All of the (many) recent scandals have precipitated a
re-org in the State Police.
Maybe this could be an opportunity to "Free the Ramp"? If nothing else, activating the (already installed but not turned on) GPS tracking of State Police cruisers will provide data on how that ramp is being used.
As they say, "never let a good crisis go to waste when it’s an opportunity to do things you had never considered or you didn’t think were possible".
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Also, is there any particular reason why the SL stops
twice at World Trade Center Station on the return trip from Logan? This seems entirely unnecessary.
I took the SL1 back from Logan this morning at rush hour. Traffic in the Ted Williams tunnel was awful. Once out of the tunnel, we stopped at WTC on Congress St and opened the doors, zero passengers got on or off, but the driver himself got off and walked around the bus for at least thirty seconds before getting back on and continuing the trip. Is this typical? If so, why? Once we were moving again we caught
two full red light cycles on D St (one at D & Congress and one at D & Silver Line Way). Then, once in the busway, we stopped
again to open the doors at WTC and again zero people got on or off.
Isn't the busway stop sufficient? Why also stop on Congress?
If we didn't stop and wait at WTC on Congress we likely could have avoided at least one of the red light cycles on D. Taking this into account, that stop at which zero people boarded or deboarded probably added about 5 minutes to the trip.