Switch problems at Davis are making for a, ahem, fun commute this morning.

Ryan Evans says run away:

Massive crowd on inbound side at Davis Sq T stop.

BehindDarkEyes photographed people honking a tchinik in Davis Square yesterday.

Charlie Rosenberg took photos today:

MBTA Transit Police tweet thefts of bicycles and bike parts are up, especially at Davis and Alewife. Buy those heavy locks and record those serial numbers now, police say.

In 1978 and 1979, students at the Powderhouse Community School in Somerville made 249 special tiles that were placed around the Davis Square station. The Davis Square Tile Project is trying to contact the kids who made them as part of a project to show how the square has changed over the years - and possibly help show how the Green Line extension might change the parts of Somerville it goes through.

You might come back to find one of your tires has been sliced open.

The Boston Foodie considers the Yelp backlash, as exemplified by a sign in the window of Kickass Cupcakes in Davis Square.

Earlier:
Yelp now removing Boston reviews?

Tufts researchers used ethnographic research methods to document the impact of the recession on small businesses in the area; one student focused on bakeries and cafes in Harvard, Porter and Davis squares, Tufts Daily reports:

... "Going into the project, based on what the media was originally projecting, I had assumed that these small businesses would really be hurt by the recession; however, I could almost immediately see that this was not the case as I began to spend time in these locations. They were all bustling," Kuross said in an e-mail to the Daily.

Kuross explained that the primary customer bases sustaining the squares' cafés consist mainly of students, already on constricted budgets and therefore "insulated," and upper-middle-class local residents, securely employed and financially stable. ...

Via Wicked Local Somerville.

Ethan Danahy happened to have his camera going on the Red Line between Porter and Davis today when sparks flew, smoke started coming into the car and then somebody threw the brakes (the jolt at the end of the video). He reports, however, a happy ending, in the sense that everybody got out OK.

Spatch's commute from Davis Square was just a bit cheerier this morning thanks to the cops and dogs:

Critics love MBTA Security Theater! "Who needs probable cause whenthey've got on such snappy uniforms?"