http://www.bostoncommuterspeaks.com Life is Like Looking Outside a Fast Train … It's All a Blur If You Don’t Slow DownTo Enjoy the Ride! Sat, 17 May 2008 17:28:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have had to suspend comments from others on this blog because of spammers. It's too bad jerks have to ruin things for everyone. I want to thank the select few brilliant math minds at the Math Harvard url and the other socially inept whose only joy in life ... http://www.bostoncommuterspeaks.com/2008/05/16/thank-you-harvard-spammers-and-others/ Yesterday the Franklin Line #738 in the morning - PEAK time that arrives in boston 8:40 a.m. was packed in like sardines. Okay. So why is it that the trains that arrive at South Station at 6:48 a.m., or 9:25 a.m. get double deckers and ... http://www.bostoncommuterspeaks.com/2008/05/02/life-of-an-mbta-sardine/ I read the signs at South Station to see how "we're" doing. After all, I may be posting delays, but I'm committed to commuting and to the environment. So I want to see the MBTA back at 95% on-time. Well, the performance this month dropped. And as I was ... http://www.bostoncommuterspeaks.com/2008/04/04/franklin-forgeone-example-of-on-time-performance/ Taken from the Alliance for Climate Protection: Transit is good for business. Companies linked in to public transportation have fewer problems with absenteeism and keeping employees. Transit also reduces congestion, allowing for more on-time deliveries and lower transportation costs for goods. If you build it they will come. Transit investment, particularly rail ... http://www.bostoncommuterspeaks.com/2008/03/29/commuting-is-a-good-thing-for-everyone-so-governor-patrick-fix-the-mbta-service-please/ 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 ... http://www.bostoncommuterspeaks.com/2008/03/28/update-this-week-on-franklin-forge-park-on-time-performance/ Do you have any idea how awful it is for a manager to walk into work late? The train was 12 minutes late. But if you are a working mom who shuttles kids and has things to the wire and no earlier trains are an option, THIS STINKS. MBTA, get the ... http://www.bostoncommuterspeaks.com/2008/03/20/franklin-forge-park-line-late-againanother-day-of-hell-at-work/ I run as fast as I can... And it's never enough. This is an excerpt from my "About" page. I want to be out there as to how this commuting mess has affected my life. And everyone has a tale to tell. As any commuter on the ... http://www.bostoncommuterspeaks.com/2008/03/16/how-the-mbta-affects-my-life-and-others/ 2008's MBTA Commuter Rail On-Time Performance BostonNOW (published February 5, 2008) http://www.bostonnow.com/news/local/2008/02/05/rail-hits-77-ontime But back in the Good Old Days, the performance was far better. Before the Fall of 2007, I was on time every day. Now it's a rare, embarrassing event to be on time. It affects my ... http://www.bostoncommuterspeaks.com/2008/03/16/mbta-train-performance-in-the-good-old-days/ Late and Jammed, A Typical Day on the Boston MBTA and “T” How is your train's performance? On time? Late? Leave early and leave you behind? Share your stories. Please! Tell us which MBTA line, train and date. Let's get this train service back on track!!! There are some good bloggers out there I will start to ... http://www.bostoncommuterspeaks.com/2008/03/15/roll-call-on-the-mbta-2/