Really disappointed that the #MBTA's path forward for making commuter rail stations accessible is "let's figure out how to build as little as possible to avoid triggering FTA requirements for full level boarding" and not "let's get our construction costs under control so that we're not spending $50 million to install two elevators and a ramp."
#BostonMusic & Free - #Malden's #Porchfest starts at noon Saturday, til 7pm, still on despite the rain as of Saturday @10am, but check the wobsite. No Guster, though.
massachusetts-official on Tumblr made me aware of a Tom Lehrer song I'd never heard before, so here he is singing The Subway Song, a minute and a half of pure delight if you've ever taken the #MBTA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goJ0QIaXZ-w
Former #MBTA GM (and former Boston 2024 CEO), who now runs the subways in NYC, has no interest in returning here to take head job at Massport, according to the financially flailing New York Daily News, which referred to his former home in "the small town on the Charles River."