Universal Hub - Silver Line

Somebody on the Silver Line gets Twitter

adamg — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:07:59 +0000

Brendan Kearney notes the impressive social media integration on the Silver Line this morning.

Whadaya know: Free Silver Line service from the airport is working

adamg — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:31:55 +0000

CommonWealth reports not only is volume up on the Silver Line into the city - for which Massport says it will eventually pay so riders don't have to - but it's up on the Silver Line to the airport, for which people still have to pay.

Too bad they don't make Klepto Bismol: Woman arrested for stealing Silver Line inspector's bag says she couldn't help it

adamg — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 17:37:00 +0000

MBTA Transit Police report arresting a woman they say stole a Silver Line inspector's bag, threw it into Fort Point Channel and then announced to officers that she couldn't help herself because she's a kleptomaniac.

Nyllabrii Raikou, 20, was arrested shortly after 10 p.m. yesterday on the Summer Street bridge - where they found her being pursued by the inspector. Police say the inspector arrived at the inspector's booth at the Silver Line platform at South Station to find Raikou inside:

Upon noticing the victim Raikou exited and began to walk away. The victim immediately went inside the booth and noticed his personal bag was missing containing his cell phone and other items as well as a MBTA radio battery.

Upon noticing the victim still following her and seeing the flashing blue lights of a Transit Police cruiser less then a block away Raikou tossed the victim's bag with all its contents into the Fort Point Chanel. Officers made several attempts to recover the bag however the currents were moving too swiftly.

Innocent, etc.

Rule of Boston transit: Build five, keep four

adamg — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:03:33 +0000

David notices Boston transportation services tend to be built in fives and then the powers that be eliminate one of them: There used to be five Green Line branches, five Silver Line routes and five terminals at Logan.

What's going on here? Do the planners have spooky Mickey Mouse hands? Does Boston overbuild then scale back? Shrinkage?

Citizen complaint of the day: Silver Line riders aren't trash

adamg — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 13:34:06 +0000

Going my way?

A concerned citizen complains about the way the city placed new trash receptacles at the Silver Line stop on Atlantic Avenue:

This Big Belly is right in front of the loading zone for SL4 at South Station. Very poorly sited. We love the BBs but they are street furniture that should be placed - not plunked - appropriately.

Silver Line bus driver attacked by two men, one armed with a knife

adamg — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 03:00:23 +0000

9/20/12 - 9:10 pm

Stanley Staco reports it happened around 9:10 p.m. at Washington and East Newton streets.

UPDATE, Friday morning: The MBTA reports the driver was spit on, not pummeled, that one man was caught and that he will be summonsed into court.

Get a free ride from the airport to South Station starting tomorrow

adamg — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 18:07:37 +0000

Massport and the MBTA are teaming up on a three-month pilot project to provide free Silver Line rides from Logan to South Station.

MBTA starts useful service and the Herald won't stand for that

adamg — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:07:04 +0000

Seems that when a big convention is in town, the MBTA runs special Silver Line service to the airport straight from the convention center, rather than making people carry their bags on that long walk to the nearest Silver Line stop and crowding onto a bus there.

Are you outraged? The Herald is, to the point of displacing its long-running Indian Joke of the Day series from the front page, which today features end-of-world fonts to accuse the T of stealing "all" its buses to service fat-cat conventioneers. Who, the Herald grudgingly admits, pay their fares just like rest of us - but only after the paper's crack investigative unit did some undercover surveillance:

On Friday, a Herald reporter and photographer observed people at the convention center paying regular fares to board the nonstop airport-bound Silver Line buses. The drivers did not take normal Silver Line routes or make any Silver Line stops before dropping passengers at Logan Airport. A driver said the buses provide conventioneers with rides to the airport. A bus tailed by the Herald did not follow the Silver Line’s dedicated bus route, instead driving directly to the Ted Williams Tunnel.

The horror!

Ed. derail question: Why is the convention center stop so far away from the convention center?

Alleged spitting puncher arrested on Silver Line bus

adamg — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:44:40 +0000

4/25/12 - 10:00 pm

MBTA Transit Police report arresting a homeless man on charges he punched and spit in the face of a Silver Line driver who asked him to pay his fare.

Sean Stuart, 43, was arrested shortly after 10 a.m. at Washington Street and Massachusetts Avenue - after being pulled off the driver by several Boston Police officers, Transit Police say.

According to an MBTA Transit Police report:

Free Silver Line service from Logan to South Station could start in June

adamg — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:56:27 +0000

WBZ reports Massport is expected to make a final decision on April 26 on a three-month pilot project.