Boston to a T reports this odd situation on the Red Line at Park Street, where riders had to step down into the cars.
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By adamg - 2/16/12 - 10:12 am
Fager (l) and Neto.MBTA Transit Police report arresting a Fall River woman yesterday on charges she and a pal stole catalytic converters from cars parked at commuter lots in Sharon and Attleboro - less than a month after she and her husband were arrested for allegedly stealing catalytic converters from cars parked at South Shore commuter-rail stops.
In fact, Tina Fager was due back in Plymouth District Court today for a hearing on the January charges.
By adamg - 2/16/12 - 7:41 am
The amount of a tax break Tom Cruise gets when he makes a movie here almost equals the cost of keeping commuter rail service running on weekends and after 10 p.m.
By adamg - 2/15/12 - 5:06 pm
The MBTA could avoid service cuts by shifting costs of services to state agencies that really should be bearing them and by levying an "equitable" 25% fare hike, the MBTA Advisory Board said today.
The board, which represents the cities and towns in the MBTA service area, released a counter-proposal to the T's current plans, which calls for fare hikes of at least 35% and major cutbacks across commuter rail and bus line and the elimination of all ferry service.
By adamg - 2/14/12 - 3:49 pm
A proposal backed by Republican leadership in Congress would remove money from the federal gasoline tax that now goes to public-transit systems, including the MBTA.
The Republican proposal would put the money that now goes to mass transit - under a law enacted under Ronald Reagan - into road repair and construction. Republicans claim they would then try to win passage of a one-time $40-billion appropriation over five years for subways, commuter rail and bus services, but have yet to say how they would actually pay for that.
By adamg - 2/14/12 - 8:03 am
Meg Fowler Tripp tweets that around 8 a.m. a man was screaming loudly at the Roslindale Village commuter-rail stop:
I AM VERY VERY ANGRY THAT WHITNEY HOUSTON IS DEAD.
By adamg - 2/14/12 - 6:46 am
The Outraged Liberal notes the large and growing turnouts at all those MBTA meetings:
Lawmakers really have no one to blame but themselves for this predicament. And the wiggle room is rapidly disappearing. At hearing after hearing the public is making itself heard loud and urgently.
By adamg - 2/13/12 - 7:19 pm
Several hundred people, including Mayor Menino, attended an MBTA service cut/fare hike meeting at the BPL in Copley Square tonight. Michael Ratty snapped a photo of one of the people wondering where Gov. Patrick was.
By adamg - 2/13/12 - 7:46 am
Starts at 4:30 p.m. today, followed by one of the MBTA's don't-blame-us meetings at the BPL.
By adamg - 2/9/12 - 8:25 am
Hotties on the T bills itself as:
Pictures of Men. Taken by Men. On the T.
And unlike that blow in from London, this site doesn't pretend to be about crushes:
This is about admiration. Admiration of fine looking men on the T. From a male perspective. We don't know our subjects, nor do we presume to know if they are gay, bi, or straight. We take unstaged pictures.
By adamg - 2/7/12 - 9:20 pm
The Metropolitan Area Planning Council says payments on more than $5 billion in debt ensure the T will continue to lurch from one financial crisis to another, hurting riders and the regional economy for years to come, unless the legislature steps in to help do something about that debt.
By adamg - 2/6/12 - 6:29 pm
Ryan captured some of the fight at Community College this evening that left the Orange Line all delayed (video NSFW).
By adamg - 2/5/12 - 1:55 pm
Don't try riding your bike up the escalator while holding a cup in one hand. SC reports watching in amazement today as a guy rode his bike down the Orange Line platform at Forest Hills, then tried to ride it up the escalator:
He got stuck at the bottom & spilled his coffee everywhere. ... Got one wheel on and lost control while still on the seat.
Wonder if he's the same guy spotted riding his bike down the Orange Line platform at Back Bay last month.
By Striker57 - 2/4/12 - 4:26 pm
Cut the MBTA Debt NOT MBTA Service
A coalition of riders, community groups and labor organizations have launched a new website -
That explains that debt not transit costs is the problem with funding at the MBTA. Service cuts and fare increases won't solve the problem - not even for a year. It's time the Legislature acted to remove the Big Dig debt from the T.
By adamg - 2/4/12 - 1:38 pm
Photographynatalia took this photo of the shadows at the Red Line stop the other day.
Copyright Photographynatalia. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
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!
By adamg - 2/1/12 - 3:53 pm
The Dorchester Reporter reports on an incident Monday night in which a man was assaulted by two men who also yelled "racial and homophobic slurs" at him near the Butler Street stop - and then tried to pull him off the trolley.
By adamg - 2/1/12 - 3:14 pm
Also see: Riders of the Hull ferry talk about the proposed end of their commute:
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.
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