Maverick

T worker tackles robbery suspect at Maverick, holds him for police

adamg — Fri, 13 May 2011 13:11:00 +0000

5/12/11 - 11:23 pm

WHOMP! Inspector tackles suspect, around 1:02 on this MBTA surveillance video.

Snellman and GrisoliaAn MBTA inspector who saw a Watertown man mug a woman about to get on the train at Maverick last night didn't let the guy leave the station, MBTA Transit Police say.

According to a police report, Inspector Ira Lawrence was in the customer-service booth at the Blue Line station around 11:20 p.m. when he noticed Sean Snellman hand a guitar and bag to Brittney Grisolia, then run toward a woman and grab one of the two purses she was carrying:

Transit Police move from fare gates to the trains themselves

adamg — Fri, 14 May 2010 12:08:12 +0000

MBTA police were busy making sweeps this morning through trains at Maverick and Park Street (Red Line toward Alewife). Mediacrity tweets she saw T cops in every station on the Red Line from Porter to South Station and at the Silver Line stop at South Station.

Maverick Station rare example of good modern public design

adamg — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:08:59 +0000

And admission is only $1.70.

New Maverick station opens

adamg — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:41:44 +0000

Alex Howell is impressed by the new Maverick station on the Blue Line, now, finally, open.

Copyright Alex Howell. Tagged as universalhub on Flickr.

Shiny new Blue Line trains do little for commuters if they never show up

adamg — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:18:50 +0000

Lewis Forman is not a happy Blue Line camper this week. He recounts a 25-minute wait for a train during rush hour this morning - which follows a 20-minute wait on Wednesday and a 14-minute wait on Monday:

... I was the only one in the station when I missed the train at the beginning. By the time I was stepping onto the train and looked behind me, Maverick Station was yellow safety band to back wall packed with increasingly angry and frustrated people. Some asked the MBTA "officials" that were there but were just sent back to wait with everyone else with a shrug and not even an attempt to use the walkie talkies that were attached to their hips. Just another case of the high quality customer service you expect from a transit system.

Hopefully this gets ironed out or some explanation is provided. However a trip to work that normally takes 30 minutes door to door for me is now almost a full hour. At that rate, I could swim from my condo, and walk to the Hancock building. ...

The MBTA leak game

adamg — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 18:24:41 +0000

Hours of fun for the whole family! Lewis posts the rules:

Make a mental note of all the leaks that you find within your ride to work or play. Tell everyone about them.

Since he made up the game, he goes first, starting with Maverick station in East Boston, where part of the station leaks like a sieve even though it was just renovated, and ending with Bucket Central, a.k.a. Back Bay station.