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Whatever he's selling, we want one

By adamg - 10/31/17 - 5:20 pm

Totallynotlisa proves that any ad on the T is immeasurably improved by the addition of googly eyes, in this case on the side of an 88 bus.

Lynn man charged with threatening T bus driver with a gun in Revere

By adamg - 10/28/17 - 9:59 am

Transit Police report arresting a man they say displayed a gun to a bus driver and threatened to kill him and a fellow passenger he'd been bothering. Read more.

State gives green light to project to give trolleys, some buses more green lights

By adamg - 10/23/17 - 4:02 pm

MassDOT announced today that it's installing specialized traffic signal systems along Beacon Street in Brookline, and Comm. Ave. and Huntington Ave. in Boston that will switch to green lights for approaching trolleys. Mass. Ave. in Cambridge will get similar treatment for buses. Read more.

Riding every single MBTA bus route

By adamg - 9/17/17 - 12:50 pm

It took him four years, but Miles has now ridden all the bus routes the T has.

Man charged with trying to stab T bus driver through window near Dudley station

By adamg - 9/6/17 - 6:22 pm

A Quincy man who tried to stab a T bus driver through a bus window held onto the bus as the driver hit the accelerator to get away from him, Transit Police report.

West Roxbury man literally got pissed when told Forest Hills was the end of his bus trip, police say

By adamg - 9/5/17 - 6:18 pm

Transit Police report a West Roxbury man really didn't want to get off a bus at Forest Hills the other day and eventually expressed his displeasure by unzipping and urinating on the ground - in full view of "a father and his two young daughters."

Officials finally break ground on commuter rail and bus upgrades to Ruggles station

By adamg - 8/22/17 - 12:35 pm

State officials gathered at Ruggles station this morning to formally break ground on a $38-million project that will mean a new commuter-rail platform and a new lower busway and elevators. Read more.

T cop gets six months for beating woman with a baton and lying about it

By adamg - 8/21/17 - 4:43 pm

A Suffolk Superior Court judge today sentenced now former Transit Police officer Jennifer Garvey, 34, to six months in jail for an incident at the Dudley T station in 2014, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.

Police: Woman charged with animal cruelty for repeatedly punching her dog at Dudley T stop

By adamg - 7/14/17 - 9:32 pm

Transit Police report arresting Pamela Tyler, 51, on a charge of animal cruelty after officers watched her repeatedly beat her young pit bull around 10:30 p.m. yesterday at Dudley station. Read more.

Man charged with sexually assaulting a woman at South Station bus terminal

By adamg - 6/21/17 - 9:25 am

Transit Police report arresting Steven Bova, 64, on a charge of indecent assault and battery at the South Station bus terminal around 8:45 p.m. on Tuesday.

According to Transit Police: Read more.

Bus smashes into tree in Arlington

By adamg - 6/20/17 - 9:40 am

Photo by Arlington PD.

Michael Bradford reports an MBTA bus crashed into a tree on Mass. Ave. in Arlington Heights shortly before 6:30 a.m.

Arlington Police report the bus had no passengers when it crashed outside 1194 Mass. Ave., and that the driver was taken to a local hospital for observation.

Man charged with stabbing T bus driver in Lynn

By adamg - 5/21/17 - 10:08 am

Transit Police report arresting a man they say stabbed the driver of a route-426 bus twice in the back around 11:45 p.m., Saturday. Read more.

New road alignment at Forest Hills driving people nuts

By adamg - 5/17/17 - 9:27 am

In a few days, maybe people will have adjusted, but at least this morning, the re-alignment of traffic on Washington Street between Ukraine Way and New Washington Street caused headaches for motorists and people trying to get to the T station by bus. Read more.

MBTA to add buses to South Boston routes

By adamg - 5/11/17 - 7:22 am

The Bulletin reports the T is adding seven buses - and the drivers to drive them - to the 7 and 9 routes in September, due to ridership increasing 84% in recent years.

Police look for guy they say punched a man in the head and pulled out a knife on a T bus in Quincy

By adamg - 5/8/17 - 11:21 am

Transit Police are seeking the public's help to find this guy for an incident on a bus on Hancock Street near Quincy Center station around 2;30 p.m. on April 21. Read more.

A map to the bus routes of Dudley Square

By adamg - 4/25/17 - 3:46 pm

Sky Rose writes she couldn't find a good map of the platforms at Dudley Square - the T's busiest bus stop - so she made one herself.

MBTA using sophisticated computer models to revamp bus routes

By adamg - 4/13/17 - 9:20 am

CityLab takes a look at the MIT researchers and their sophisticated modeling programs as a way to improve our bus routes, most still identical to 1920s streetcar routes - but adds:

While tweaking around the margins is worthwhile, ultimately, better bus service involves offering more of it, something the MBTA has so far failed to provide.

Man hunted for spitting on a T bus driver

By adamg - 3/14/17 - 11:59 am

Transit Police report they're looking for this guy for spitting on a T bus driver at Union and Exchange streets in Lynn around 10:50 a.m. on March 7.

If caught, he'll face a charge of assault and battery.

Man dead after crashing stolen minivan into T bus in Codman Square

By adamg - 2/25/17 - 10:27 am

Boston Police report a man driving a minivan reported stolen in Quincy last night crashed head on into an MBTA bus stopped at Talbot Avenue and Lithgow Street around 9:50 a.m.

The driver was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The T driver and four passengers were also taken to local hospitals for care of non-life-threatening injuries.

Photo from the scene.

Woman fends off sexual attacker at Braintree T stop, then he attacks her again, police charge

By adamg - 2/20/17 - 11:54 pm

Transit Police report arresting a Quincy man for a pair of attacks on the same woman at the Braintree T stop around 10 p.m. on Saturday. Read more.

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