buses
It's amazing what you can get on Etsy these days
By adamg - 2/2/12 - 4:32 pm
At least, we're assuming this guy got his unique jacket on Etsy - just look at that fine handcrafted design!
Rima Chaddha Mycynek spotted man and jacket at Harvard Square today.
Man charged with dickish behavior on a T bus in Dorchester
By adamg - 2/1/12 - 11:31 am
A Quincy man was arrested at Ashmont station yesterday after a passenger on an arriving 215 bus from Quincy reported he'd been masturbating on the trip.
Michael Wilson, 51, was charged with open and gross behavior, according to MBTA Transit Police. A police report quotes one witness who said she was sitting in the rear of the bus around 11 a.m. when she noticed that Wilson, sitting in the middle of the bus and facing another passenger, unzipped his pants, whipped it out and went to town. The passenger who got a front-row seat fled the bus immediately on its arrival at Ashmont, police said.
According to the report, an officer flagged down by the bus driver and a T inspector found Wilson sitting at the Route 23 berth, his pants unzipped, his belt unbuckled and his hands down his pants.
Innocent, etc.
T bus driver charged with faking attempted shooting, collecting worker's comp
By adamg - 1/27/12 - 8:16 amNancy Parker, 53, will be arraigned in Suffolk Superior Court today on charges she faked an attack on her MBTA bus in Chelsea, then collected worker's compensation.
Parker, of Burlington, is formally charged with worker's compensation fraud, misleading an investigator and filing a false report for the Oct. 2, 2007 incident on a 111 bus, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. The T fired her after they learned of discrepancies in her claim, the DA's office says.
In 2009, a Chelsea District Court judge tore into prosecutors, saying that while Parker had changed her initial story of being shot by a stranger in a robbery attempt to being shot by an ex-lover, there was little evidence to suggest she was lying about actually being shot.
Her arraignment today comes after an indictment by a grand jury.
Innocent, etc.
The early bird catches the 9 bus
By adamg - 1/26/12 - 4:00 pmKarin posts an ode to her early commute today.
Crunch time on the Silver Line
By adamg - 12/29/11 - 12:35 pmVideo provided by the MBTA.
The driver of a rental truck plowed through a red light and slammed into a Silver Line bus about to descend into the tunnel at Northern Avenue and D Street shortly after noon today, the T says.
Charring crosses up T riders
By adamg - 12/23/11 - 9:02 amSo far this morning, a charred 39 bus was towed from Huntington Avenue near Brigham Circle and buses had to be rolled out for the C line when an overhead power line came down near Cleveland Circle.
City to MBTA: We'll be watching you at the Arborway Yard
By adamg - 12/16/11 - 7:11 amThe Jamaica Plain Gazette reports the city has put the T's Arborway bus yard on its list of problem properties, which it usually uses for places at high risk of catastrophic fires, excessive illegal activities and the like. In the yard's case, the issue is chemical storage and fumes. The T has shelved plans to renovate the property, citing lack of money.
Haymarket T stop shut due to possible radiation leak
By adamg - 11/29/11 - 12:06 pmYep, just when you thought nothing else could cause problems on the T. Channel 4 reports hazmat crews are in the busway with a truck, licensed to carry radioactive materials, with readings showing a possible leak.
UPDATE: Crews began clearing scene shortly after noon, when readings showed acceptable levels.
If the T won't provide late-night service, maybe a private company will
By adamg - 11/18/11 - 10:37 amLike, for example, Boston Nightlife Express, which is now providing bus service between the BU campus and various downtown points, 10 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. You reserve a ride online - mostly $6 a pop - you can buy snacks on board and you get a cookie at your destination.
The coolest MBTA bus map ever
By adamg - 11/8/11 - 8:23 amBostonography visualizes whirled peas 24 hours of bus-speed data, which, if you're really into SimCity, will remind you of a big city's traffic-congestion map, and which, if you're not, can just be appreciated as a really cool piece of art.
