johnmcboston

johnmcboston t1_je0km4p wrote

Reply to Crisis-Hit MBTA to Be Led by Man Who Turned Around Long Island Railroad by Illustrious-Nose3100

I'm on the fence. Ch 25 did some 'man on the street' interviews in NY with LIRR riders who were less than impressed, but the could of course choose who to put on air. Fact wise, I'm curious if he 'fixed' the system, or just moved the goalposts.

I think back to David Gunn, who fixed every transit system he touched (and Amtrak) - except Boston, his only failure. Unions and politics prevented him form making any meaningful changes. Curious if the environment now is truly changed.

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johnmcboston t1_jdcgxv5 wrote

Reply to THE ESCALATION IN SOUTH STATION IS WORKING!!!! by K_Gal14

The CVB story helped, but they exposed a bigger issue that the T hasn't addressed. All of S Station is leased to a company to run, and that company is saving money by doing things like not fixing escalators. Where else are they cutting corners? Why has this not invalidated this lease?

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johnmcboston t1_j9op3nq wrote

Reply to comment by ineedscissor in $122M to build a new bridge for 160 Dorchester Yacht Club members!?! by LivingMemento

It would have to be a super tall bridge - the water is close to the lower deck of the bridge at high tide, so you would need a bridge tall enough to accommodate the tallest sailboat...

Plus the southern approach just went under 93, so not that much room to build a high bridge from that perspective.

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johnmcboston t1_iycsbko wrote

Reply to comment by Quincyperson in Getting ready for Thursday’s tree lighting on Boston Common. Thank you Nova Scotia! by yesdaedalus11

Yeah, wish they would put it in a better location. It kind of gets 'lost' on the common - not very prominent. (And the city doesn't do the best job decoration - it's not surprising the original poster thought the Quincy market tree was the NS tree - it's decorated much better and highly visible)

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johnmcboston t1_iycs3z6 wrote

Reply to Is there a Santa Speedo Run this year? by JohnHaze02118

Good question. No presence anywhere on the web. The charity they run for now, the Play Ball Foundation, has no event for 2022. Technically would happen on Dec 10 if they kept to schedule, but given no fundraising yet, I'm not sure.

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johnmcboston t1_iycr3w0 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Is there a Santa Speedo Run this year? by JohnHaze02118

It is not a 'gay event' - but given the event, are you surprised a gay travel sight is advertising it as an event? :)

But I have my suspicions. The race is always on a Saturday. Last year it was Dec 11 - and this travel site is listing the date for 2022 as Sunday, Dec 11. So I wonder if they just made an assumption.

Very surprised at this late date there is no proper web site for the 2022 run (if happening)

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