5 Comments

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   Greg Reibman on August 21, 2019 at 11:01 pm

   The Green Line has its shortcomings but trees are going to fall on tracks in bad weather, even on the most modern systems.

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   Amy Sangiolo on August 21, 2019 at 11:05 pm

   Maybe the MBTA should revisit its tree clearing plan because they may be missing some….

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     Greg Reibman on August 21, 2019 at 11:24 pm

     As an abutter to the D Line who has seen many favorite trees parallel to our street cut down or severely trimmed by the T, I can tell you that they’re already pretty aggressive. We live in New England. Bad weather sometimes takes a toll on even healthy branches.

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   Julia Malakie on August 21, 2019 at 11:48 pm

   Branches protect each other, and shearing all the branches off on one side of a tree, for example, can make the remaining branches more vulnerable to wind. But I would expect such remaining branches in this situation to be on the side away from the tracks, and to break away from the tracks, not toward the tracks. Anyone seen any photos of the actual branch? I’ve only seen the photos of the people walking away from the trolley.

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   Matt Lai on August 26, 2019 at 4:19 am

   @greg, saying that “we live in New England, bad weather makes branches fall” is a contradiction to the the argument that you and Sean Roche has tried to make where, “we can simply hop on a bike to get all of our daily activities done”.

   There’s a difference between being “biking friendly” and “bikes (and public transportation) should be our only mode of getting around… and cars be damned!”

   I like New England, ok with branches falling during bad weather, while being in my car while the rain is whipping sideways (and not on a bike or waiting for the next train to roll up). 🙂