MBTA in a state of disrepair. (Boston, Orange: 2015, pricing, statistics)

[lrfox]

Originally Posted by AtkinsonDan

^^^Typically that is the safer end of the blue line and it happened at 4pm on a weekday. SMH.

I'm an every day Blue Line rider (Maverick-Bowdoin, actually). I'm amazed nobody witnessed this in person or intervened. It's generally plenty full (apart from the very brief Gov't Center - Bowdoin stretch which is always empty) at this time of day and has been for some time. I'd like to hope they catch this dude.

[msRB311]

looks like people are coming from all over the country to cause chaos:

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/03/...on-police-say/

[BostonBornMassMade]

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Man didn't want to leave T stop early in the morning, so he threatened a worker with a knife, but kept his hatchet in his backpack, police say

https://www.universalhub.com/crime/2...-morning-so-he

[msRB311]

someone shot on a bus today:

https://www.wcvb.com/article/police-...oston/39490391

[msRB311]

Well this is horrifying

https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/04...kZffUC9Jd4cwoA

[bostongymjunkie]

Not sure how that could happen, as the operator is supposed to make sure it's clear before leaving the station. At one time they had a separate observer who did that as well, but I think that position might have been eliminated over the years. Of course all the facts are not in yet, so no conclusions can be made.

[masssachoicetts]

I rode the MBTA all weekend. All lines; Green, Blue and Red this weekend. (Not Orange or Silver though).

I noticed the Red Line I took from Quincy was faster, more efficient and had no delays compared to last time I took the T. It definitely has gotten better from 2019 when I lived there.

The Green Line was the most reliable. The Blue Line was clean.

My friends from NYC that I went with commented on the T and said "Wow, this system is so much cleaner and nice than the MTA."

[BostonBornMassMade]

Originally Posted by masssachoicetts

I rode the MBTA all weekend. All lines; Green, Blue and Red this weekend. (Not Orange or Silver though).

I noticed the Red Line I took from Quincy was faster, more efficient and had no delays compared to last time I took the T. It definitely has gotten better from 2019 when I lived there.

The Green Line was the most reliable. The Blue Line was clean.

My friends from NYC that I went with commented on the T and said "Wow, this system is so much cleaner and nice than the MTA."

I believe it's cleaner than the MTA but nicer? Not in my experience, not even close.


Everyone I've ever had ridden the MBTA from other cities dumps on it, as do I. The MTA is lightyears ahead (ridden it more recently than the MBTA). Light years.

I am 0% surprised that someone was killed due to a mechanical error. The system isn't safe and everyone from experts to employees to visitors to locals has said the same for many many years. Its safety failures are well documented.

Lest we forget:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lt3gELY3pU


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqDA6_Uzidc


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKGBHae08MY


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a8zpDYEn28

[masssachoicetts]

Originally Posted by BostonBornMassMade

I believe it's cleaner than the MTA but nicer? Not in my experience, not even close.


Everyone I've ever had ridden the MBTA from other cities dumps on it, as do I. The MTA is lightyears ahead (ridden it more recently than the MBTA). Light years.

I am 0% surprised that someone was killed due to a mechanical error. The system isn't safe and everyone from experts to employees to visitors to locals has said the same for many many years. Its safety failures are well documented.

Lest we forget:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lt3gELY3pU


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqDA6_Uzidc


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKGBHae08MY


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a8zpDYEn28

To each their own, I will respectfully disagree!

[lrfox]

Originally Posted by BostonBornMassMade

Everyone I've ever had ridden the MBTA from other cities dumps on it, as do I. The MTA is lightyears ahead (ridden it more recently than the MBTA). Light years.

I am 0% surprised that someone was killed due to a mechanical error. The system isn't safe and everyone from experts to employees to visitors to locals has said the same for many many years. Its safety failures are well documented.

The MTA is the best in the U.S. by a good margin. But the T isn't bad compared to most other U.S. transit agencies. WMTA has gone downhill in the past decade or so. The CTA has major issues. SEPTA has seemingly endless problems, and if you think the Green Line is slow, try riding Muni Metro anywhere outside of the Central Tunnel. The bar for public transit is not high in the U.S., but the T is still better than most. Obviously the T needs to be a lot better, but as a daily T commuter who has lived elsewhere and ridden transit all over the country, the chicken little attitude about the T here is a bit over the top.

We'll see what the investigation finds in this recent incident, but it's likely to be a combination of both mechanical failure and operator error. The door should never trap someone's arm like that. The sensors are generally super sensitive. And even if the sensors did fail, an adult should be able to free their arm from between them (I'm wondering if he actually got caught/pinched where the opening door recedes into the frame of the train rather than between the two doors where they close). Regardless of how he got caught, the train should never have moved - that's operator error. The drivers are supposed to ensure that the doors are clear before moving out of the station. They have mirrors and multiple cameras positioned on the platform that show the entire length of the train. They should also have an open window and manually look backwards to ensure that people are standing behind the yellow line before moving. So mechanical issue or not, this guy should not have been dragged into the tunnel.