Stop T Radio

A stretch perhaps, but I'm thinking that this blog can become a journal of things T-related. I have little to share with you about my bike accident or the progress of paving over the tracks in JP, but I have some observations I'll post soon.

Meanwhile, as the Sox go to the World Series, the T has hatched a nefarious scheme to replace buskers with Muzak. Here's an email I just wrote them:

Dear MBTA,

T Radio - possibly the worst idea that you've come up with yet.

I beg you, please do not roll this misconceived atrocity out to all the stations on the T. It's an invasion of public privacy. It will discourage and ultimately silence the rich tradition of street performers in the subway. It will be yet another uncontrollable source of advertising, targeting unwanted products to the young. And, in order to accommodate the tastes of many, the resulting programming is so bland and overplayed that it's an insult to the public ear. Do I really need to hear Bob Seeger sing "Against the Wind" once more in my lifetime? I think not. It's enough to make me consider driving to work.

You should be attracting riders, not shooing them away.

Respectfully,

[name and email etc...]


You too can write to the T about this at TRadio@mbta.com. Read their press release here. Sign a petition here on the buskers site.