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  1. Electric_Brooke

    General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT)

    Speed limits have been reduced in some locations (Park to Boylston EB + WB, Haymarket to Govy WB) and signaling rules have changed in some locations to be less permissive (Haymarket, Gov't Center). Even absent of policy changes, there's been a decrease in things like following the train into a...
  2. Electric_Brooke

    General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT)

    Personally, I'm of the mindset that overnight, even 24/7, service could be provided by overnight bus routes that roughly follow the subway lines. Daytime closures are so disruptive to so many people. The Orange Line being closed 3 straight weekends, and 4 out of 5, is insane. At late hours...
  3. Electric_Brooke

    General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT)

    This is what happens when people call out on the weekends and they don't have enough subs on the daily list to cover everything. 5 out of the last 6 Sundays, I have run all of my trips on the D line as singles. Now, I'm very good at running singles so I sometimes get to run singles in unusual...
  4. Electric_Brooke

    Green Line Reconfiguration

    To chime in on this as an operator, yes, the tunnel is 25 mi/h -- at maximum. There are long stretches where it is even less at 15, 10, or even 6. Some of the signals could also be reconfigured to smoothen the operation out. There's a timelight at Park Street on the west where if you approach it...

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