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By adamg - 8/10/12 - 12:12 pm

Lataria Milton is the MBTA driver charged with getting angry and running her bus into a meter maid and several cars. Latarian Milton is the then-7-year-old charged with getting angry and crashing his grandmother's SUV into a curb and several cars.

By adamg - 8/10/12 - 8:42 am

Fortunately for passengers on the belchy commuter-rail train at Ruggles around 8 a.m., they could all de-train and continue on their way on the Orange Line. Interestingly, not long after, Anthony Bonaceto tweeted, Back Bay station began filling with smoke. Maybe Puff the Magic Loco was on its way to the yard?

By adamg - 8/9/12 - 6:15 pm

MiltonAn MBTA bus driver is scheduled for arraignment in Roxbury District Court tomorrow on a charge of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon after she allegedly ran down a Boston parking supervisor trying to give her a parking ticket in Kenmore Square this morning.

By adamg - 8/9/12 - 12:23 pm

The Boston Business Journal reports the bond-rating agency is reviewing MBTA finances, with a possible eye toward reducing its bond rating, which could lead to still higher costs for the T if it tries to borrow money. The T's reliance on state sales-tax revenue and pass bond-financing schemes are of particular concern, the Journal reports.

By adamg - 8/9/12 - 8:50 am

Crash aftermath. Photo by Susan Zalkind.Crash aftermath. Note cluster of meter maids on right. Photo by Susan Zalkind.

A city transportation worker is in the hospital this morning following a confrontation with an MBTA bus driver in Kenmore Square that ended with the driver plowing into the worker - and several parked cars - WBZ reports.

The collisions, which happened around 8:30 a.m., started as an incident in which a BTD supervisor told the driver - eating breakfast - to move her bus out of a left-turn lane and the driver refused, WBZ says.

Kenmore Square quickly became a giant parking lot as emergency vehicles and police flooded the area.

Nancy Chen at WHDH reports the driver was noshing on a bagel and drinking coffee when she was asked to move.

Another photo of the scene.

By adamg - 8/7/12 - 10:54 pm

Who has done this amazing thing? The Subway Nut, of course - part of a far larger project to photograph every single subway station in North America.

Via Al Hood.

By toblerone617 - 8/6/12 - 5:19 pm

Anyone want to help get the MBTA to get rid of the closed door policy on the Green Line?

Checked and no one else had set up Facebook page so I did. Welcome any and all suggestions. It's only going to get worse when school starts in the fall.

URL is www.facebook.com/MbtaLetYourPeopleGo

Thanks.

By adamg - 8/4/12 - 11:35 am

Channel 4 reports Orange Line inspector Jackie Osorio helped slow a train coming into State Street just as a woman was jumping onto the tracks - just like in 2009, when another woman fell on the tracks at North Station.

This time, the train was unable to come to a halt before reaching the woman, but fortunately for her, she was able to get up and wedge herself in one of those wall cut outs as the train rumbled by her. Osorio helped get the woman out of the space.

By adamg - 8/4/12 - 11:15 am

The Daily Free Press reports a BU alumnus who tried crossing in front of a 57 bus at Commonwealth and Babcock yesterday morning was taken away in bad shape. The T says the bus had the green light.

By adamg - 7/31/12 - 9:11 am

The MBTA reports total T ridership passed 400 million in the 12 months ending June 30, the first time its ridership numbers have ever been that high.

The ridership increase was experienced across all MBTA modes, including buses (5.9% growth), the subway (5.2%), and trolleys (8.0%)

T officials credited several factors, including the improving local economy, the availability of real-time transit info for bus and train riders (except on the Green Line) and "an overall improvement in MBTA service reliability."

By adamg - 7/27/12 - 5:42 pm

Red Line riders wait for a train, because what other choice do they have? Photo by Robby.Red Line riders wait for a train, because what other choice do they have?

By adamg - 7/27/12 - 10:46 am

Steve Annear reports the white coats from DHS are back 'neath the streets of Boston with their fancy monitoring gizmos, takin' measurements and checkin' out the airflow. But don't worry - they're not spritzing people with killed bacteria.

By adamg - 7/27/12 - 10:40 am

When MBTA Transit Police see something now, they blog something - but so far with fewer puns than their counterparts at BPD.

By adamg - 7/27/12 - 8:27 am

Andy Metzger notes that the same week the T began collaring large numbers of fare evaders downtown, ads promising "Mischief is back in Boston" began appearing on fare gates.

By adamg - 7/25/12 - 6:41 pm

UPDATE: An overhead wire became an underfoot wire on the Riverside line around 9:30 p.m., leading to busing, passengers being forced to evacuate trolleys to walk back to stations, etc.

Maybe the trains just couldn't bear all the weight of soccer fans heading to Fenway. Or the anguished ghosts of riders past were reaching up and grabbing the wheels of the trains. Whatever, Perry reports:

Wow! It took 3 green line trains and 90 minutes from govt ctr to kenmore! Way to suck, MBTA.

By adamg - 7/25/12 - 8:33 am

The Globe reports car traffic in Kendall Square is dropping even as employment is increasing. Credit goes to employer incentives for bike riding and T taking - spurred by city regulations that require landlords to foster car alternatives in exchange for permission to build new parking spaces.

By adamg - 7/24/12 - 7:11 pm

Train-stopping tree. Photo by MBTA.Train-stopping tree. Photo by MBTA.

By adamg - 7/23/12 - 8:19 am

At one point this morning, dead trains and signal problems meant simultaneous delays on the Red, Green and Blue Lines. Ol' Grampa Orange Line, however, confounded the delay gremlins.

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