Hello! I’m Jordan Li, and I’m a sophomore at Boston Latin School. Contrary to most BPS students, I partially live in Fenway (when staying in my mother´s apartment) very close to the school I attend. Thus, I am usually not reliant on the MBTA for transportation to and from school every day. However, outside of school, my primary method of transportation is the MBTA, especially the green line. I work in Allston and live there as well, so I frequently take the B Line or the 57 bus when I stay there or go to work. I find that the bus has no consistent schedule, so I have to leave the house up to an hour before I have to be in Allston. The train is more consistent and has shorter intervals between each arrival, but the B Line, for whatever reason, has breakdowns or highly disruptive maintenance and construction at the least convenient times, leading me to prefer the bus. My reliance on the bus leads me to waste up to 30 minutes waiting for transportation, depending on the arrival time of the bus that day. I believe the biggest problems with the MBTA are consistency and reliability, which are lacking. Personally, I think it’s the most prominent complaint among commuters who use the MBTA, and therefore is the most important to address. Lack of consistency (unpredictability) makes it difficult for commuters to utilize their time efficiently, and time is valuable. Frequently, I find myself carving out large blocks of time on Friday and Saturday nights, around 4 PM to 11 PM, to account for my activities and my commute to and from Allston. That’s approximately 7 hours of my day, about 1.5-2 of which is spent on the MBTA. Time is valuable and the MBTA tends to take up too much of it.