Limited subway service again tomorrow; buses will run regular weekday schedule

I can only hope that the alliance of the unions will use the money for good...can you suggest a better benefactor for the profits of these t-shirts? Regardless, we call get a way to express our solidarity with other Bostonians and T-riders. Hopefully the money will be used for good.

Here is the new T-shirt with a more thorough description. Thanks for your feed back and please share!

http://inktothepeople.com/insanit-5

I can't make any promises but it is better than nothing. All profits from the T-shirts will go to the Alliance of Unions of the MBTA. Hopefully they will use that money to hire more staff or buy a new train. Regardless, you get a T-shirt to express your solidarity with other T-riders.

if I might add, canceling pairs such as the two Reading trains you mentioned is due to the fact that the 6:35 from Reading is the 5:55 to Reading. Same equipment. If these trains aren't making the "to" trips there aren't "from" trips and back and forth it goes. So the cancelations aren't totally arbitrary, it depends on where the equipment is and where it can be moved next.

The Fairmount ones get canceled the most if they're down equipment for the other lines particularly on the South side, unfortunately.

Is in over his head. In his position, he should not be complaining to THE VOTERS about how hard his job is, or that he has nothing more to say. His handlers should be all over him about this - showing your frustrations on the air does not inspire confidence.
Seriously - can one single frickin leader in this whole mess show some confidence, and competence, in being able to handle it? Or at least fake you can? This isn't Hurricane Katrina. Yeah, it sucks, but snow is always part of the job in this state.

They've made statements that they aren't giving refunds for subpar service. It's ours and ours alone to put up with. Yes, they depend on ridership #s and funds, but they also know that for some of us it's the only way to get around, so we will put up with it. There's a big difference between a service like the T and say, a private company's products where there is an alternative. For most of us, there is no alternative. Therefore, why should they care how the public feels? they'll charge us T passes, because if they don't, in a month they'll probably say they can't run a service because they lost so much money in refunds. Until the companies that are affected by their workers' commutes, or who cover transportation costs in the form of T passes for their workers, get involved and start complaining, I don't see T management caring about how the public feels. Beverly Scott has quit and is trying to wash her hands of this, despite what she says about staying til April. I don't think there is anyone else at the helm there. Baker admonishes them but doesn't offer solutions. Walsh is busy (and rightfully so) trying to manage the absolute clusterf*ck that is snow removal in the city. I'm FB friends with some T employees (conductors) who are equally as frustrated with their own management and service as we are. It would be great if there were a spokesperson or advocate for the riders themselves. We should be getting our local reps involved whom this affects - whoever the councilpersons are in Brookline, Brighton, Allston, Cambridge, Malden, Charlestown, Melrose, Quincy, Braintree, etc - it affects all these places, and there should be a unity among leadership in these places to advocate for the riders in their neighborhoods. So far the only leader I've seen say anything is the Mayor of Somerville.