Jahvon09
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Yet another problem that has plagued the MBTA!! The hits just keep on coming!!
Boston commuters stuck on trains after MBTA power issue (msn.com)
Can we have a separate thread for the MBTA’s screwups?
No noticable change in Green Line ridership after the GLX.
After taking office with the staffing, safety and reliability problems at the MBTA top of mind for riders and voters, Healey on Wednesday proposed steering $186 million in newly available surtax revenue toward the agency.
Those appropriations include $70 million for station improvements, $100 million to repair and rehabilitate MBTA bridges, and $11 million toward the design of the Red Line-Blue Line Connector, which would bring that project closer to reality decades after it was first floated.
The budget also calls for using $12.5 million of surtax money toward the East-West Rail project that would expand passenger train service west of Worcester. That money would fund a project director at MassDOT, track improvements at the Pittsfield station and design of a station in Palmer.
In her annual spending bill, Healey also proposed using $5 million on "one-time expenses for exploring the feasibility of implementing a means-tested fare program" at the T.
I wonder if that's due in part to poor source data (due to GLX stations not having faregates).
In the README for the source code for the TransitMatters covid recovery dashboard, one of their sources for ridership data is this MassDOT data. Within there, looking at the "2023.03.01 MBTA Gated Station Validations by station 2018-22.csv" file, I don't see any entries for GLX stations (with the exception of Lechmere in March 2020 and earlier, back when it still had fare gates).
Therefore, I bet that GLX ridership isn't being accounted for at all in that data, at least for trips that start from a GLX station.
Holy crap, theres video of a concrete panel falling off the ceiling directly in front of someones face on the red line. Serious big dig flashbacks. This is unacceptable!
Spicy Boston on Instagram: "When it’s not the orange line it’s something else 🤣"
595 likes, 47 comments - spicyboston on March 3, 2023: "When it’s not the orange line it’s something else 🤣".www.instagram.com
What this means is that the system is under capacity and development needs to catch up.Update on MBTA recovery from COVID-19 pandemic in terms of ridership.
Still hovering at 53%, no major changes. Last winter there was a more sharp drop in January 2022.
No noticable change in Green Line ridership after the GLX.
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Route 80 saw huge ridership plunges. Route 87 is seeing ridership recovering slightly, a continued trend post-COVID. Route 86 appears lower during the late winter months. Routes 88 and 89, as well as Route 90 to an extent, saw the GLX eat out a chunk of ridership. As such, it is likely that some riders, who would've taken a bus from Winter Hill to Sullivan, say, on the 89 bus, (or 90 buses), are switching to the Green Line instead, as opposed to hopping on the Orange Line at Sullivan from the 89 bus. Slight drop in Roue 94 and 96 ridership.
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The next bus schedule change for buses is March 12th, 2023, as such, there may be frequency changes to buses in about a week's time. I may update the MBTA frequency map for the final time, if the MBTA's BNRD bus network redesign will rollout beginning first changes in June 2023. It's not known if it's still the case or if it'll pushback to fall 2023.
FWIW, news coverage says it's actually an aluminum panel, but weighed about 25 lbs. with accumulated water in it.Holy crap, theres video of a concrete panel falling off the ceiling directly in front of someones face on the red line. Serious big dig flashbacks. This is unacceptable!
Spicy Boston on Instagram: "When it’s not the orange line it’s something else 🤣"
595 likes, 47 comments - spicyboston on March 3, 2023: "When it’s not the orange line it’s something else 🤣".www.instagram.com
What this means is that the system is under capacity and development needs to catch up.
At this point it's more of a factor of RTO progress than anything else.
At this point it's more of a factor of RTO progress than anything else.
So pages covered this, but it is notable that today the MBTA has started tearing down the Milton Station staircase. Gov Healey apparently had a moment to intervene but she gave the green light.
Why Milton is up in arms as the MBTA begins demolishing a station's staircase
A staircase at Milton Station has long been in disrepair. But news of its impending demolition is not necessarily welcome for local leaders.www.boston.com
It seems Milton is very displeased and reading the article sounds like they've been trying to use whatever influence they have - but ultimately the town was unsuccessful.
I know earlier discussion on this thread mention it is related to ADA compliance, but something seems off. Like how are they shrugging off Milton so nonchalantly? That if ADA is the barrier, then shouldn't the conflict be around how to temporarily workaround the compliance or raise noise about funding to meet compliance? Or if it is really about the transformation project, then why aren't there reassurances by an accelerated timeline rather than a stonewall to town officials are literally stating it will be a hole in the ground for up to another decade? Why is the MBTA is the opponent rather than the ally who is getting stonewalled with the rest?