Meg Fowler Tripp got on a train this morning and soon after heard the driver exclaim:
I'm closing the doors to this train, and don't you be thinkin' God's gonna open a window and let your ass on.
If you immediately thought gotta be the Orange Line, congratulations, get yourself a donut at Mike's or Donut and Donuts.
Melina wonders:
"Why is there a single slice of turkey on this escalator?" These are questions I ask myself on the Orange Line.
The Herald explains why you should keep your friends close and your iPhone closer on the T.
Views of the Northeast enjoyed the rushing waters of Porter station today.
Orange Bird tweets:
Nothing perks up a bad day like hearing the Sammy Davis Jr. doppelganger at Gov Center sing "Candyman"
The Globe reports; notes site gets more visits from Android than iPhone users.
Take this citizen complaint about leaves partially covering a storm grate in Jamaica Plain. Surely, in the amount of time it took to take a picture and compose a complaint, the alert citizen could have kicked the leaves away.
The Herald interviews an Arlington man who fought the $100 fine sought by prosecutors, and won.
The MBTA Transit Police report on the Oct. 26 arrest at Alewife paints a slightly different picture than the simple civil-liberties patina painted by the Herald:
Like, for example, Boston Nightlife Express, which is now providing bus service between the BU campus and various downtown points, 10 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. You reserve a ride online - mostly $6 a pop - you can buy snacks on board and you get a cookie at your destination.
The Salem News has the details in the latest indictments centered on an employee of a company that prints CharlieTickets, who allegedly sold bogus passes over the Internet.
Walked into South Station around 1 p.m. and it was like walking into a wall of buttered-popcorn smell. Beats the alternative, I guess, but still kind of odd, especially since the station's sponsor this month is some scotch rather than some popcorn brand.
The Somerveille Transportation Equity Partnership has posted some renderings of the proposed new Orange Line stop at Assembly Square.
Photographynatalia captured a moment at Boylston on the Green Line yesterday.
Steven Zimmerman makes the argument that maybe one of the reasons riding the T is such a dispiriting experience is because of its choice of fonts for signs:
Is it possible that in choosing a typeface which is devoid of personality and character, (at least in how it is used in public transit) and has on overly stogy appearance has rubbed off on the people that use this systems everyday ... or better yet, the entire brand of mass transit systems?
Latest T Alert:
Green Line E service will be diverted to substitute shuttle buses between North Station and Lechmere due to an automobile blocking the track area. 11/10/2011 2:07 PM
Since when did they put in grade crossings on the Lechmere Viaduct?
An irate citizen alerts the city about "hordes of poorly behaved school children" clogging up the Savin Hill platform and causing all sorts of grief for the tax-paying citizens of Savin Hill.
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