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The Orange Line still being slower than it was pre-Summer 2022 shutdown was and remains a huge failure by the T. August 2022 was when the MBTA promised riders a "faster Orange Line". 2 years later, the Orange Line remains slower than the pre-monthlong shutdown, and the MBTA responded by delaying...

The 97 bus and the 108 are not too far from the historical station area. The 97 in particular services Commercial St. and Medford St., which is bloody right there outside the station right at the intersection. The 108, on the other hand, could potentially be culled and the remaining slack picked...

I already mentioned that there aren't that many riders getting from the segment of the 57 between Newton Corner/Brighton Ctr. to Mystic Ave/Assembly on the 95 via the 86. The bulk of riders using the 86 are NOT making that kind of trip. I only mentioned the issue in terms of fare transfers, and...

The distance between the 70/71 buses at Watertown Square and the 86 bus at Brighton Center is 3.9km (2.42 miles), with the halfway point 1.21 miles away from either the 70/71/86 buses. This is a 28 minute trek (1.21 mi/1.95km) which involves crossing the Newton Supercollider coming from the...

There is something more sinister that no one has discussed regarding that issue, and that is fare transfers. Let's say you've got a transit dependent passenger near Mystic Ave. in Somerville, trying to get to Oak Square or Newton Corner. This bus rider is too far from being able to access the...

Braintree Branch got even more slower even after removal of a few slow zones near Harvard. It's so bad that the Red Line post-July shutdown is SLOWER than it was post-May shutdown. Red Line after the May shutdown was 24 minutes of slowzone, but post-July shutdown is now just over 27 minutes of...

New post was made to zombie reddit about the 86 and the 109 buses between now and BNRD (but for some reason the post hasn't gotten here yet, yikes) https://bostontransit.substack.com/p/the-better-bus-project-86-and-t109 The post aims to look into how the 86 and 109 function today and how the...

The 111 is the only one that makes use of an actual highway for half of its route to bypass/deprive an entire neighborhood of high frequency service. For the 7 and 39 buses, none of their routes utilize highways, with dense stop spacing throughout. The 111 has a stop spacing of 4.5km (2.7 mi)...

It's seeming like Orange should be able to return to pre-COVID frequencies and service levels for the winter 2024-2025 rating, currently slated for December 15th, 2024. If they can finish testing the last 6 cars by August 24th, 2024; then it would be possible to run the fall 2024 rating with...

The 111 is incorrectly drawn is going via Charlestown even though the 111 has ZERO stops in Charlestown. It is extremely misleading for riders, especially newcomers. Imagine if someone wanted to get to the USS Constitution or the Bunker Hill Monument, only to be taken across the highway to the...

Transit agencies AROUND THE WORLD are resorting to FARE HIKES to cover the loss of riders from work from home. Just awful. COVID has truly been a disaster for transit. Things were looking up pre-COVID and now since the pandemic, dozens of transit death spirals. Making the train 11% more...

Realistically we'd also need to elevate all the tracks onto a very tall embankment that are at risk of a 1 in 1000 year flood for the year AD 2124 to mitigate the risk of flooding, so a large amount of cost is going to be eaten up by solely elevating existing tracks as opposed to building new...

Shouldn't the 110 be aligned directly at Revere Beach Station of the Blue Line? Also the 116 in the north should be 1 stop further north than Wonderland (but 1 stop south of Oak Island if BLX ever comes). Wonderland is in the middle of the pit between Revere St. and Beach St and doesn't hit...

Unreliability is a drag on value of the green line finally coming to Somerville, leaders tell MBTA Friday, July 26, 2024 https://www.cambridgeday.com/2024/07/26/unreliability-is-a-drag-on-value-of-the-green-line-finally-coming-to-somerville-leaders-tell-mbta/ 15 minute headways during off...

"Sooner than later" Then it would make more sense for the MBTA to just use the Everett Ave./Chelsea St. corridor for the 104 in the interim? It can always be rerouted to 2nd St. after the the redevelopment of 2nd St. is nearing completion. The area by Revere Beach Parkway/Everett Ave./Chelsea...

Sending the T104 into an industrial wasteland floodplain is one of the most dubious changes that is up front for December 2024. Why is the T sending 15 minute frequencies there while other bus routes in more urban areas had 15 - 40% service cuts since COVID that are still waiting for return to...

So BNR is going to launch without restoring pre-pandemic bus service on other bus lines? Increased bus service in Everett will come at the expense of reduced weekday and Saturday bus service on other lines like the 47, 57, 80, 92, 93, 94, 96, 108 buses? There were 1,819 bus operators pre-COVID...

Entire Red Line is now down between Alewife and JFK U-MASS due to medical emergency, likely for the rest of the evening tonight (and service has now resumed tonight).

Would it be possible to curtail the 77 from A-Heights to A-Center to end the bus route duplication between A-Center and A-Heights? Shortening the 77 where it overlaps RLX inside Arlington itself would free up more buses as the 77 is already a high frequency route and it consumes a lot of buses...

Ridership and fare revenues are down at the MBTA into 2024, as garbage headways, slow zones, and shutdowns for slow zone repairs, deter riders away from the MBTA. Meanwhile Boston endures more persistent heat waves with more brutal Amazon-like summers. WMATA stands out in stark contrast as...