Kenmore
Test-driving Hubway
By JennyMack - 9/13/11 - 10:17 amBU Today's Leslie Friday takes Hubway for a spin to find out what all of the fuss is about:
All along Newbury Street and Comm Ave, habitual bikers whiz by me, their backdraft mocking my steady, but slower, speed. Hubway bikes are made for heavy-duty use by people of all skill levels—more like beach cruisers than speed racers, so I enjoy the sights. The Citgo sign looms as I cross back onto campus. By now my legs are burning, the setting sun is striking me squarely in the eyes, and I’m going uphill to my last stop: FitRec.
[...] So, lessons learned: visit Hubway’s site beforehand, bring a helmet and a cell phone, and don’t rely on these bikes if you’re on a tight schedule. I wasn’t, so I chalked it up as another urban adventure.
Have you tried Hubway yet? What have your experiences been so far?
Yes, some Green Line riders got the shaft today
By adamg - 6/6/11 - 8:06 pm
The MBTA released this photo of what trapped some Green Line riders in a tunnel for close to 50 minutes and caused problems throughout the day on the C and D lines: A switch shaft that sheared off near Kenmore.
MBTA cuts Riverside service to protect Kenmore station from Muddy River floodwaters
By adamg - 3/14/10 - 9:41 pmMORNING UPDATE: The Muddy River dropped below flood stage, even if barely, so Riverside service is running this morning - although river levels have started rising again (hourly river-level data).
LATER MORNING UPDATE: The Muddy River got all floody again, so the T put the dam back and stopped Riverside service.
Around 9 p.m., the MBTA blocked off the Fenway portal used by the Riverside line to prevent a recurrence of the 1996 floods that left Kenmore station submerged in 20 feet of water and required $40 million in repairs.
The move means Riverside commuters can expect delays tomorrow as they ride shuttle buses instead of trolleys between Reservoir and Kenmore, the T advises.
A federal monitoring station on the Muddy reported the normally docile river reached flood stage around 8:45 p.m. A T alert announcing the suspension of service between Kenmore and Reservoir went out not long after.
Clear progress in Kenmore Square
By Sean - 7/16/08 - 5:35 pmThe Kenmore bus station is finally getting its scaly glass skin.
The MBTA's silent improvements to the D Line
By Arborway - 6/16/07 - 3:56 pmWhat if the MBTA decided to embark on a construction project to improve service on the D Line during Red Sox season and didn't tell anybody?
While everyone is preoccupied with the impending D Line shutdown, the T has been quietly working on another project that hasn't disrupted anyone's life. Trouble is, they don't seem to think that you want to know about it.
Renovations at Copley and Arlington won't be finished until at least 2009
By Arborway - 6/4/07 - 5:29 pmYou just knew this was going to happen
Kenmore is still a series of glimmers of hope that quickly fade as leaps of progress turn into months of "Are they even doing anything?"
Seeing the banners at Copley and Arlington forced me to finally get around to resurrecting my transit blog.
Longwood nostalgia
By adamg - 3/1/07 - 10:47 amYou know those cool above-ground maps the T installed in the 1970s - then never updated? Paul Levy was looking at one at Kenmore and noticed all the long-gone names:
... Hospital of the House of the Good Samaritan; Peter Bent Brigham Hospital; Jimmy Fund Research Lab; State Teachers College of Boston; Boston English High School; New England Deaconess Hospital; Beth Israel Hospital; Sears Roebuck and Company; Children's Hospital Medical Center; Boston Lying Inn Hospital; Joslin Clinic. ...
He also provides some stats on the Longwood Medical Area (2 million patients a year!).
