Posts Tagged ‘MBTA’

Happy Birthday to the MBTA

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

The worst most horrible excuse for a public transportation system in America.  Here is a fun excerpt from the Globe wishing our subway a happy birthday:

Boston Globe Well, well, Boston subway, you don’t look a day over 111. But another special day has indeed arrived, like an extra Green Line leaving Fenway. America’s oldest subway system, now run by the MBTA, turns 112 today.

The first underground ride took place on Sept. 1. 1897 — between Boylston and Park Street stations. About 100 people were aboard and, according to Globe accounts from the time, cheered wildly when they descended. It must have been running on time that day.

The comments are definitely the best part of the article though, so make sure to read through.

MBTA Joins the 21st Century

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

Although the service is still some of the worst for public transportation that I’ve ridden in the entire world (literally) at least you can finally freaking manage your pass(es) online.  It’s been three years in the making, any other organization could have completed this in three months probably, but you can finally tie in your unnecessarily large credit card sized piece of plastic which surrounds a tiny RFID chip (the card could be like the size of a quarter) to an online account.  At least they didn’t do a half ass offering of services online (seriously) and you can manage all aspects of multiple cards.  Add value, set up recurring monthly pass purchases, see what’s left on your card(s) etc.  Now, if only the T could run on time, not crash as much, and extend the service they’ve been promising since the start of the Big Dig, we might have a proper public transit system.