Green Line

Fashion disaster on the Green Line

adamg — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:56:14 -0500

Stephanie Seeliger tweets:

On the T from Allston to Park. SO MANY leggings for pants are happening all around me. It's awful.

Probably the lamest "E"xcuse ever (updated)

roadman — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:08:39 -0500

From the T web page:

Green E Line is being diverted at Brigham Circle due to a road paving project on Washington St. in Brookline. Please use route#39 bus between Heath Street and Brigham Circle. 11/4/2009 12:34 PM

Memo to T: Huntington Avenue service goes NOWHERE NEAR this project. And if the rationale for terminating at Brigham Circle is a traffic problem delaying the streetcars (which can be easily solved by a couple of police officers), given that the #39 buses are equally affected by this, as per this item subsequently posted on the T web page:

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Green Line fail

adamg — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:37:02 -0500

Dead train at Copley messing things up.

The Green Line as poetry in motion

adamg — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:16:33 -0500

Michael Sesling has been writing about his daily commute on the C line - in poetry. From his latest poem:

and they stared
everyone looked at this seat
and then looked at everyone else
looking at the seat
but not a soul moved toward it
it just stayed
empty

some days an empty seat is like
an injured animal
being circled by hungry vultures
but this day
who knows why nobody made a move
maybe we were all too aware of our own selves

the woman in green sweater
seated in the adjacent seat
surely wondered why
everyone stood around
as she turned
looked
with a momentary stare
before she drifted back into
her shuffled papers

MBTA: Two alleged gropers grabbed last night

adamg — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:32:36 -0500

Carlyle

The MBTA reports Transit Police arrested two alleged gropers last night, one for an incident at Copley station around 10 p.m., the other for an incident this past June in Quincy.

On the Green Line, MBTA Transit Police arrested William Carlyle, 52, of Northampton Street in Boston on a charge of indecent assault and battery after he allegedly put his hands where he shouldn't have on the rear of a Revere woman:

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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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Hate the Green Line?

adamg — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:49:21 -0400

There's a T-shirt for that.

It's a twofer on the Riverside line this morning

adamg — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:06:04 -0400

Broken train at Reservoir and a medical emergency at Brookline Hills.

Trolley vs. car on Comm. Ave. - Riders lose

adamg — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:13:42 -0400

A trolley and a car failed to occupy the same space at Comm. Ave. and Washington Street tonight. Colin Moore tweets it didn't look too bad, except for "all of the cops and fire trucks." Naturally, it caused delays for riders.

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Smoking trolley at Arlington station

adamg — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:00:56 -0400

Boston Fire Department is on scene for a trolley fire on the outbound side. Pantograph fire is out, the train is dead, expect delays.