Comments on: mbta redesign http://www.jon22.net/mbta-redesign/ The Website of Jonathan Dobres Tue, 27 Sep 2011 03:58:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lauren http://www.jon22.net/mbta-redesign/comment-page-1/#comment-578 Lauren Mon, 08 Jan 2007 18:44:01 +0000 http://www.jon22.net/mbta-redesign/#comment-578 I rode the T for the first time when I was in Boston a couple months ago and the way they were collecting passengers' money was ridiculous. At a couple of the stations I stopped at, instead of buying a token you were just supposed to drop a dollar in this box they had out. Presumably this was an ugly middle stage between tokens and cards, but I still found it hilariously ghetto that Boston's subway system was essentially using the same money-collecting principles as frats running keg parties. (Except at keg parties they are better at catching people who try to sneak through without paying.) The T was also a much bumpier ride than the Metro we have here in DC, and there was less seating. Also, some of the stops' names were downright ridiculous (Alewife? Wonderland?) All in all it made our Metro look like the paragon of efficiency and comfort, which is pretty pathetic. I will say this for the T, though--it was a lot cheaper than Metro. And our fares are about to go up again. I rode the T for the first time when I was in Boston a couple months ago and the way they were collecting passengers’ money was ridiculous. At a couple of the stations I stopped at, instead of buying a token you were just supposed to drop a dollar in this box they had out. Presumably this was an ugly middle stage between tokens and cards, but I still found it hilariously ghetto that Boston’s subway system was essentially using the same money-collecting principles as frats running keg parties. (Except at keg parties they are better at catching people who try to sneak through without paying.)

The T was also a much bumpier ride than the Metro we have here in DC, and there was less seating. Also, some of the stops’ names were downright ridiculous (Alewife? Wonderland?) All in all it made our Metro look like the paragon of efficiency and comfort, which is pretty pathetic.

I will say this for the T, though–it was a lot cheaper than Metro. And our fares are about to go up again.

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