The MBTA has decided to do work on the Green "D" Line this summer, which means it will be impossible to get from Newton Centre into downtown Boston without having to get off the subway at some point and get on a bus and then get back on another train. This pretty much ruins the summer city outing scene for my family, because taking the T really made outings an event, saved on parking, etc. But all of that on-off-on-off-on-off is just too much nonsense for the already VERY slow Green line. Given that the above-ground Green line is more attractive during the warm-weather months, as well as the increase in city-bound suburbanites when the kiddies are on vacation, why did they have to do this now?
The MBTA seemed like they were starting to figure things out with the introduction of the Charlie Cards, adjusting the T-pricing for us suburbanites and updating the outside station shelters. Of course, it still takes WAY too long to actually take the T anywhere useful (for example, it would take me more than one-and-a-half hours to take the T from Newton Centre to Quincy Center [where I now have the pleasure of working every day] compared to a 35-minute/15-mile drive).
