For Boston Commuters, It's 30 Days of Night.

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 According to a 2017 Boston Today report, "of the workers entering Boston, 95,000 drive alone, 83,000 take transit, and 36,000 carpool."

Well as of Friday, one of the most used lines will be down for 30 days (just in time for schools to start):

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker is asking everyone to "be patient" with the MBTA's unprecedented move to shut down the Orange Line for a month for repairs starting Friday because it will affect everyone in the Boston area.

Baker, MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak, MassDOT Undersecretary Scott Bosworth and Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver held a news conference at the state transportation building in Boston Monday to warn the public to pay attention to the changes.

The shutdown of the entire Orange Line will start at 9 p.m. Friday, August 19 for upgrades and repairs. It will last until September 19. The move will not only affect subway riders, it's also expected to have a huge impact on the Boston area for everyone who drives, bikes or walks because of the added traffic with numerous shuttle buses covering the closed subway routes.

"We all know that this diversion will be inconvenient for riders and we ask people to be patient for the next 30 days as the T does five years worth of work over that period of time," Baker said.

What will this "inconvenient diversion" look like? Well:



The push to cram "five years of work" into 30 days may have something to do with trains catching fire. 


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