psychout7 t1_j1870ql wrote
Hyde Park or Dorchester/Mattapan near Blue Hill Ave
biddily t1_j1a4iws wrote
There's this hole around port norfolk/Pope's Hill in Dorchester.
It's like, a mile to north Quincy, a mile to Ashmont, a mile to Shawmut, a mile to fields corner. It's so stupid.
The 201/202 is a bus that loops from fields corner, one that loops going Adams St first, and one that loops going Neponset first, so they go in different directions. But the neponeset one stops at 6pm. And after that the Adams bus runs once an hour. And that's if the bus shows up in the first place, cause there's times on schedule the bus never shows.
The 210 is supposed to run from Quincy to fields corner. But it can turn around at any random Quincy station. Weekends it doesn't go to Quincy. And it stops running early.
These bus run so sporadically. They don't come often. Most people gave up and walk to a station, keep an eye out for a passing bus on the way, and a bus never shows.
While 'technically' a bus runs into the neighborhood, it feels like it's only a technicality at this point. They run the midday busses for the kids getting out of 3 elementary schools, and that's their concern.
I have been known to drive to north Quincy and park there so I can drive home - cause after 6pm fuck getting a bus home.
Do I want to walk a mile thru Dorchester after dark alone? Not particularly. Do I want to wait an hour for a bus? Not particularly.
psychout7 t1_j1a50z5 wrote
My suspicion has always been that this must be somewhat intentional. That somehow this part of Dorchester pushed back against the T at some point long ago (this is my complete guess)
biddily t1_j1a5qpd wrote
We've been actively fighting FOR the T. We've had discussions with the city about it.
Currently it looks like we're caught in a catch-22 situation that's causing a downward spiral.
Something happened and the schedule changed, got cut back a little but. There was less ridership. Schedule got cut back more cause there was less ridership. Less people took the T cause the schedule changed. Schedule got cut back more cause less people took the T. Ad nauseum forever.
Some grad student at UMB who lived in the neighborhood did a whole study on it and submitted it to the T. The T came out and did interviews about the problem.
NOTHING CHANGED.
RogueInteger t1_j18qngk wrote
It's not all of these as half of Dorchester actually has red line. Ashmont to South Station is usually less than twenty minutes.
The entirety of Mattapan relies on one bus line. Our the southern most part which has trolly access. The other half of Dorchester relies on commuter rail.
Roslindale is also pretty boned.
Dontleave t1_j18r1sg wrote
Roslindale isn’t that bad considering there’s a bunch of bus lines going from the square to Forest Hills plus the commuter rail. Not nearly as fucked as Mattapan and most of BHA
RogueInteger t1_j18rrez wrote
The bus is the part that sucks because you're guaranteed a line change. It also multiplies risk factor because there's more things that can go wrong.
I guess it's more about expectations.
Yakb0 t1_j19hqqp wrote
21 bus, or the 31?
OmniaCausaFiunt t1_j19xcmc wrote
Yeah.. but the amount of times the Red Line is down because a switch isn't working at JFK, medical emergency, someone got hit by a train, or it has to go 1 MPH because of weather.. etc. Yes, it is the worst.
RogueInteger t1_j1aw6iu wrote
Yeah all the lines suck. But imagine waiting for a bus that's delayed for 20 minutes to then waiting for a train delayed 20 more minutes
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