Conan776 t1_j64l9oy wrote on January 27, 2023 at 5:52 PM

Ever since they got rid of the trolleybusses the 71/73 lines have gone rapidly downhill.

mini4x t1_j65o15i wrote on January 27, 2023 at 9:57 PM

I haven't noticed any difference. Same intervals, same route. The trolleys weren't that fast to begin with.

MoreRandomWords t1_j672qvq wrote on January 28, 2023 at 4:22 AM

Unfortunately the data agrees with you. I pulled the reliability data from the MBTA Performance Dashboard for yesterday and the Thursday prior to pulling the trolleybuses from service.

Route	Jan 26 2023 (30 day)	Mar 10 2022 (30 day)
71	81%	80%
73	82%	80%

Seems like things haven't changed much. Other than more pollution, of course.

CriticalTransit t1_j676rfq wrote on January 28, 2023 at 5:00 AM

Looks like you got the wrong year

MoreRandomWords t1_j6791cy wrote on January 28, 2023 at 5:23 AM

I just double checked and I appear to have typo'd the year in my comment. I've adjusted the comment to properly reflect that the date of this past Thursday was January 26, 2023 and not January 26, 2022. The rest of the comment remains accurate though.