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The local NBC Station looks at another long term problem https://www.nbcboston.com/investigations/why-cant-they-fix-it-some-mbta-escalators-remain-out-of-service-for-months/3038035/

It all started going downhill 20-25 years ago when the Chinese buses took off and then Coach USA launched Megabus. I can easily see Greyhound using 95th-Dan Ryan as their terminal in the future in Chicago. I was amused by this video Miles posted tonight

A lot of rumors in Chicago https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/4/29/23691124/greyhound-terminal-harrison-street-sale-intercity-bus-travel-depaul-university-study-lee-bey-column...

The box that became dislodged was part of a 2011 pilot program led by the MIT Lincoln Laboratory, and funded by the Department Homeland Security, to house sensors capable of detecting and identifying biological agents," the MBTA said in a statement. "As part of MIT's testing and evaluating of...

It never ends

https://www.wcvb.com/article/mbta-wellington-fare-collection-system/43755284

oops https://www.universalhub.com/2023/ooops-t-might-have-problems-managers-living

Newly obtained video surveillance from aboard an MBTA Green Line trolley shows the moment that flooring at the vehicle's central hinge buckled while passengers rode through downtown during the Boston Marathon. After an investigation, MBTA officials said Friday that the issue was caused by a...

4/6/23 7:13 pm Charlottesville, VA

How on earth did SEPTA miss the boat on phones to begin with? The system went live in 2016?????

SEPTA was the last major system to upgrade fare collection and it looks like they plan to start over. https://www.inquirer.com/transportation/septa-key-ticket-system-replacement-coming-20230419.html https://www.phillyvoice.com/septa-key-new-fare-payment-system-smartphone-apple-google-pay/...

T officials sat largely silent as the voicemails, which were played at the start of the board meeting as part of public comment, expressed the deepening helplessness some riders feel as they recount how their daily commute was ruined — again — by dysfunction. This week’s voicemails were...

I think we are getting closer to the Feds shutting everything down https://www.universalhub.com/2023/feds-threaten-ban-track-workers-mbta-subway-lines

I am mystified by how the Blue Line has deteriorated

I'm sure there is a reason for this on 66

Video showing a four-car MBTA commuter-rail train being put through its paces in the Fall River area, using one T locomotive and two engines leased from Larry's Truck and Electric, a McDonald, OH company that specializes in used rail engines and equipment.

Nice to see they delayed the last train on Saturday night until the Bruins game ended.

I think back to an odd weekend trip I took in August 1969 when I was a broke student. It started on a Friday night from Boston where I took the Mohawk Cargo Shuttle from Boston to Detroit which had stops in Hartford, Albany, Syracuse, Buffalo, and Cleveland before arriving in Detroit at 2:30...

As of today, the T has modified the countdown boards at several stations