The MBTA ended up apologizing for some heavy delays on the Red Line yesterday and boy, are their faces, well, red. Apparently, they were affected by the cold weather. Funny, we do get that occasionally in Boston. It's okay, I understand; I spent much of the morning stuck in a disabled Green Line train. See, Red Liners, now you know how we feel every day. Boston.com has the article here. As the article points out, many of the financial problems lie as much with the government as with the MBTA (Try not to be shocked.). The T is responsible for its own books, but the government forces it to take on unprofitable routes. Kinda sounds like the post office except, instead of delivering letters, it delivers people.
Question of the day: The woman standing next to me asked a friend why the stops' names aren't announced by an automated system like they are in DC. You know, so you can actually understand the conductor. Anyone know why this is?
Oh, and to the people on my train who did not stand up for the elderly gentleman with the cane, you are all jerks.
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