Service all messed up on the C line due to the inability of a trolley and a car to occupy the same space at the same time at St. Paul Street, the T reports.
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By adamg - 9/1/09 - 5:04 pm
Wicked Local Somerville reports on the Cambridge incident; apparently, the woman is new to the area and mistook a local salutation for a punch-worthy insult.
By Brett - 9/1/09 - 1:23 pm
Right in the story about the crashed plane on 495:
I just want to say that while I'm very grateful that the pilot and passenger are all right, I'm tired of all these pilots acting as though they don't have to obey the rules of the road! Swerving between traffic, ignoring red lights, landing on highways -- it's going to cause a tragedy one of these days!
In conclusion, I hope that everyone will support the creation of more airplane lanes on our streets.
By adamg - 9/1/09 - 10:44 am
WBZ's Traffic on the Threes just reported that Storrow Drive westbound is now backed up all the way to 93. The reporter said it's probably because of all the students moving in and, oh, yeah, the work crews in the righthand lane between Dartmouth and Mass. Ave.
Still no word of a sardine-canning, though.
By adamg - 8/27/09 - 8:14 am
Channel 4 reports a guy speeding westbound on the turnpike early this morning lost control of his car, which sailed through the air into an empty toll booth at the Weston plaza and then burst into flames.
With photo of the newly impaled car.
By adamg - 8/26/09 - 1:56 pm
Doug Banks reports there's now a two-mile backup on Rte. 1 of people desperately trying to get into the new Sonic in Peabody.
By adamg - 8/26/09 - 1:48 pm
Somebody's had enough with Massholes parking in the bicycle lane on North Harvard Avenue and has taken to leaving "tickets" on the windshields of offending cars - some of which also had actual city-of-Boston parking violations. Offenses range from "parking like a jack-ass" and "too stupid to drive a car" to "driving a Kia or Hyundai."
Via Boston Biker.
By adamg - 8/26/09 - 9:45 am
When Charlotte woke up this morning, she found a brand new bike lane down Columbus Avenue:
... Thank you Boston! It's beautiful. It's just what I always wanted!!!
By adamg - 8/25/09 - 1:13 pm
The Supreme Judicial Court ruled today the state can't force companies in New Hampshire to collect the Massachusetts sales tax on sales to Massachusetts residents (so New Hampshire can continue to proclaim Tax Free or Die).
By Kaz - 8/25/09 - 12:18 pm
There was little fanfare a few weeks ago when the Mayor and City Council passed a new ordinance prohibiting parking and standing in bike lanes or marked shared lanes. The fine: $100. This puts it on par with blocking a bus stop, fire lane, fire hydrant, or handicap ramp.
via BU Bikes.
By adamg - 8/24/09 - 4:42 pm
The Boston area last year ranked among the lowest, in terms of thefts per capita, in the United States, the Boston Business Journal reports.
By adamg - 8/24/09 - 10:55 am
The Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled today the state could force a man twice arrested on drunk-driving charges to install an "ignition interlock device" even though he was convicted before the law allowing the requirement was passed.
Unlike last week's Supreme Judicial Court ruling on a similar issue related to ankle bracelets for convicted sex offenders, the appeals court ruled the interlock devices were part of a "civil" remedy related to the issuance of driver's licenses and for keeping drunks off the road, rather than a "punitive" one that would be covered under the federal and state constitutions' bans on ex post facto punishment, or punishment meted out to somebody after they'd already been sentenced.
By adamg - 8/22/09 - 11:30 pm
After a tough day going nuts driving family members all over central Massachusetts and Rhode Island, a guy tweeted he was going to start drinking while driving. He not only posted his license-plate number but challenged cops to come find me and try to arrest me.
Seven minutes later, he tweeted he'd just been stopped by police. Doh:
I forgot two RI Staties follow me. They called Narragansett Police. Wasn't a good idea to put license no on Twitter. Car searched. Let go.
By adamg - 8/20/09 - 10:58 am
Rob Sama reports that recent changes to Storrow Drive westbound at the Fenway/Kenmore exits have turned the road into "a veritable parking lot during rush hours." He posts a copy of a letter to his state rep.
By adamg - 8/19/09 - 7:51 am
Rather than trying to get bicyclists, or motorists, or pedestrians to obey the law, Dave Atkins wonders if maybe the answer to traffic chaos around here is to accept human behavior and deal with that:
... We need to change the road, not the rules. We need to stop believing that education and common sense are enough to protect us as a society from the tragedy of accidents. We need to say, OK, drivers and cyclists alike are breaking the law and endangering each other, so what can we do to make it less likely they will do that? ...
By adamg - 8/13/09 - 4:03 pm
An elderly Mattapan man who mowed down a crossing guard as she escorted a student across the street got three years' probation today after he pleaded guilty - and after the victim's family told the judge they had forgiven him and didn't want to see him in jail, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
The family also said they hope the case leads to laws requiring periodic re-testing of elderly drivers.
By adamg - 8/13/09 - 8:32 am
That recent Globe piece on unruly bike riders featured a photo of a bicyclist going the wrong way on Charles Street. Sean Roche explains why the bicyclists had no choice: There is no legal way for a bicyclist to head north from Beacon between the Storrow entrance and Bowdoin Street, because all the roads are one way towards Beacon.
... The picture of supposed biker carelessness is more damning of a city that doesn't provide any accommodation on a stretch that really needs it. But, it's not just bikers who are shortchanged by the configuration of Charles St.
Quite obviously, allocating all the space between the curbs to either parking or auto travel doesn't serve the needs of those on two wheels. Less obviously, the three lanes of one-way travel ill-serve the neighborhood. Three lanes of one-way traffic serve one principal purpose: moving traffic. Local merchants don't benefit from through traffic. Nor do the folks who live in the area. ...
Ed. oldtimer note/question: I seem to recall Charles used to go the other way, but one night, DPW crews reversed the direction on orders of Kevin White, who wanted to limit the flow of hoi polloi on the street. Do I remember correctly?
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