Is that run by the MBTA? That could be the issue.

39 toward Forest Hills has always been bad. So much loading and unloading along Huntington -- we really ought to at least have the infrastructure in place so that buses and trains never wait at lights.

I’ve noticed too. Peak frequency used to be about every 4-6 minutes on the 39 but they’ve cut it back a lot due to driver shortages. Even with the reduced schedule though, they don’t have enough drivers to run the reduced schedule so some trips are canceled minutes before they’re supposed to run, leaving bigger gaps between buses.

Further, they don’t have enough bus dispatch staff, so operators often leave the terminal before or after they’re supposed to. This is further compounded by the fact that most of the 39’s route runs on Centre and South Sts, which are congested for large stretches of the day. That’s hard to plan around. This part has gotten a little better with the new bus lanes on Huntington, but the 39 still gets caught in a lot of traffic, making headways less reliable.

It's definitely much worse,not that it was great to begin with

I'm not an urban planner but they should make Huntington just for pedestrians, bikes, buses and the T from the J-way to the MFA. The current situation trying to please everybody is a death trap for cyclist, a mess for public transport (with some of the worst and most dangerous stops in all the T network) and an eyesore.

💯... but as I've come to find out more and more, much of MA politics is people being afraid of slippery slopes and thus pedestrianizing Huntington (and don't get me started on Newbury) would be quite a battle.

Some of the stops are only a few blocks away from each other. I always thought it was ridiculous.

MBTA: "Having three buses come in a motorcade is the same as having three buses come evenly across the span of 30 minutes."

They do currently have a bus lane from Brigham to mass ave.