buses

It's amazing what you can get on Etsy these days

adamg — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:32:55 +0000

At least, we're assuming this guy got his unique jacket on Etsy - just look at that fine handcrafted design!

Rima Chaddha Mycynek spotted man and jacket at Harvard Square today.

Man charged with dickish behavior on a T bus in Dorchester

adamg — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:31:44 +0000

A Quincy man was arrested at Ashmont station yesterday after a passenger on an arriving 215 bus from Quincy reported he'd been masturbating on the trip.

Michael Wilson, 51, was charged with open and gross behavior, according to MBTA Transit Police. A police report quotes one witness who said she was sitting in the rear of the bus around 11 a.m. when she noticed that Wilson, sitting in the middle of the bus and facing another passenger, unzipped his pants, whipped it out and went to town. The passenger who got a front-row seat fled the bus immediately on its arrival at Ashmont, police said.

According to the report, an officer flagged down by the bus driver and a T inspector found Wilson sitting at the Route 23 berth, his pants unzipped, his belt unbuckled and his hands down his pants.

Innocent, etc.

T bus driver charged with faking attempted shooting, collecting worker's comp

adamg — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:16:38 +0000

Nancy Parker, 53, will be arraigned in Suffolk Superior Court today on charges she faked an attack on her MBTA bus in Chelsea, then collected worker's compensation.

Parker, of Burlington, is formally charged with worker's compensation fraud, misleading an investigator and filing a false report for the Oct. 2, 2007 incident on a 111 bus, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. The T fired her after they learned of discrepancies in her claim, the DA's office says.

In 2009, a Chelsea District Court judge tore into prosecutors, saying that while Parker had changed her initial story of being shot by a stranger in a robbery attempt to being shot by an ex-lover, there was little evidence to suggest she was lying about actually being shot.

Her arraignment today comes after an indictment by a grand jury.

Innocent, etc.

The early bird catches the 9 bus

adamg — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:00:11 +0000

Karin posts an ode to her early commute today.

Crunch time on the Silver Line

adamg — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:35:25 +0000

Video provided by the MBTA.

The driver of a rental truck plowed through a red light and slammed into a Silver Line bus about to descend into the tunnel at Northern Avenue and D Street shortly after noon today, the T says.

Photo of the collision. Another photo of the crash.

Charring crosses up T riders

adamg — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:02:41 +0000

So far this morning, a charred 39 bus was towed from Huntington Avenue near Brigham Circle and buses had to be rolled out for the C line when an overhead power line came down near Cleveland Circle.

City to MBTA: We'll be watching you at the Arborway Yard

adamg — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:11:30 +0000

The Jamaica Plain Gazette reports the city has put the T's Arborway bus yard on its list of problem properties, which it usually uses for places at high risk of catastrophic fires, excessive illegal activities and the like. In the yard's case, the issue is chemical storage and fumes. The T has shelved plans to renovate the property, citing lack of money.

Haymarket T stop shut due to possible radiation leak

adamg — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:06:13 +0000

Yep, just when you thought nothing else could cause problems on the T. Channel 4 reports hazmat crews are in the busway with a truck, licensed to carry radioactive materials, with readings showing a possible leak.

UPDATE: Crews began clearing scene shortly after noon, when readings showed acceptable levels.

If the T won't provide late-night service, maybe a private company will

adamg — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:37:03 +0000

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 coolest MBTA bus map ever

adamg — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:23:56 +0000

Bostonography visualizes ~~whirled peas~~ 24 hours of bus-speed data, which, if you're really into SimCity, will remind you of a big city's traffic-congestion map, and which, if you're not, can just be appreciated as a really cool piece of art.

Teen charged with repeatedly stabbing man who sat next to him on a bus seat

adamg — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 03:37:20 +0000

Tarik Muhammad didn't want any company on his trip out of Ruggles on Aug. 31, 2010, so when a man sat next to him, he told him to move - and when the man refused, they got into an argument that ended when Muhammed began beating and stabbing him, prosecutors say. Channel 4 has the surveillance video shown in court today.

Bus driver tells street preacher to stick to the street and stay off his bus

adamg — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:45:05 +0000

Video of confrontation between the driver of a 101 bus out of Sullivan and the preacher who refused to shut up.

Citizen complaint of the day: MBTA bus stops aren't for tour buses

adamg — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:40:59 +0000

A concerned citizen posts a photo of a big fat tour bus parked at a T bus stop:

Yet another tour bus illegally parked in a city bus stop, causing city bus to double park and disembark passengers in the middle of the street! Please do something about this. We just went to a meeting at City Hall regarding this matter. The Leather District is NOT a bus depot!

The bus driver and the blind woman

adamg — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:24:18 +0000

Maggie reports on 93 bus driver 69999, one of whose passengers yesterday afternoon was blind and who asked him to let her know when they got to her stop - only he didn't, which led to this exchange:

Operator #69999 replied "Well I stopped and you didn't get off."

Andrea: "You didn't tell me."

Operator #69999: "Was I supposed to pick you up and carry you off?"

Alleged thigh groper arrested on a 23 bus

adamg — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 20:03:08 +0000

9/30/11 - 6:10 pm

A Roslindale man was pulled off a 23 bus and arrested on indecent assault and battery charges Friday after he allegedly moved his hand up the thigh of a woman sitting next to him.

According to an MBTA Transit Police report, the woman, 68, told officers that Douglas Beaton, 46, appeared to be asleep - but occasionally muttering incomprehensibly - as she sat on the bus. As the bus stopped at Columbia Road and Washington Street shortly after 6 p.m., however:

The victim states that she felt the hand of Beaton on her right leg, the hand was rubbing her thigh under her skirt. The victim slapped Beaton's hand away, "telling him to stop and not to put his hands on her."

The driver, noticing the now upset passenger, asked her to come forward and tell him what happened, after which he stopped the bus and summoned police.

Innocent, etc.