Taylor Dolven at the Globe posted part of the T's internal slow zone log: https://twitter.com/taydolven/status/1618374834723098631

Note how the OL slow zones are pretty much all in the areas the T "fixed" last year, and also the sheer size of them: a half mile north of Assembly, a quarter mile south of Tufts and south of North Station.

And, of course, note the start of the huge cropped-out list of slow zones on the Red.

I dunno what this is going to take to fix. I have to imagine the T needs a huge expansion of its maintenance-of-way staff paired with months-to-years of shutdowns and surges.

For fuuuuuuuuuucks sake

What is your expectation of warranty?

6 months? 1 year? 5 years? 10 years? 100 years? 1000 years?

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The encouragement is appreciated.

individual police officers should be licenced. The state should cover liability for baseline bad work like shoddy policework but cap coverage to like $1M. Officers should individually be on the hook for anything over $1M. Insurance cost for 99% of officers should be really cheap since they don't have super high risk, similar to life insurance premiums for young people. Bad officers would never be able afford their >$1M coverage. The

We really need to ban boston globe posts now that they have a hard pay wall.

I doubt anybody is surprised at this though. You can't overhaul everything in a month. Whatever they say it will take you have to at least double it at a minimum and quintuple the budget.

Thank you for the feedback, next one will definitely be better organized. Would you suggest reducing the amount of information, or just formatting it better?

Amen! That's where we were the last 9 years. Power cuts because it got below 20 was a joke

My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined

Yes its a business the entire city is with employees, health care plans, schedules, supervisors, the whole ball of wax oh and a pension plan for its employees.

Same, but I think the doctor I had moved to another place.

It was the easiest process ever and is still one of the best decisions I’ve ever made to get it done

I moved here due to the highly rated mass transit services based on the research I did. Had I known it was all a lie, I'd have kept my bike to get around the city.

We’re a port city … that’s why

This might just be semantics, but the cops “put together the case” by gathering enough evidence and probable cause to arrest someone. The DA then signs off on it and prosecutes the case.

I'm just confused at this point

Are the police now considered a business?

The MBTA sucks. I've got no patience for the way it sucks away people's lives, leaving us to find meaning in standing on cold, ugly train platforms, standing forlornly on a street corner waiting for a bus, taking shallow breaths because I am jammed into some jerk's backpack on an overfull subway. The T makes me late to pick up my kids, makes me anxious about being late to work (never really know when that bus is going to arrive, do ya?), and costs far more than it is worth.

Electrify whoever's in charge of the mbta while they're at it

Depends on the context and why they were wrongfully convicted.

1300 sq ft first floor condo that was completely redone with insulation etc. in 2012. Gas stove and tankless gas hot water heater. I put in a Sensi thermostat that I got on a Black Friday MassSave sale for like $10 or $20 - there was no C wire so couldn't put in one of the fancier ones. At night and most of the day it's set at 62, in the morning and evening it's 70.

My January bill was for 61 therms, came to around $153 (same rates as your bill).

I mean, sure. But why even bother arguing that if it’s not at all possible.

This is a very detailed write up, but IMO it could be abbreviated somewhat. It’s definitely a long and tedious read.

I’d potentially either break it up by categories so that folks can easily find the information relevant to them, or if else I would separate out the information which you think would be most relevant to the average resident of boston, maybe at the beginning as a kind of “front page”, with more detailed info that youve provided here afterwards.

I know this doesn't answer your question, but hopes it make you feel better.

I currently live in San Diego (used to live in Boston) and we currently pay $500/mo for gas + electric. We don't even run the heat, that's just hot water, dryer and electronics. Everywhere is getting insanely expensive.

I don't think this will get NIMBYd. Diesel is slower, louder, smellier. Literally no advantage for those that live near tracks.

The only issue would be the construction but honestly that's like a few months (hopefully) of hassle.