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Could it be? Is the T actually getting better?

By adamg on Thu, 09/19/2024 - 10:09am

The State House News Service explores the possibility.

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By anon on Thu, 09/19/2024 - 11:11am.

My answer is yes, the T , at least on the Ashmont Line from Dorchester to various downtown and Cambridge locations, it is much better. They eliminated the Ashmont slow zones although a couple of small new slow zones appeared recently.

They're working on the Braintree line, where several horrendous slow zones have existed for a while.

Yes, the old trains still feel and sound like they are going to fall apart, but at least we have 2 trains with new cars. And the elevators still smell like urine, or a combination of cleaning fluid and urine. Some escalators are on again off again.

But the basic task of moving riders from point A to point B without slow zones has improved a lot.

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By anon on Thu, 09/19/2024 - 2:12pm.

If all of these gains have to be lost due to budget cuts, it will be worse than not having made the improvements at all. Let's keep the T funded!

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By cybah on Thu, 09/19/2024 - 3:39pm.

Adam, have we turned into the Weekly World News with outlandish headlines?

Or did I get sucked into another dimension where the T runs great, yet I am still looking like a sack of potatoes?

Jokes aside.. The T has gotten better, compared to the previous two years. It still has issues, but nice not to go 5mph between Sullivan and Community College.

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By jmeltzer on Thu, 09/19/2024 - 4:11pm.

so I guess that means it must be "running better".

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By anon on Thu, 09/19/2024 - 8:46pm.

This thread has gone express to Medford tufts

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By Chris77 on Fri, 09/20/2024 - 8:28am.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/09/19/metro/mbta-late-night-service/?ia...

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