Bostonians march to demand googly eyes on trains

Bostonians March to Demand Googly Eyes on Trains

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  • A couple from Massachusetts don’t want their public transportation system to get better, they just want it to be more pleasant.
  • Arielle Lok and John Sanchez plan to march to the MTBA offices to demand that googly eyes be added to trains.
  • They say it’s a cost-effective way to make commuters happier.

Getting commuters to their destination is thankless work. If public transport is canceled for even a few minutes, customers complain loudly. But what if these customers could develop compassion for the move that disappointed them?

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This is the hair-raising plan that two Massachusetts residents have come up with to fix the MTBA, the public transit system that serves the greater Boston area. Instead of spending billions to actually repair the network, residents want to stick googly eyes on the front of the trains to make them more likeable.

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“If trains can’t be reliable, at least they can be fun and put smiles on the faces of over a million people every day,” write Arielle Lok and John Sanchez, the people who came up with the idea. And they are ready to march for it.

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On Monday, April 29, the two plan to march from the Park Street MBTA station to the MBTA offices in Park Plaza to raise awareness for their cause. They’re also inviting others to join in and hope at least 100 people will join them in demanding googly eyes for trains.

“We are 1,000% serious about this,” Lok told Boston.com. “This is a serious march for a serious cause.”

Originally from Canada, Lok says she got the idea for the googly eyes in her hometown of Vancouver. Every year the city sticks red noses on the front of its buses in honor of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, and the adorable transportation vehicles have garnered a lot of positive attention. Actually there is one X Community is dedicated to the “celebration of joy” that red noses bring into people’s lives.

“People used to be so excited to see them in the wild, but I just didn’t really feel that energy in Boston,” said Lok, who admits she’s thought about turning the eyes on herself. However, she concluded that “this is a new vision for the T – giving vision to the T.”

According to Sanchez, this is a movement all about silliness, and they are armed with the most powerful weapon protesters can use: catchy chants. On Monday, Lok and Sanchez plan to use these weapons, demanding that the MTBA “Wait, cross your Ts, googly eyes on Ts please,” and that it “bring some joy to our lives, give one to the Green Line.” Kuller.” Eyes.”

Photo credit: Arielle Lok / X

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