The TAB’s Julie Cohen has the details about the upcoming reconstruction of the MBTA Green line tracks
Construction will go from 9 p.m.-4:30 a.m. on Sunday-Thursday along certain sections of the D Line, according to the MBTA. From 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. buses will replace the trains. Normal train service will resume at 5 a.m. Work will run through Dec. 28 this year and start up on April 9 in 2019
Let the whining begin! Everyone wants improved public transit, just not in my backyard. How very Newtonian. It must be a town of doctors given how many folks seem to have sworn a Hypocritic Oath.
@Elmo – do you really think people in other places don’t complain about noise from track work?
I’ve had a couple of summers where I had sleepless weeks due to nighttime roadwork or track work. I don’t like worrying that I’m going to lose my job because I can’t function competently without sleep. At the time, I was extremely grateful that I didn’t have a baby or young children in the house.
Did I fight having the work done? Of course not – it was necessary. But it was painful to go through and my friends certainly heard me grip about it.
My house abuts the Green Line and I realize that I’m in for a number of sleep-deprived nights. I also realize the benefit of being able to walk to the T and the benefits that will come from faster and larger trains that will follow. So I will toss, turn, sleep with a pillow over my ears and endure. The neighbors that I’ve spoken to get it too. Bring it on.
I was amused when I read this article in today’s Tab.
One person felt that the MBTA needed to communicate better, which struck me as ironic since they were presenting at a meeting.
One person actually asked why they needed to do this work at night!! I assume this person doesn’t take the T to work or realize that many do.
And one seemed to be complaining that Eliot was going to be left out of the noise fest.
@Greg Reibman, is the MBTA making specific promises about what this will mean for us plebes? Will they really be able to run longer cars without refurbishing underground as well?
@John White: Actually the new, larger Green Line trains are supposed to slowly start rolling out now. The track and signal improvements are supposed to improve performance and reliability.
@Greg – Got it, thanks. I had read about these. I thought by some miracle that we could have extra cars on each train after the renovations. Every bit of progress counts.