| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 771.1 | KP7, etc. | WHYVAX::DELBALSO | I (spade) my (dog face) | Wed Apr 05 1989 12:26 | 5 |
| You might try in the SPIDER::MAYNARD conference, which is much more specific
to the needs of Mill personnel.
-Jack
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| 771.2 | the van ran, long ago | TOOK::CBRADLEY | Chuck Bradley | Wed Apr 05 1989 17:25 | 4 |
| yes, there was such a van in 1977.
i remember hearing it was stopped, perhaps about 1980.
some of the inter-plant shuttle vans had a slightly different route at each end
of first shift.
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| 771.3 | Find others who are interested | DR::BLINN | Lost in the ozone again.. | Fri Apr 07 1989 14:47 | 9 |
| In addition to asking in the MAYNARD conference, you might try
talking to the Mill area personnel services people. If it was
done once upon a time, and there was sufficient interest, you
might get it started up again. Your best bet would be if you
can identify several people who would be interested in sharing
the service; if it's just for one person, you'll have a harder
time getting anyone to agree to do it.
Tom
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| 771.4 | Do-It-Yourself option | TOPDOC::AHERN | Dennis the Menace | Sat Apr 08 1989 21:09 | 14 |
| If you can find eight other people you could form a DEC vanpool. The
vans will take up to 14 people, but they would all have to arrive on
the #453 arriving S. Acton at 8:17 and go home on the 5:15. It would,
no doubt, be the least expensive vanpool of them all because of the
short mileage between South Acton and Maynard. You would need to have
at least two people with driving records free of moving violations for
at least two years.
The Commuter Transportation Dept. at Powder Mill Rd. can provide
you with the name and mailstop of employees who might be interested.
Ask them for employees who work in Maynard and live in places along
the line in both directions, Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, Belmont,
Waltham, etc.
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| 771.5 | Find a Good Samaritan? | NITMOI::GRAY | Bruce Gray, Process SW Eng, TWO | Mon Apr 10 1989 16:25 | 14 |
| Or, maybe you could find someone who would be driving by the S. Acton
stop on their way to the mill at about the time the train arrives that
would be willing to pick you up. One small problem, though. In their
inimitable wisdom, the railroad decided not to provide a building or
shelter of any kind at S. Acton. So, unless the timing is precise, you
may find yourself standing in the rain/snow waiting for your ride.
BTW - when I worked in the mill in the late 70's, I remember a shuttle
that did go to the S. Acton stop. It might have been just an extra
stop for the Acton (ACO) plant shuttle on demand.
Bruce
PS to .0 - Hi Cheryl!
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| 771.6 | | TOPDOC::AHERN | Dennis the Menace | Tue Apr 11 1989 08:49 | 11 |
| RE: .5 "when it rains..."
> In their inimitable wisdom, the railroad decided not to provide a
> building or shelter of any kind at S. Acton.
There is a plexiglas, roofed enclosure for the convenience of
passengers in inclement weather. At least, it was there when I
got off the train Sunday night.
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| 771.7 | Check PMRV70::COMMUTING | THOTH::BISHOP | | Tue Apr 11 1989 09:45 | 3 |
| look in the commuting conference there is a request for individuals
who are interested in a shuttle from the train. Note 331.
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| 771.8 | Never noticed the shelter | NITMOI::GRAY | Bruce Gray, Process SW Eng, TWO | Tue Apr 11 1989 22:58 | 4 |
| RE .6 - I stand corrected, then. Just driving by, I guess I didn't
notice - just looks like a large open parking lot from the street.
Bruce
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| 771.9 | logistics etc. | SAFETY::JACOBS | | Thu Apr 13 1989 17:16 | 29 |
| Re: above
As recommended, I cross-posted this in the MAYNARD notes, where
some other good suggestions have been made (e.g. take a collapsible
bike on the Commuter Rail).
I also spoke with Transportation Services to see what logistics
would be involved in extending the run of the MLO-PKO vans 2-4 times
a day out to the Action station. I was told that the van that
had run that route was discontinued as it was "only" picking up
3 or 4 people a day. (Meanwhile, one can ride one of the "circling"
vans almost anytime except lunchtime and have a private conversation
with the driver !) Upon inquiring why adding 8-16 miles a day to
the route was so expensive, I was informed that "you don't extend
the route, of course, you have to add another van to the fleet (and
justify the expense)." Since I didn't have my "bureaucracy decoder
ring" with me at the time, I let it pass.
What was surprising was that I am apparently the first person in
3 years to bring up the question with them ! On the other hand,
navigating the organizational waters would be even harder without
NOTES.
Cheryl
ps Hi Bruce ! How's Chicago?
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