Sounds like a suicide.

This was a dear friend of my sibling, it was a horrible accident. Please keep everyone in your prayers in this horrible tragedy.

It's one more thing they'd have to maintain and reinstall when doing track work. I've heard stories from the inside about parts being deliberately left off trains after being repaired that don't risk safety or operation, but will protect the mechanicals from premature failure and weather corrosion. I'm told they leave them off because "it's easier."

"pickup shoes" as they're called use the top of the 3rd rail on all of our heavy rail lines.

Blue of course only uses 3rd rail between downtown and Bowdoin. It switches to overhead catenary at airport.

No one is saying that they won't work. They are saying that investing millions into them right now isn't the best investment when there are far worse deficiencies in the MBTA system.

When we have had people fail through stairs to their deaths at MBTA stations, then the risks of the being dangerous electricity in areas you are clearly not supposed to go isn't the problem we should be fixing.

Greystone has great croissants

Cafe Beatrice in Cambridge Crossing and Colette in Medford both do a great selection of traditional patisserie.

And don't miss Rae the Baker's pretzel croissant at True Grounds for a nontraditional take. (The miso morning bun is also an incredible mix of savory and sweet laminated pastry!)

Hana will still make you croissants. You just have to call her. Pick up at Cafe Madeleine.

Steel and Rye is excellent.

Butternut in Arlington! Really good chocolate croissants

Or we could just not go down on the fucking tracks and touch the thing that’s says do not touch

MA France Lexington

This. Can't wait for their Brookline location to open as well!

Lakon Patisserie in Newton is new and fabulous. And it's across the street from the Newton Highlands T stop.

Colette in Medford is amazing

Diesel in Davis Square has good croissants.

La Saison in Cambridge is top tier IMO

Yep, they were asking about the GL ‘grade level’ ped crossing at Park St.

For the Green line.

Orange. Red, Blue lines have an electrified 3rd rail.

I would guess so actually. I haven't looked for the contact pads on the orange or red lines but you can easily see the blue line's plates rubbing along the top of the third rail, sparking every now and then. They stick down and out from the train so yeah a cover would be in their way.

Because in the time it took them to write that whiney comment they could’ve googled it

Yeah, I don't work on mbta projects anymore thank God, but we had several projects get cancelled around the time of the orange line shutdown due to all the staffing shortages.

Spare me. America has committed plenty of war crimes and atrocities and we don't have a functioning transportation system.

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Due to staffing, it's pretty tough to get access during ROW these days