Update this Week On Franklin Forge Park On-Time Performance
I was out of the office 3 days this week. So I can only report on Monday 3/24 and today 3/28.
Go ahead, guess…
That’s right. BOTH days late. Close to 15 minutes on each morning rush hour train. A woman next to me who had to attend an important meeting said, “Of all the days, this is not the one for the MBTA to be late.”
I said, “Are you kidding, they are always late.”
She said, “Yeah, but there are a group of people waiting for me to be at a meeting that starts promptly at 9:00 and I won’t make it.”
Like I said, there was a time before the rate hike, where I was in the office every single day at 8:55. NEVER late. Now, a chronic condition.
What I want to know is now that the contract has been signed with the managing agency, what leverage does Governor Deval Patrick have with them? Probably none. And that is a travesty. I will post later about this. In my view, in private business, when people don’t perform or miss benchmarks, they can be held to pay. And I’m not talking the ridiculous price of a ticket which you only get if the train is a half hour late. But more later. Back to work.
Which train do you take? I usually take the #715, departing South Station at 4:10 pm. They’ve been shorting us shamefully on coaches lately, but I have to say that they’ve been on time (or close to it) pretty often.
That doesn’t make up for the trains being so overcrowded that people are packed into the aisle and vestibules, of course…
Comment by Peter Maranci — April 27, 2008 @ 12:25 am
I take the 715 as well, but I take a bunch of other times both going into work and returning home. I have a very fluid schedule which may be why I encounter late trains and people say are we on the same line?
The crowding is good news - environment. Bad news - the MBTA just is pathetically remiss.
Which I have been as well here. I have to get back to posting.
Comment by Boston7977 — April 29, 2008 @ 9:20 pm