Bite Size News, September 6: Greens Edition
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It's a leaky death trap. It derailed last night, causing fifteen-minute journeys to soar into the hour-plus realm for many. The power went out this morning. And now there's a disabled train at Kendall. Could it get any worse? At least the Red Line (between Harvard and Alewife) will be closed January 2 to 4 for improvements, which we hope will avoid the need for additional headaches and shuttle service. Update (2:30pm): Kendall disabled train alert removed from MBTA site. (What will go wrong next? Our bet: disabled train at Broadway.)
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Preaching to the choir, Bostonist.
How about we explore ways we can force the hand of the legislature and city government to help out the MBTA. Why can't we have a mayor with an eye to the future, willing to advocate for the vitality of his city through strong transit? Bloomberg's got the idea, if only a bit misguided. Why can't we have a balanced transportation budget that funds roads and transit with respect to their throughput and efficiency?
We've got several times more on road repaving than we are on transit, yet, when transit goes to shit, we have to shuttle people between stops and buses sit in hours of traffic because they don't have dedicated bus lanes, priority stop lights, and have to vie with cars for road space. As we learned last night, shuttle buses can hardly replace a packed six car Red Line train, the widest and longest cars in the entire MBTA system.
Is the Red Line safe for repair crews from 1/2-1/4?