MBTA shutting down at 2 pm today!

[ron_newman]

Official announcement from MBTA general manager:

All #MBTA service will be suspended effective 2pm today. Customers are encouraged to make final #MBTA trips as early as possible.

Comments

[el-cubano-15.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the heads up!

[ruthling.livejournal.com]

thanks for the info. I'm surprised they didn't e-mail all the people who get notifications, at least not yet.

[siderea]

I got my text msg at a little after noon.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Great googli moogli!

[pekmez.livejournal.com]

> final #MBTA trips

This makes me think that they're not expecting to be able to start running ever again, somehow. Sigh.

[dmaze]

The phrase you're looking for is "temporary suspension of service". The Green Line seems particularly susceptible.

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

I thought that the worst was going to be over by 2PM.

[ron_newman]

Not what I've heard -- the 'real' hurricane isn't even here yet.

[rufinia.livejournal.com]

They have been projecting the worst to be between 3 and 6.

[cravereality.livejournal.com]

Do we have predictions as to the MBTA running tomorrow?

[darxus.livejournal.com]

When was the last time this happened?

[ron_newman]

Last August during Hurricane Irene.

[boblothrope.livejournal.com]

For what it's worth, nextbus still shows some buses running on the routes I checked.

whereisthet shows one inbound train on the Blue Line, and two northbound trains on the Orange Line.

For the Red Line, it shows arrival predictions for the last few northbound stops, but doesn't show any trains on the diagram.