Tuesday, April 4th 2006


MBTA news
posted by Mike Mennonno @ 7:55 pm in [ MBTA - MBTA news ]

Wow. Davis Square. Got an earful about that yesterday from friends traveling that stretch of the red line. But even those of us at the other end of the red line experienced an awful lot of “schedule adjustments” during the morning rush hour.

Much bigger news, of course, is the $310 million settlement to upgrade the MBTA for people with disabilities. I don’t think anyone can argue about the need for this. Not only are the outright disabled disadvantaged all over the T system, but the elderly have a rough time of it, too.

I’m all for upgrading elevators and escalators, anyway. But I’m afraid money spent on T-employee training might be better spent just beating some sense into them. No, joking. But, as the Globe reported, in the past “T employees either viewed videos or practiced maneuvering wheelchairs with fellow T employees who were not disabled.” So this time they’re planning to round up some real disabled folks for it. This sounds like the makings of a helluva reality show to me.


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