU sending an engraved invitation, I'm not sure how it could be easier.
I say this as a Brighton
I say this as a Brighton resident who has been stepped on and shoved around and had bookbags slung in my face by BU students since I moved there - GOOD EFFING RIDDANCE TO THEM. You know, BU actually does run its own FREE BUS SERVICE - why not, uh, stick it to the MBTA by taking it? Please?