Bostonist: City to Help the Neediest: Sox Fans with Tickets and Cars

MaryRo

Wed, 17 May 2006 16:54:21 -0500

just read the link to the Glob - she spent $474 and she's complaining about the parking -call a cab lady..........shootings and murder rate skeeeeeeeyee high and the city council is worried about this act of Mother Nature's impact on someone who can afford to blow $500 on a Sawx game - put the money twds an lcd or plasma and watch it at home

MaryRo

Wed, 17 May 2006 16:45:53 -0500

Do we live in Mayberry RFD? Mark is correct -yes the MBTA via Tommy T and the city and the Sawx and Mitt No One Is Looting Rommney should force their hand or whatever they have and expand the Green Line schedule to accommodate the daily riders and the ball game riders - it could be managed -- but when has the MBTA ever managed a service interruption, never mind a scheduled uptick in rider demand. It's embarassing how hicksville this city is.

Mark

Wed, 17 May 2006 14:12:50 -0500

No no no no no no. Encouraging fans to take the T doesn't help anyone either. Far too many people rely on the Green Line to get to and from work on a daily regular schedule, some of them with children waiting to be picked up on the other end of the line or other commitments, and all game day traffic does is jam the whole system up, often with loud, obnoxious, crass people marveling at the novelty of all of it while the poor bastard next to them is just barely succeeding in enduring YET ANOTHER DAY. And the shame is on the MBTA for not addressing the shortcomings of the Green Line and expanding the schedule during games, in addition to never being able to keep a steady flow on the Green Line to accommodate platforms full of passengers. The commuter rail is pretty much the only sane part of the situation, as inbound traffic at game time is opposite the stream of homebound commuters, and fans head home later in the evening. Except in the case of an afternoon game, of course.