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For those of us who've ever asked

By roadman - 7/1/11 - 2:11 pm

Should we walk, or do we have time to take the T?

, the answer apparently is: It doesn't make a difference.

In their latest attempt to cover up how minimal the replacement shuttle bus service between North Station and Lechmere really is, the MBTA has just put up a series of new posters at North Station "suggesting" that people destined for Science Park might want to walk there instead of taking the shuttle bus. The read (in part):

Getting To Science Park

Shuttle Bus: 15 Minutes
Walking: 15 Minutes

The T was slammin'

By adamg - 7/1/11 - 8:45 am

Listen to Radio Boston's report on the MBTA poetry slam at the Cantab Lounge the other night - which Richard Beaubien took in as well:

MBTA slamming

Red Line train hits worker on Longfellow Bridge

By adamg - 6/30/11 - 10:08 pm

Red Line service was stopped in both directions; traffic a mess as well.

AlertNewEngland reports the worker appears to be conscious. The worker was extricated not long after rescue crews arrived. Channel 7 reports he suffered only minor arm injuries.

Lowell Line loudmouth looks like loser

By adamg - 6/30/11 - 5:29 pm

Kat MacArthur reports:

Testing out the quiet car on Lowell line. Right now someone is on cell phone. ...

Conductor told woman not to use cellphone in quiet car. As he exits, "I pay $300 a month. I don't care" she did hang up

Too late, they already saw you

By adamg - 6/30/11 - 4:19 pm

BrennionThe MBTA reports police officers interrupted a possible drug sale at Andrew station on the Red Line yesterday morning.

According to a police report, MBTA and Boston officers in the station noticed Stephen Brennion, 31, a man known to them, sitting on the outbound platform with another guy shortly before noon yesterday:

MBTA, there JUN be a problem with your tickets this month

By Kaz - 6/28/11 - 1:04 am

Take a look at these two tickets. I've been told they're valid tickets for the commuter rail from last month and this month. Do you see the problem? Can anyone confirm that this is for real on their own June 2011 ticket?

IMAGE(http://i.imgur.com/fWep4.jpg)

Replace all is not your friend.

MBTA: Drunken teen plunges 20 feet off Alewife escalator, lives

By adamg - 6/27/11 - 3:41 pm

Only suffered a broken elbow, Channel 5 reports.

Reminder to commuter-rail riders: It's still technically illegal to punch a mime

By adamg - 6/27/11 - 11:34 am

Seems MBCR will have mimes stationed in North and South stations this afternoon to help usher in the expansion of quiet-car service across all the T's commuter-rail lines.

MBTA might be able to pay for Arborway depot renovations after all

By adamg - 6/24/11 - 12:45 pm

The Jamaica Plain Gazette reports an unexpected federal grant could provide enough money to start work on the $200-million rehab of the "temporary" facility - which the T recently said it couldn't do at all.

Art, toilet to be unveiled in Dudley Square tomorrow

By adamg - 6/24/11 - 12:07 pm

Dudley Square Main Streets reports June 25 is Art Smart, featuring art, food and entertainment between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. But also, Mayor Menino and MBTA General Manager Rich Davey will be on hand to unveil the Dudley station's newest amenity: A state-of-the-art public restroom.

Somebody throws something at Orange Line train, cracks window

By adamg - 6/23/11 - 8:46 am

Jessi Savino and Beth report from Jackson Square, where they just got off an inbound Orange Line train being taken out of service because of its newly cracked window.

Can't Drive a Car? Come Drive a Bus!

By oddjob60 - 6/22/11 - 10:55 am

Today's rabble-rouser in the Herald: How the MBTA hires drivers with awful records, including:

Citizen complaint of the day: How can they drink that stuff?

By adamg - 6/20/11 - 10:22 am

An alert citizen reported an urgent situation at the Back Bay MBTA station:

Screaming woman and two men drinking a bottle of Listerine.

Drinking Listerine straight? Not on the rocks, at least? Alas, nothing the city could do but forward the complaint to the T, since it's their jurisdiction.

Garage memories

By adamg - 6/20/11 - 8:01 am

Garage view

Tip: Next time a Boston team wins it all, drive to Lowell to get the train to the parade

By adamg - 6/20/11 - 6:54 am

Sure, the T proved Saturday it has lots of capacity on commuter rail, carrying almost twice as many people to and from the parade as it does on a normal workday. But that was of little solace to people waiting at "inner" stops closer to Boston, who watched full train after full train just whiz right by them without stopping. Among them: Charley on the MTA, who describes his experience at West Medford:

At 10am a train whizzed by, blowing its horn, didn't stop.

Another train whizzed by, blowing its horn, didn't stop.

Son's feet sucked in, mother trampled when escalator breaks at Back Bay station

By adamg - 6/19/11 - 12:22 pm
The instant before the escalator went into reverse

The instant before the escalator went into reverse. Photo by Jennifer Nottage.

Jennifer Nottage and her two kids, Alyana, 6, and Elijah, 12, were among the scores streaming up the escalator from the Back Bay commuter-rail stop for the Bruins parade yesterday morning when things came to a crashing halt. In e-mail, the South Attleboro resident writes: Read more.

At least this can't happen on the Orange Line anymore

By adamg - 6/17/11 - 10:26 am

Forest Hills plunge

The Orange Line is melting in the dark? Someone left the track out in the rain?

By adamg - 6/16/11 - 5:38 pm
Orange Line tracks kinky in the heat in Malden

An Orange Line problem Ray Davies would love. Photo by MBTA.

A "heat kink" in the tracks near Malden (above) is wreaking all sorts of havoc on the Orange Line this afternoon, forcing Oak Grove-bound riders onto buses at Wellington - which is also causing problems on the bus lines from which buses have been diverted to shuttle subway riders. Read more.

MBTA to run 'near rush-hour' subway service on Saturday

By adamg - 6/16/11 - 4:37 pm

The T says it's beefing up service on Saturday for the Bruins victory parade, which kicks off at 11 a.m. at the Garden.

All four subway lines will run at "near rush hour" schedules during the day. The T says it will also have extra orange-vested workers stationed throughout the system to help riders unfamiliar with how to use CharlieCards or get to the parade route.

The T said commuter rail will run on its normal Saturday schedule, but that it hopes to announce some additional service tomorrow.

A novel reason for a Blue Line outage: Rodeo

By adamg - 6/16/11 - 4:01 pm

Last week, Boston hosted the American Public Transportation Association's annual rail conference. A highlight of the conference is always the rail rodeo, in which teams from subway systems across the continent compete in both train maintenance and operation.

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