MBTA trip planning weirdness

hrose — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 09:26:44 +0000

I went to the MBTA website today to look at the 350 bus schedule (from Alewife to BurBlington). Rather than specifically view the 350 schedule, I used the trip planning "feature" of the website.

I selected Alewife as the departure, plugged in the destination by hand, and added an arrival time (randomly, 11am today, Saturday). It gave me two results:

(1) Alewife Station Busway at 10:30, take the 350.
(2) Walk .64 miles NW from Alewife, catch the 62/76 inbound to Alewife Busway, wait 25 minutes, then get the same 10:30 350 bus.

Yeah, sure, I have that much time to kill.

staties and speed traps on the Longfellow bridge

hrose — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 18:14:03 +0000

I crossed the Longfellow Bridge this morning and saw a couple of State Police cruisers stopped at the curb at 1 Main Street. One of the officers was issuing a citation to a driver, and another officer was standing with (what I presume was) a speed gun.

The officer taking speed readings was making hand motions to drivers coming from Boston into Cambridge to slow down. The official speed of the Longfellow Bridge is 30mph, but I don't think I can remember the last time I saw a car stick to that speed (or under it) on the Boston to Cambridge side. The Cambridge to Boston side is a different story, as cars often gets backed up due to the traffic in Charles Circle.

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MBTA trip planning weirdness

staties and speed traps on the Longfellow bridge