free_to_muse t1_j9y3zri wrote on February 25, 2023 at 12:12 PM

Reply to comment by McFlyParadox in A man was shoved onto Blue Line tracks in Revere. He landed on his feet and just barely missed getting hit by an oncoming train. by _Hack_The_Planet_

Ok great. Just 5 years for the line that goes to your home. And then the next 5 years for the line that goes by your work.

MgFi t1_j9y827f wrote on February 25, 2023 at 12:58 PM

You can suffer waiting for the line to be rebuilt, or you can suffer waiting for the line to be rebuilt. It's your choice.

free_to_muse t1_j9yx8wd wrote on February 25, 2023 at 4:20 PM

So flippant. If you shut down a train for 5 yrs, people just don’t keep doing the same thing until it reopens. You’ll destroy countless businesses and communities, perhaps permanently. People will move, and change their behavior to not need the train. So when the train comes back, it’s a different world.

MgFi t1_ja0yjhw wrote on February 26, 2023 at 12:49 AM

My comment was meant to imply that whether they degrade service to rebuild the line while keeping it running, or they shut the line down to rebuild it faster or more completely, it's going to impact people either way. The same effects you mention will happen, regardless of which option is chosen, although if the line is kept running in some reduced capacity, there might be less of it. When the line is brought back up to full service, the world will be different either way.