MBTA removes four stops from B line
Amy Cherry
Issue date: 4/22/04 Section: News
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Solutions to previous delays include the Show-N-Go program, which allows people with an MBTA monthly pass to board on the back of the train by showing their pass to a supervisor situated at the rear of the train, and having multi-car trains on the weekend.
"We've also got three car and two car trains on weekends," Pesaturo said.
But freshman Louise Cobb, who often visits friends' residing off of the Harvard Avenue T stop, doesn't believe the stops will make a difference.
"What they really need is more trains, in both directions, especially at rush hour," said Cobb, a writing, literature and publishing major. "The problem with the B Line is that mass transit is supposed to bypass the stress of driving and street traffic. A subway cannot run on an efficient schedule when it goes above ground and abides by traffic laws."
Despite the fact that 54 percent of Emerson's students live off campus, many students will not, however, be affected by the removal of the stops on the B Line because they live in the Back Bay or Beacon Hill areas, said Aynsley Diamond, the coordinator of Off-Campus Services.
But Weber, who boards at the Summit Avenue T stop, will now have to go to a new stop every morning.
"They're removing my stop," he said. "It's not a huge deal because there's another stop [Warren Street] right nearby. They're also removing one stop along the way which will probably save about 30 seconds, but 30 seconds is a big deal in the morning."
Pesaturo said there are no plans to add new trains to the B Line.
The change in the B Line will remain in effect for six to eight months. Whether the removal of these stops will be permanent will depend on customer feedback on the decrease in travel time, Pesaturo said.
Freshman Skye Stolnitz, a marketing and management major who has friends who live off of the B Line, is optimistic that this change will make her travels faster and smoother.
"The removal of four stops is a start to solving the overcrowded and sluggish B Line," she said. "I wish they'd do the same with the red line."
"We've also got three car and two car trains on weekends," Pesaturo said.
But freshman Louise Cobb, who often visits friends' residing off of the Harvard Avenue T stop, doesn't believe the stops will make a difference.
"What they really need is more trains, in both directions, especially at rush hour," said Cobb, a writing, literature and publishing major. "The problem with the B Line is that mass transit is supposed to bypass the stress of driving and street traffic. A subway cannot run on an efficient schedule when it goes above ground and abides by traffic laws."
Despite the fact that 54 percent of Emerson's students live off campus, many students will not, however, be affected by the removal of the stops on the B Line because they live in the Back Bay or Beacon Hill areas, said Aynsley Diamond, the coordinator of Off-Campus Services.
But Weber, who boards at the Summit Avenue T stop, will now have to go to a new stop every morning.
"They're removing my stop," he said. "It's not a huge deal because there's another stop [Warren Street] right nearby. They're also removing one stop along the way which will probably save about 30 seconds, but 30 seconds is a big deal in the morning."
Pesaturo said there are no plans to add new trains to the B Line.
The change in the B Line will remain in effect for six to eight months. Whether the removal of these stops will be permanent will depend on customer feedback on the decrease in travel time, Pesaturo said.
Freshman Skye Stolnitz, a marketing and management major who has friends who live off of the B Line, is optimistic that this change will make her travels faster and smoother.
"The removal of four stops is a start to solving the overcrowded and sluggish B Line," she said. "I wish they'd do the same with the red line."