The T did its part to encourage bike riding in 2012 [2].
On a big system like the T (several hundred thousand riders on a weekday), you'd expect a certain amount of weirdness. You'd be right. Some examples from 2012:
T police kicked out some well meaning but permitless carolers at Forest Hills [3]; in one of her first executive decisions, new GM Beverly Scott agreed to let them back in - and joined in [4]:
Charlie, Beverly Scott, State Rep. Byron Rushing at Forest Hills.
Five-Star-Day Guy transfered from the Red Line to the Orange Line [5].
The T inaugurated bananaphone service [6] on the Green Line:
The Red Line countered with Banana Rastaman service [7].
A cat was lost, then found [8] on the Red Line.
The Orange Line was delayed due to coffee [9].
An angry man confronted riders at Andrew with a plunger [10].
Strollercat happened [11]. Then came Trainturtle [12]:
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Charlie took a ride on a Swan Boat [14]:
The Red Line was delayed by the discovery of a mystery item - which turned out to be one of those gizmos Cambridge meter maids use to write tickets [15].
A woman whose car wound up on Green Line tracks on Beacon Street blamed her GPS [16].
Melinda Green provided proof that, yes, all those Sob Story people do collaborate:
[17]Photo by Melinda Green [17].
Nikki captured the painter at work on the Red Line [18]:
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A guy jogged down the Red Line tracks under South Boston [19].
The Fitchburg Line was delayed due to horse [20].
A man used a box cutter to slice open a lemon [21] on the Red Line, then ate it.
Report from the MBTA Sweat Fest 2012 [22].
That woman tried going up the escalator in her motorized wheelchair [23].
A bus rammed into a trailer [24] for a Sandra Bullock movie in Dudley Square.
The Riverside Line was delayed due to turtle [25].
A bank robber without a car took the T instead [26].
The limber can always get a seat on the Green Line [27].
The finest hand-crafted subway map in the world made its appearance on the Red Line:
[28]See the entire route map [28].
A man rode the Blue Line with an iguana on his shoulder [29].
An alleged Green Line exhibitionist claimed jostling on the crowded trolley made his shorts fall off [30].
Some people on the Red Line are just trying to get a head [31].
Somebody with access to the MBTA Transit Police Twitter account tweeted he was bringing a 12-pack [32].
Say, we don't get many sax-playing luchadores on the Red Line [33].
A guy tried riding his bike up the escalator at Forest Hills, wound up spilling his coffee at the top [34].