[bscb-l] How do you navigate the green line with the noisy fans?

[Nora Nagle]

Just tp clarify, people who can see do NOT depend on announcements to determine what line a green limne train is serving. The green line trains all have panels on the outside, similar to those on buses, that indicate the train's line and destination. 

Nora

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On Aug 10, 2011, at 7:35 PM, "Annmarie Strazzullo" <a.strazzullo at comcast.net> wrote:

> People who can see depend on the announcements as well.  I don't think blind people paying for the T is going to make a bit of difference in whether trains pulling up to the right spot, announcements being made loudly, etc. happen  
> 
> 
> Annmarie  
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: bscb-l-bounces at acb.org [mailto:bscb-l-bounces at acb.org] On Behalf Of Frank Ventura
> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 6:28 PM
> To: Bay state (Massachusetts) discussion list
> Subject: Re: [bscb-l] How do you navigate the green line with the noisy fans?
> 
> Allison, while I think most sensible folks may agree with us having to
> pay our fare sgare since life isn't a free ride that really wasn't what
> the OP was speaking about. The OP was talking about not being able to
> identify one green line train from another. That is a very simple,
> conside problem and it begs a solution that may or may not require
> additional funding. We don't know that yet since we don't know what a
> potential solution would be.
> Frank
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bscb-l-bounces at acb.org [mailto:bscb-l-bounces at acb.org] On Behalf
> Of Alison
> Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 11:10 PM
> To: Bay state (Massachusetts) discussion list
> Subject: Re: [bscb-l] How do you navigate the green line with the noisy
> fans?
> 
> ...and they also still pull up the trains wherever they want (often not
> in the right place) at Park Street and they don't always announce when
> they're doing this, so it's very easy to get on the wrong westbound
> green line train at park street even if there are no fans running. And
> all of the MBTA buses and trains still only announce stops sporadically,
> so you can't rely on the announcements the way you should anyway.
> 
> The MBTA's accommodations for visually impaired people are just for
> show--they're not consistently available enough to be reliable.  But as
> long as blind people insist on paying absolutely nothing to ride the
> MBTA (even though all other disabled people do have to pay at least
> something), then we cannot expect any better from the MBTA because how
> are they going to pay to fix the problem of stop announcements if we're
> not willing to contribute even fifteen cents per ride?  
> 
> The MBTA needs money very badly because their budget is being raided
> every year to pay for the Big Dig, etc.  We need to stop just
> complaining and start contributing.  Why can't BSCB make a donation to
> the MBTA?  We have plenty of money and the MBTA is a very valuable
> service for many of our members.
> 
> --Alison
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Nina Kagan <nina at littlebreezes.com>
> To: bscb-l at acb.org
> Sent: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:31:53 -0000 (UTC)
> Subject: [bscb-l] How do you navigate the green line with the noisy
> fans?
> 
> Do others feel that the Boylston Street and Park Street subway stations
> are extremely noisy and difficult to hear the train announcements?  In
> the warm weather with the fans it is almost impossible to discriminate
> between the different trains .  How do you hear the announcements if you
> are not in the front of the station and not near the fans?  This is a
> safety concern of mine and I want toknow if there is anything that BSCS
> can do to alert the transportation board of this concern.
> 
> 
> 
> All th Best,
> 
> Nina Kagane
> 
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