Universal Hub - Red Line

The day after

adamg — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:24:14 +0000

National Guard watching Red Line entrances. Photo by Gedalia Pasternak.

The heart of Copley Square remains shut down. Boston Common resembles a military encampment. Cafe tables along Newbury Street remain uncleaned as police comb the area for possible evidence.

Kirty Lee took the Green Line into work today:

Held it together until I rode through Copley station pitch black. Haunting.

A.P. Blake reports:

Downtown Crossing stabber sought; police say he was bothering passengers on a Red Line train

adamg — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:22:00 +0000

Transit Police have released photos of the man they say ended an argument on a Red Line platform Wednesday night by stabbing two other men. Police say the stabber reached for his knife on the platform after accosting the victims and other passengers on a southbound Red Line train around 10 p.m.

Police say he's white or Hispanic, in his mid 20s, with a full beard and carrying a black back pack. His victims, one stabbed in the chest, one in the wrist, are expected to survive.

Berklee student reunited with her flute

adamg — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:28:59 +0000

The flute.

Transit Police report they recovered the $4,000 flute a Berklee student left on a bench at Park Street and returned it to her.

No word on whether they found the guy spotted on surveillance video walking off with the flute. The MBTA instead reports:

The flute was turned over to the Transit Police Department by a person who wishes to remain anonymous.

How long before ZipCar says its ad agency put this ad up without its permission?

adamg — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:59:52 +0000

Amanda Fakhreddine snaps a Zipcar ad on the Red Line that promotes the company's utility for booty calls:

Kid sitting next to me asked his mom what that meant #keepitclassy #adfail

Just yesterday:
McDonald's didn't approve those Orange Line ads that got some people upset.

Trouble on the Red Line

adamg — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:32:20 +0000

At South Station. Boston Magazine interviewed them.

H/t Faye.

Stop, flute thief!

adamg — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:45:41 +0000

Transit Police report they are looking for this guy, on charges of musical thievery:

On Monday, March 25, 2013, at approximately 11:40 AM, a female placed a flute, $4,000 in value, on a bench at Park Street MBTA Station, Red Line northbound center platform. She boarded a train, leaving the instrument behind. The subject depicted above retrieved the property and boarded the next train. The instrument is still missing.

If you know him, or see a guy trying to sell an expensive flute, contact T police at 617-222-1050 or send a text message to 873873.

UPDATE:

The owner of the Flute is a 21 year old student at the Berkeley College of Music. She personally owns the flute and is devastated by this incident. She is on a scholarship, as part of the scholarship agreement she needs the instrument to fulfill her obligations to the school. She also teaches music and requires the use of her flute to do so. The loss of her instrument has significantly effected her personally and she would be grateful to anyone who facilitates its return.

Earlier:
MBTA strikes right chord with Berklee professor who lost violin on trackless trolley.

This always seems to happen the day after the T issues dire warnings about finances

adamg — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:26:19 +0000

Yesterday, the MBTA warned the tax increases proposed by the legislature were so small it could jeopardize $500 million or in anticipated federal aid for the Green Line extension. This morning, as A.P. Blake noted at 8:55 a.m.:

In the past two hours, every rapid transit line in Boston has suffered some delay due to mechanical/signal failure.

Police seek alleged Red Line monkey spanker

adamg — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:20:57 +0000

Transit Police are looking for this guy for an incident around 6 p.m. last Tuesday:

On Tuesday, 03/19/13, at approximately 6:05 PM, on an inbound Red Line train from Alewife MBTA Station, the male depicted within was photographed after attempting to initiate conversation with women while committing a lewd act.

Know him? Contact Transit Police at 617-222-1050 or send a tip to 873873.

Police: Woman gets spitting mad and threatens to get stabby when asked to lower her voice at a T stop

adamg — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:09:55 +0000

UPDATE: Arrest made.

Transit Police report they are looking for a woman who allegedly threatened a man on the outbound side of the Central Square T stop with a knife and then spit on him around 11:10 a.m. on March 7:

The incident was a result of the victim asking the unknown female assailant to be courteous of her fellow MBTA passengers and not talk so loudly on her cell phone.

She's described as white, 50 to 55, 5'10" and about 250 lbs., with long red hair. She wore gray sweatpants and a beige jacket.

If she looks familiar, call Transit Police at 617-222-1050 or by texting 873873.

One of those familiar strangers charged with groping woman on the Red Line, then again at Downtown Crossing

adamg — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:28:44 +0000

3/13/13 - 5:00 pm

A Cambridge man was ordered to stay off the T following an incident last week in which he allegedly ran his hands up the thigh of a female Red Line passenger when she closed her eyes, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.

According to the DA's office, Transit Police nabbed Bashir Shaikh, 63, of Cambridge, on Monday - on the same afternoon train he had long shared with his alleged victim.

The woman told police she and Shaikh were familiar strangers - she recognized him as a frequent traveler on the train she'd take each afternoon out of Central Square. According to the DA's office, on the afternoon of March 13, she closed her eyes as the train on her trip: