Porter — Local services in Cambridge

There are three escalators and two elevators at this MBTA station and for the past month only ONE escalator (going up only) and one elevator has been working. Yesterday (and several other days for the past few weeks) neither elevator was working so the only way to get to the trains was to walk down the steep staircases. Normally not a problem for me, but I am recovering from a sprained ankle and cannot take stairs without great difficulty and pain. My ankle will eventually heal (not withstanding the added aggravation of the T station stairs), but what do people with permanent disabilities do? It's not really feasible for me or people with a disability to just go to a different station that may be...

The escalator seems cool but in reality the station only has one main long stairway exit to the lobby and commuter rail and two emergency exits on the platform. The design is poor for emergency preparedness. Several times when I went as a child the train announcements were all clicking static. Not fair to blind people. In a fire people would be rushing up a long stairway. Water dripping in the station. The platforms are often left unattended without staff. Why is the northern end built beneath businesses? Why is the redline below the commuter rail? This station is poorly designed and needs relocation and needs to be shut down to be examined by authorities and licensed investigators. This route...

This happens about every couple of months where there are 3 escalators, but when 2 of them are out of service, the one that works is going DOWN instead of UP. Awful and a good workout to have to walk UP the very long flight of stairs. The only good thing is that the elevators work pretty good now, but still. It’s unfortunate that not all 3 escalators are always...