Hynes

Some MBTA workers don't seem to realize people in wheelchairs can hear them just fine

adamg — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:22:41 -0400

Megan Johnson was on a Green Line trolley stuck between Hynes and Copley for an hour during this afternoon's MBTAfail. She reports what happened when A T workger got on board and told everybody they'd have to walk through the tunnel to the station:

... [She] loudly yelled to passengers, "Okay, people! We are going to have you get off the train and walk" and then after recognizing that there were two passengers using wheelchairs, proceeded to yell out the door of the train, "Oh man we got a wheelchair!" While the passengers in wheelchairs didn't say anything, the MBTA employee demonstrated a blatant lack of tact in her choice of words. ... They may not be able to walk, but these wheelchair-using passengers have no trouble hearing your blatantly rude comments. ...

The cobbler's children - Tech conference Wifi access FAIL

jeffcutler — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:59:38 -0400

As mentioned in an earlier post, I'm covering the Enterprise 2.0 Conference at the Westin Waterfront Hotel. And the only reason I'm able to upload my stories to Universal Hub are the EVDO access I have on my laptop.

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Apparently, the emergency brakes on trolleys work

adamg — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:17:19 -0500

MariaSophia tweets that a Green Line trolley stopped so suddenly at Hynes today that somebody went flying and got injured.

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Police protection for the crazy Jesus freaks

adamg — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:03:54 -0500

Tom Fulry discusses the Jesus people with the cardboard signs who he says accosted him on the mezzanine of Hynes station a few weeks back:

As I walk by them: "All Jews are going to hell. Take your bombs back to Israel or convert to Christianity."

He reported them to a station attendant, who started yelling at them. Now, he writes, they're back in the station, but this time with a phalanx of eight MBTA cops to protect them.

Fingers in a trolley door

adamg — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 10:38:09 -0400

BadTransit seems to be running a new series: Trains that start moving before they should:

... Today, in an obscenely overcrowded B-line train, the driver closed the doors on the fingers of a girl standing next to me. The train was so packed she really had nowhere else to hold on to. Then he started to leave the station (Hynes) until several people yelled and finally got him to stop and open the door. ...

Earlier:
The taunting empty car on the Worcester line