J reports on her commute from hell this morning on the Green and Red lines:
... It started with a very slow train ride from Coolidge Corner to Kenmore, with extended stopping time at each station. And in the process the train got more and more crowded. Then the train decided to break down at Kenmore. We all got off the train just when another train was coming through, so I managed to squeeze myself in. Then another slower than snails commute to Park Street where I changed to the Red Line. The platform was packed! Then another slow commute to South Station. ... No wonder the rat race kills people. It's not work. It's the damn commute!!!
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Dark Sun?
By anon-a-mouse
Mon, 10/27/2008 - 1:12pm
Care to explain this one for us?
Not Dark Sun
By Allstonian
Mon, 10/27/2008 - 1:48pm
I'm not Dark Sun, but I suspect that the bad start to the trip, at least, had to do with the school bus that broke down on the streetcar tracks at Kent Street around 7:30 this morning. I got three different T alerts about it.
I'm not familiar with the specifics of this case...
By DarkSun
Mon, 10/27/2008 - 3:55pm
...so while I appreciate being called out, I will defer to others such as Allstonian who may be better able to provide your requested 'explanation'.
Someone bring me the cheese, cause we gots whine!
By OneMansOpinion
Mon, 10/27/2008 - 2:03pm
Here's something...why didn't you just get out and take a taxi? There are many cabs at the holiday inn at St Paul, and near the Dunkin Donuts at St. Mary's, as well as hotel commonwealth. You could have taken a taxi across the mass ave bridge to central and caught the red line to south station. Then you could avoid the downtown traffic and the central/kendall area isn't too trafficy at 8 am (I am usually at work in Kendall by 8:20 am)
Haven't you lived here long enough to know if you use the T as your main mode of transit (I've been riding it for 20 yrs, since high school) you should know the lay of the land, and where things are. Sometimes going back is quicker (eg going outbound on C to Resevoir and taking the D back in)
Next time, use your head to think, instead of your mouth (nee fingers) to complain about the situation. Some people piss and moan about the T, but just groan and stare at the wall and blast their ipod and try to forget the world.
Lead, follow, or get the Hell out of the way hippie!
Or just bike it...
By thathottness.com
Mon, 10/27/2008 - 3:47pm
I biked from Brighton to South Station in between 22-24 min. on Friday night. Sure beats the hell out of the MBTA...