I've been on the fence about this. My first thought was, well that really sucks for the people who really have to get to work (my housemate is camping out at the hospital where she works, rather than travel, but if she had kids that might not be possible). But then on the other hand, I see so many bars and restaurants open in storms. It cascades, if the T workers have to get to work, they need to also get meals and the people who prep that food need their essentials, etc... I wonder if shutting down the T results in *fewer* cars on the road because once the T is closed more businesses close and more people stay home? But, still, how do you safely drive a plow all night without a Dunkies stop? (seriously-- I'm not being sarcastic).

Then, too, there are the very good points that others here make about the lack of robustness of the MBTA infrastructure. Whether is *should* stay open or not is one question, but also there is whether it *could* keep functioning, or whether practically speaking the trains were going to stop running anyway and this just means they don't have any passengers on them when they do. (see Red Line, today).