If the purpose of commuter rail is *only* to account for peak inbound AM commutes and peak outbound PM commutes, just don't build it
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“It’s very exciting to see the city taking an interest in public transit” what would be REALLY exciting would be the MBTA taking an interest
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“Commuter rail just doesn’t work very well anymore." It never has! Why do you think freight railroads handed that service to the state?
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"Commuter Rail" is a poisonous concept, an form of transportation that actively hinders transportation. A titanic waste of useful railways.
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If you want railways to be useful for commuters, they must be useful for non-commuters too--who, after all, are a larger transit market!
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Frequent trips. Multiple units. Distance based fares. BOSTON! WE MUST FIX THIS!
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And the key to making it all affordable: no conductors
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amen to that too--fare gates and IC cards make them obsolete
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Not so! It costs more to go to Boston from Newtonville than to Worcester. Interzone fares are a thing.
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But if you're transferring in Boston you get to pay the terminal penalty twice.
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yeesh--brutal
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And yet people do these trips! Not many, but if it was less terrible I'm sure there will be more.
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