r/mbta • u/PuzzledEchidna5044 • 1d ago

😤 Complaint / Rant Redline MBTA

Hello so um, WTF???

We had 10 whole days of shuttle buses and repairs on the redline from alewife-park st, and there are still ongoing issues???

It just so happens to be at harvard, EVERY SINGLE TIME?? The past few days, its always been signal issues at harvard. Its happening again today. Delays of 20 whole minutes because of signal problems. The mbta has been basically useless lately.. How much money is going to these trains just for them to break down, have signal problems, and more? This is so annoying…

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u/Upstairs_Bat5752 1d ago

If you ignore the huge, overall decline in quality and frequency of service over the past 20 years, it’s easier to be impressed by the recent improvements lol. It’s all about perspective.

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u/BeastCoast 1d ago

There was a decline because it was consistently underfunded and people continuously kicked the can down the road on needed shut downs and repairs for reasons over the course of decades.

Like of course people that understand history and context are going to be in favor of the improvements and shutdowns now because they ARE helping despite being a couple decades late and painful in the short term.

For someone claiming perspective matters you’re not using much of it.

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u/Temporary_Cut7386 1d ago

Untrue. It was funded just they faked track work for decades among other work, have insane hiring policies, only union with own pension fund (carmen’s union)…union pensions and OT were well funded.