What Is This B.S. About?
I said it three years ago when I first moved here and I'm gonna say it again... Public transportation in this area is a major joke.
Now sure, I was a little bit tainted when I moved here three years ago. I was coming from NYC, where the subways and some bus service ran 24 hours a day. And you could get anywhere easily (for the most part) using the system.
Here in Boston though, the service ends at about midnight every night. And the subways only go to a few neighborhoods. And the only major "hub" where the subway lines connect is in downtown Boston. So if you live in one of the outer areas on the orange line T and you want to get to Harvard, you have to come into the city, switch to the red line, and then go back outside the city. And the busses aren't that reliable. Service is slow (painfully slow in the winter) and they are usually crowded; any time of day.
But I had grown to accept and even find some enjoyment in watching the cast of characters one sees while riding public transportation. But now my issues with the MBTA are "on" again.
Today the MBTA board approved fare hikes to ride the joke of a system.
At the prices we are paying now to ride the T ($1.25) and the bus ($0.90), the current service offerings and punctuality was "endurable." But what they want to charge us now is a bunch of B.S.
Now we are expected to pay (beginning in a month and a half) $1.70 to ride the T and $1.25 to ride the bus. Commuter rail passes are also being hiked.
I am thrilled to see that both Boston's Mayor and our new Governor-Elect were strongly opposed to these increases. They rightly pointed out that it is not the city's wealthy that take public transportation (though they 100% should.... EVERYONE should... Then we could force the MBTA to provide better service and improve the system), it's the lower and middle class folks, as well as students, who really rely on the system.
This is outrageous.
In NYC, the subway and bus fare is $2.00. And it goes many more places and is available 24 hours a day. An unlimited metro card (which allows you to ride busses and subways) is $76.00 a month. For the same type of MBTA card, you have to pay $71.00 a month. That's the price it is now. Wait till these hikes go into effect. We're going to be paying the same amount of money as NYC for our craptastic (in comparison) service.
THIS IS B.S.
Now sure, I was a little bit tainted when I moved here three years ago. I was coming from NYC, where the subways and some bus service ran 24 hours a day. And you could get anywhere easily (for the most part) using the system.
Here in Boston though, the service ends at about midnight every night. And the subways only go to a few neighborhoods. And the only major "hub" where the subway lines connect is in downtown Boston. So if you live in one of the outer areas on the orange line T and you want to get to Harvard, you have to come into the city, switch to the red line, and then go back outside the city. And the busses aren't that reliable. Service is slow (painfully slow in the winter) and they are usually crowded; any time of day.
But I had grown to accept and even find some enjoyment in watching the cast of characters one sees while riding public transportation. But now my issues with the MBTA are "on" again.
Today the MBTA board approved fare hikes to ride the joke of a system.
At the prices we are paying now to ride the T ($1.25) and the bus ($0.90), the current service offerings and punctuality was "endurable." But what they want to charge us now is a bunch of B.S.
Now we are expected to pay (beginning in a month and a half) $1.70 to ride the T and $1.25 to ride the bus. Commuter rail passes are also being hiked.
I am thrilled to see that both Boston's Mayor and our new Governor-Elect were strongly opposed to these increases. They rightly pointed out that it is not the city's wealthy that take public transportation (though they 100% should.... EVERYONE should... Then we could force the MBTA to provide better service and improve the system), it's the lower and middle class folks, as well as students, who really rely on the system.
This is outrageous.
In NYC, the subway and bus fare is $2.00. And it goes many more places and is available 24 hours a day. An unlimited metro card (which allows you to ride busses and subways) is $76.00 a month. For the same type of MBTA card, you have to pay $71.00 a month. That's the price it is now. Wait till these hikes go into effect. We're going to be paying the same amount of money as NYC for our craptastic (in comparison) service.
THIS IS B.S.
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