Well, Mrs. Charley on the MTA just described a rotten situation at the Central Square T station — huge, angry crowds of people; waits of much longer than an hour; fights nearly breaking out; trains stuffed full, moving slowly; dozens of trains going outbound, while only three or four were going inbound over the course of more than an hour.
This is pathetic. The blizzard was weeks ago, and it’s been like this way too much lately. It costs individuals and businesses too much to put up with this. We deserve better. Call your reps: If they can fix potholes, they should weigh in on this.
Update: I’m emailing Alice Wolf (my rep) and Jarrett Barrios (senator) about this (I should also lick a stamp, make a call — supposedly that gets more attention), with links to badtransit.com’s horror stories: here, here, and here.
The amazing thing is how much worse this could have easily become,especially regarding crowd control. Scary stuff. This was of courseexacerbated by horrible communication from MBTA (the PA squawk boxesare impossible to understand), and a failure to manage the situation(like by running trains express, for instance).
I really do hope they do something about this. I had to wait an hour to get on a train, at which point i was stuffed in there like a useless sardine. I dont understand it! What can be done?
You folks should get to work earlier. I caught a train at Havard this morning around 7:45 or so with no waiting and no problems. đŸ˜‰
Hope the BlueMassGroup doesn’t mind – we’ve had a number of reports this morning on the same situation. See our Commuter Spotter section at http://www.badtransit.comOne commuter is calling for the resignation of the T’s current GM and a few are on board with a call to completely re-form the MBTA.It’s been more than just a lousy month.Mark RichardsEditorBadTransit.com
Here is a contact where people can vent:MBTA Red Line ChiefMaureen Shirkus45 High Street, 10th Floor, Boston, MA 02110By email: redline@mbta.comBy phone: 617-222-5704