As the MBTA replaces track and signal equipment between Alewife and Park Street, readers say packed shuttles, gridlocked roads, and commutes that have ballooned in length.
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Red Line riders are a week into a 10-day shutdown between Alewife and Park Street, and the picture readers are painting isn’t pretty: shuttle buses stuck in traffic, hourlong waits in the rain, and commutes that have doubled or tripled in length.
The shutdown, running July 21-30, allows MBTA crews to replace 18 primary and six secondary floating slabs, replace rail throughout the closure zone, and complete full-depth track work at Central Station…