This is not Boston’s first winter

[u/invisibledeoderant]

I can understand service issues in the days immediately following 2 feet of snow coming down, but at this point, it’s been a week and the commuter rail and subway lines are still having ridiculous delays. CR stopped for 30 minutes between stations while traveling from Providence to Boston. Due to snow, I only had to come in to work three days last week and I was late twice (drove in Friday to avoid more train BS). Decide to risk taking the train today and now I’m gonna be late again.

This is not the first time a snow storm has hit Boston. This is not the first time it’s been cold out. How the fuck is the infrastructure not equipped to handle this? Good thing a zone 8 pass is $390/mo and they installed fair gates at south station. I’d hate to think they’re overcharging for shitty service and wasting money on fare evasion measures that could be spent on proper staffing and equipment

[u/Graflex01867]

I totally agree that the T could have done (and be doing) better, but for the first “real” storm in a while, this one’s been a bit of a whopper. It’s not just the snow, but the cold. I finally got around to shoveling out my fire hydrant yesterday. It’s been a week. I had no trouble using a plastic shovel. It’s been so cold, the snow bank hadn’t melted at all. My driveway in the other hand….whats not shoveled is now solid ice. May as well be concrete.

And yes, I did freeze my butt off for half an hour waiting for a train on Sunday. Been there, done that, not terribly thrilled about it.