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By adamg - 1/3/12 - 3:51 pm
The Globe reports twas falling asleep at the wheel while doing 75 m.p.h. - and then accelerating past 100 m.p.h. - that led to the wreck of the state-owned Murraymobile.
By adamg - 1/3/12 - 10:33 am
A concerned citizen grows weary of obnoxious drivers blaring horns at pedestrians crossing with the light at Belvedire and Huntington by the Pru:
By adamg - 1/3/12 - 9:43 am
No, don't worry, the T probably isn't planning on raising fares that much. But, as the Patriot Ledger reports, thieves are now trolling the parking lots at commuter-rail and Red Line stops and stealing catalytic converters off cars - a seasoned thief can saw one off in less than 30 seconds. They get $200 for their "scrap" converters, you get a $1,000 bill for a new one.
By adamg - 1/3/12 - 9:32 am
The Herald reports a UK company is launching a service in Boston to let homeowners and condo dwellers rent out their parking spaces to visitors.
The company claims users save up to 70% on normal parking rates while letting space owners make some cash. But, really, is there demand for a $300-a-month parking space near Green Street in JP? And does that imply there are $430 parking spaces near Green Street?
By adamg - 12/30/11 - 5:54 pm
Christine Dunne photographs and gets angry at some jerk in a BMW who almost seemed to go out of his way to park like a moron at the Star Market on the Cambridge/Watertown line the other day.
By adamg - 12/29/11 - 4:05 pm
Boston Police report finding a man lying on the ground at Allston and Kelton streets around 4:30 a.m. today.
BPD Officer Eddy Chrispin reports the man was taken to Brigham and Women's Hospital with a head injury, but is in stable condition. He said the man was Hispanic but that no other information about him was available. he added investigators are still not sure what happened or whether another vehicle was involved.
By adamg - 12/28/11 - 12:15 am
A Roslindale man pleaded guilty today to killing a man with his car in front of the Roxbury Crossing T stop.
Colin Ratiu, 24, admitted to one count of motor vehicle homicide and one count of leaving the scene of an accident, for the death of Andrew Prior on Nov. 10, 2010, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
Prosecutors asked for six to eight years in state prison. Suffolk Superior Court Judge Carol Ball instead sentenced him to five years in a county jail. He will also lose his license for 15 years.
By adamg - 12/21/11 - 7:49 am
Channel 4 reports on a road-rage pepper spraying off the Expressway in Quincy.
By adamg - 12/16/11 - 5:08 pm
The Casey Overpass is scheduled to be shut between 9 p.m. Sunday and 5 a.m. Monday for repaving, MassDOT advises.
By adamg - 12/16/11 - 8:17 am
Kenmore Square, 1928.
Complaints about traffic in Boston are nothing new. Even in the 1920s, news photographer Leslie Jones was capturing local traffic jams - and the accidents that often caused them. Here are some from the Boston Public Library's Leslie Jones collection (click on photos to see larger versions).
In 1924, the SS Leviathan moored at a South Boston pier. People flocked to see it; Jones reported "an angry crowd" of jammed motorists:
By adamg - 12/9/11 - 5:40 pm
Sarah Freeman (l.) and Beth Worell were among the protesters on New Washington Street under the Casey Overpass today urging the state Department of Transportation to replace the crumbling hulk with at-grade intersections and parks.
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