Part of the B Line to be shut starting Friday for repairs

By adamg on Mon, 07/29/2024 - 11:45am

The MBTA is reminding Green Line riders that the B Line will be shut between Boston College and Babcock Street between Aug. 2 and 11 for some of those accelerated track repair sessions.

Bustitution, of course, except the buses won't stop at Allston Street, Griggs Street or Packards Corner for accessibility reasons.

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"accessibility reasons"

By coffeeweasel on Mon, 07/29/2024 - 2:46pm.

The shuttles will stop at Allston Street because they get hung up waiting at the light anyway and people start beating on the door to get on it. They always say they don't stop, but they always do.

thats what I don't understand

By cybah on Tue, 07/30/2024 - 8:57am.

I know when the stops are used by Green Line trains.. the stops are old and lack proper height and lifts for HC people.

But shuttle buses. They mirror local bus routes and use the same stops. They have a lift build into them and can pick up a HC person from anywhere really. So why are these stops skipped for "Accessibility"

IS there a bus route that

By Rob on Tue, 07/30/2024 - 1:31pm.

IS there a bus route that mirrors the B?

Anyway... for the three stops mentioned - the Green line tracks and platform are between Comm Ave westbound and the carriage road. The carriage road is probably too narrow and twisting in those areas for a bus. The bus can't stop to pick in the mainline of Comm Ave because there is concrete barrier separating the mainline of the roadway from the platform (even if people could stand on the platform while the service work is going on. Other areas of median (when available near those stops) appear to be grass, not paved, not ADA.

"Not paved, not ADA" is a

By Vicki on Tue, 07/30/2024 - 8:26pm.

"Not paved, not ADA" is a good description of two of the stops I use regularly, Sutherland Road and Chestnut Hill Avenue. (Chestnut Hill Avenue isn't so bad outbound, but access to the inbound trains is dicey, especially at night or in the rain. The shuttle bus stop there is safer than the trolley stop.)

The problem at the stops they're skipping sounds less like accessibility in ADA terms, than access meaning the ability to get a shuttle bus to someplace it can pick up and drop off passengers.

Part of it is (I suspect)

By Rob on Tue, 07/30/2024 - 9:48pm.

Part of it is (I suspect) getting a bus to a spot.

Another part (I suspect) is the ADA or even general non-access of spots. Look at Packard outbound or inbound. They could stop a bus on the mainline right lane of Comm Ave (either direction) and pick-up/discharge people at the islands that divide the mainline from the carriageway. The problem is the island is uneven grass and dirt, curb at the front, curb at the back, no curb cuts, no actual path to any of the nearby crosswalks or sidewalks.