More multimedia thrills in Boston’s subway

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority can’t make the trains run on time. But when it comes to mastering multimedia, the MBTA’s all that. First, we had ad-supported T-Radio (removed after riders complained), then a commuter TV service. (I haven’t noticed screens at Park Street, but I’m usually busy dodging rats.) Now, the T is giving new media a whirl with real-time text messages and e-mails updating riders on delays and schedule changes. The Boston Globe offers this quote from a Boston University student who favors the plan: “There were many times when I took the T and was late for midterms.”