Where to begin? Oh, yeah, with the fire at Chinatown on the Orange Line that stopped service. Then there's the downed wire at Wood Island, leading to premature termination of the Blue Line at Maverick. The Red Line had a recalcitrant switch at Alewife. And the Green Line has turned into the Snail Line.

On a positive note, no delays reported on the Mattapan Line.

BTD is seeking the public's help in finding traffic lights obscured by ice, such as these puppies on Washington Street at the West Roxbury Parkway, where southbound motorists, being Bostonians, are just barreling through the intersection rather than stopping to see if maybe motorists on the parkway (or the opposite direction on Washington) have the light. Call 617-635-4500 to request a deicing crew.

Luke managed to get a shot of somebody on the turnpike who clearly spent sheer seconds clearing the car off.

CommonWealth reports on an analysis of the impact of state tax credits for movie making:

Of the $195 million paid out in wages, 78 percent went to nonresidents, with $82 million going to a handful of actors like Tom Cruise who earned more than $1 million per production. ... The state collected 13 cents in new tax revenue for every dollar it spent on the film tax credit, the report says.

Via Hub Blog.