Out With the New and in With the Old

The MBTA will temporarily yank its new web site this afternoon, less than 24 hours after its debut. We've been told the site, which has been slow all day, was hampered by the number of hits, but it's likely more than that. Here's the message the T plans to post shortly on the old web site:

"The MBTA apologizes for the slow response-time users experienced this afternoon on our website. We are currently doing everything we can to improve performance, and the new site will be re-released soon. In order to give customers the content needed, we are offering our former site while we work out the problems. Again, we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you."