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How to always get a seat on the Green Line
By adamg on Tue, 09/16/2014 - 5:53pm
Power move on T... #MBTA pic.twitter.com/hQ1Egf4sDb
— Andrew Zook (@AndrewZook) September 16, 2014
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He should invite
He should invite the red line diner over for dinner.
That's the best!
Sit down or stand like
Sit down or stand like everyone else does on the T. You're hogging up all the standing space for additional passengers getting on and passengers on the train getting off. Should've reported this issue to the T to investigate this dumb and crappy move.
It's Smaller Than The Baby SUVs People Bring On Trains & Busses
Benjamin....give the old guy a pass on this one
Are you saying he doesn't have the right to transport his personal property via T? Have you never had luggage, knapsack, book bag, groceries, etc. that took up more space on the bus or train than your body does alone?
That's what taxis
and zipcars are for. If everyone did their megashopping and brought it all on the T, tell me, do you think that would work?
That works fine for people
That works fine for people who can afford a taxi, but it isn't always an option for people who aren't as rich (and empathetic) as you clearly are.
Haven't we discussed this before?
Gypsy cab from South Bay to my home, for me: $25 minimum.
Assuming there's a a gypsy cab I'm okay getting in. Sometimes there isn't. Cabs don't pick up at South Bay.
$25 is a lot if I just spent $100 at Home Depot.
But I do time it not to be during rush hour.
In short: cut him some slack. It happens.
I agree.
I remember transporting a personal trampoline via the Green Line to JP way back when (circa 1980s). Took it out of the box, which I left near the trash can at Park Street, put the trampoline's legs in a bag, and carried and rolled the darn thing into the car.
We all got to do what we got to do.
yep
I was on the #39 bus around noon a few months ago with a woman who was carrying one of those plastic kiddie pools. It was in the upper 80s and humid, and she looked like she had been tortured by children all morning. No one complained.
Hey, people do it often
Hey, people do it often enough now. Besides the babybagoes, there are the folks going to the airport during rush hour with enormous trunks of luggage, and the college kids bringing their new dorm room furnishings home on the Green Line. And no, it doesn't work, but unless the T creates and enforces a policy, what's to do? They made tentative noises about restricting strollers to non-rush hours and that got shot right in the head, because babies.
Welcome to the World
Public transit is transport that people use every day for all their errands, not a thing that only serves commuters.
I can't even get a uniform
I can't even get a uniform response from anyone on bringing my FOLDING bicycle on the green line. Especially since my bicycle was designed and built in Cambridge for the express purpose of having a full size bicycle to bring on the T. I swear, every other driver on the D line especially gives me grief about it and I need to make them call it in to let them know that it's okay.
The damn thing takes up less room than a battle stroller for Chrissakes
That's odd
People bring those on the Orange Line all the time & I have never seen anyone get grief for it. Is there something on the MBTA website you could print & carry?
I've been looking for one,
I've been looking for one, and even made an (ignored) citizensconnect post about it. Nothing yet..
folding bikes
1. If they are folded, they are officially acceptable on the Green Line
2. There is no stipulation as to the wheel size of the bike. Mine have 20" wheels, and I never got much grief that couldn't be resolved without a request for a supervisor and official policy print out. I know people with 26" wheel folders who have been hassled, but the policy (below) is very clear.
3. You are not required to have them folded as you move through the station. Another pet peeve of mine ...
See the MBTA website for details - but the long and short of it is that there is no maximum wheel size for folders, and folders are OK on the green line if folded.
You may want to print multiple copies of this brochure, too: It really helps to have the official brochure and policy at hand: http://www.mbta.com/uploadedfiles/Riding_the_T/Bikes_on_the_T/Bikes_T_br...
Thanks, that will indeed help
Thanks, that will indeed help prevent future frustration (but not for the passengers who have to wait while I lecture the driver).
Bikes Allowed On The Blue Line Almost All The Time
This link has more up-to-date-information:
http://www.mbta.com/riding_the_t/bikes/
It's noteworthy that the Blue Line is less restrictive than other subway lines. Bikes are prohibited only on Inbound trains between 7 and 9 am, and only on Outbound trains between 4 and 6 pm.
So, bring your bike on the Ⓣ to Wonderland, and enjoy a lovely ride along the ocean!
I do this all the time when I
I do this all the time when I don't feel like riding through Everett (ugh).
Never knew there were actual time restrictions though, that's new to me.
Time restrictions only for
Time restrictions only for the non-folding bikes! Swirly's answer is right about folding though, anytime!
Battle stroller hahaha
Battle stroller hahaha
Having ridden the Green Line
Having ridden the Green Line for 5 years with this guy when I lived in Brookline, I'm willing to bet large amounts of money that he wasn't just transporting his new chair home. He's just a jackass.
I've done this on the Red Line
with a folding chair, not an office chair. I was carrying the chair with me to a Hatch Shell event, so why not use it on the train too? It fit nicely into the space where wheelchairs go (and there were no wheelchairs around that needed the space).
I recognize that guy!
He wears shorts all the time, even when its 5 degrees outside. I bump into him on occasions for many years on the Green Line where he rides for free (whenever the T motorman allows him to). He is also known to scavenge on all the major college campuses - Harvard, BC, BU, Northeastern, MIT, you name it. I attended Northeastern and worked at MIT... I saw him do that on both locales. And he still does.
if you see/say...
....this is the only guy on the train that will be able to say something if he sees something, not that he will...almost everyone else is in an i-masturbatory state
he's a jerk, alright
I've been seeing this guy for years. Last time I saw him he was taking up two seats. A truly aged man, by which I mean at least mid eighties, was standing with great difficulty, next to the two handicap seats this jerk was taking up. He was asked to give up one of his seats so the older man could sit, but refused.
I solidly remember him from
I solidly remember him from my Northeastern student years in the '90s. I'm amazed he's still around now. He used to be a regular user of the computers in the school labs (back when it was located in the basement of Hayden Hall), when they never checked for IDs on entry. When InfoCommons opened at Snell Library, he tried many times to sneak in through the lab's exit doors, but the staff always catches him and tells him to leave. That confirmed to me he's not suppose to be on campus at all. I'm sure its the same for all the other schools he's been regularly going through.
I too see him attempt to ride the Green Line for free... A few years ago the motorman refused to let him board the early morning inbound train I was on in Brookline because he had no money and tried to talk his way in. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
Right! Bring out the comfy
Right! Bring out the comfy chair. Nobody expects it!
POKE HIM WITH THE SOFT CUSHIONS!
POKE HIM WITH THE SOFT CUSHIONS!
Whoa! Crazy Political Guy is
Whoa! Crazy Political Guy is bringing his own chair?
It is kind of a jerk move to take up space where 4 people could stand if you're bringing your own chair all the time. But, he's kind of a jerk. So, expected.
You could always perch on the
You could always perch on the chair back. I bet he'd be ok with that.
Uh Oh
This may be "a thing".
http://gothamist.com/2014/09/18/subway_rider_brings_chair.php
It makes sense in Boston,
It makes sense in Boston, though, along with eating on the T. They're just preparing for the inevitable day when the subway breaks down completely and they're stuck on it for the rest of their lives.