Riverside

MBTA installs electronic signs on the Riverside line that do absolutely nothing

adamg — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:19:52 -0400

No, that's not quite true, Paul Levy reports: They do warn you that fare evasion is a crime so you better pay your damn fare:

I have to give the MBTA something for truth in advertising. It describes this capital improvement project (or one like it) as follows: This project will install new LED information signs on the platforms and lobbies of busy subway stations. These signs will provide visual equivalent of audio information on train arrival times and destination information.

In that sense, the signs are the visual equivalent of the public address system on this line, which for years has also failed to give audio information about delays or train arrivals.

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It's always so sad when T crews have to put a trolley out of its misery

adamg — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:14:24 -0400

Another dead trolley, this time on the Riverside line.

T operator needed cell phone to call dispatchers in fatal crash

adamg — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:05:22 -0400

What's left of the front of the trolley that smashed into another train in May, 2008. Source: NTSB.

Tomorrow, the National Transportation Safety Board discusses the May, 2008 collision on the Riverside line that left one trolley driver dead and a passenger with severe injuries. If you can't wait for the press reports on the meeting, you can listen in over the Web, starting at 9:30 a.m.

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Like Easter Sunday at a T stop

adamg — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:20:37 -0400

Doug reports (with photos) that the 1,000-car parking lot at the Riverside Green Line stop was manned by just one worker today as Red Sox fans arrived en masse to get to today's game:

... In a minature version of the Easter 2009 turnpike toll fiasco, insufficient staffing at the Riverside Green line terminal in Newton at noon on Sunday jammed traffic all the way back onto I-95/Route 128. ...

Rain confuses the trains

adamg — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:08:02 -0400

35 minutes to get from Newton Highlands to Reservoir.

Meanwhile, over at the Red Line, one rider wonders: Dear red line, why r u pretending to be the B line today?? And another declares: Red is the new Green.

Whadaya know: McCain supporters take the Riverside Line

adamg — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 21:55:08 -0400

David Harris reports on a Riverside Line grudge match Friday night:

... I tried to block out the sound of some girl screaming "Alaska!!' then again a few moments later: "Alaska!!" Then I got off the phone and what I saw was a girl and what looked like her boyfriend mocking a couple Obama supporters (though one in particular received the brunt of the rage). In between a lot of expletives, there was some talk about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her stance on abortion. ...

No Riverside trolley service this weekend

adamg — Fri, 09 May 2008 08:57:36 -0400

Or for the four weekends that follow, so the T can make a bridge disappear.

Just roll out of bed and into the train

adamg — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:20:08 -0500

The MBTA is looking at leasing land and air rights at the Riverside Green Line terminal for housing, the Herald reports.

Riverside service stops when trolley hits worker

adamg — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:11:26 -0500

Accidents happen, and he should be OK, but the reason the supervisor was on the tracks was because he "was looking into a report of treecutting activity."

Now cut that out! Nobody's allowed to cut down the trees along the Riverside line except the T itself.

The MBTA explores the idea of a mixed-use development at Riverside station

Arborway — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:46:25 -0400

The MBTA is continuing on their quest for more transit-oriented development by working to lure private interests into building a mixed-use development at Riverside station. Residents are naturally apprehensive about bringing even more cars to Grove St., but is increased congestion on the roads the real problem?

Bringing more riders to the D-Line may not be the best idea.