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By adamg - 12/18/19 - 8:50 am
At 8:10 a.m., Alice posted this photo of an inbound Green Line trolley just dead in the water - and in the intersection of Allston Street and Commonwealth Avenue, where it blocked traffic. Read more.
By adamg - 10/27/19 - 4:50 pm
The MBTA reports the shuttle buses that were supposed to be a substitute for B Line trolleys are only going as far as Chestnut Hill Avenue due to flooding on Commonwealth Avenue between there and BC.
By adamg - 11/17/18 - 7:05 pm
Sundaram shows us the car somebody managed to drive onto the outbound Green Line tracks at Packards Corner shortly before 7 p.m.
Danielle Jones photographed the car from inside a trolley: Read more.
By adamg - 9/29/18 - 8:05 pm
The MBTA is reporting 15-minute delays on the Green Line to and from BC due to the car on the tracks that Fuad photographed.
By adamg - 1/25/18 - 6:52 pm
Harry Grillo posts photos of the B Line trolley with a broken pantograph gumming up the works at Sutherland Road tonight. The MBTA reports "moderate" delays.
By adamg - 12/30/17 - 2:01 pm
Seems somebody's car just up and died while the motorist was trying to cross the Green Line and now the T is busing riders between Washington and Babcock streets, because while a trolley ramming the car out of the way at full speed would be spectacular, it might scratch up the trolley.
By adamg - 12/29/17 - 7:46 am
The MBTA reports "moderate" delays on the B Line inbound due to a dead trolley at Chiswick Road.
By adamg - 12/19/17 - 4:54 pm
The MBTA reports "moderate" delays on the B Line due to a trolley past its expiration date at Sutherland Road.
By adamg - 12/5/17 - 7:31 pm
The MBTA reports "minor" outbound delays on the B Line due to a trolley that bit the dust at Warren Street.
By adamg - 11/10/17 - 9:44 am
The MBTA reports "minor" delay on the B Line inbound due to a train that kicked the bucket at Harvard Avenue.
By adamg - 10/23/17 - 4:02 pm
MassDOT announced today that it's installing specialized traffic signal systems along Beacon Street in Brookline, and Comm. Ave. and Huntington Ave. in Boston that will switch to green lights for approaching trolleys. Mass. Ave. in Cambridge will get similar treatment for buses. Read more.
By adamg - 8/17/17 - 10:54 am
"Moderate" delays on the Green Line out to BC due to a trolley that died where B Line trolleys always seem to die - at the curve at Packard's Corner, the MBTA advises.
By adamg - 8/13/17 - 1:05 pm
MassDOT reports that the complete re-opening of the Commonwealth Avenue bridge near the BU Bridge has been delayed for several days due to grouting taking longer than expected and the need to hold off pouring some concrete because of recent rains.
Weather permitting, trolley service on the MBTA Green Line B-Branch and private vehicle access to the Commonwealth Avenue Bridge and Boston University Bridge and local roadways will resume by the middle of the upcoming week.
By adamg - 8/12/17 - 10:27 am
The MBTA is rolling out the buses to replace B Line service between Babcock and Washington due to a trolley that thought it could, but it couldn't.
By adamg - 8/8/17 - 3:21 pm
Dead trolleys are gumming up the works on the B and D lines, the MBTA reports.
By adamg - 7/30/17 - 10:54 am
— Jacquelyn Goddard (@JacqueGoddard) July 30, 2017
Jacquelyn Goddard at MassDOT shows us some of the work to replace half the Commonwealth Avenue bridge in front of the BU Bridge over the next three weeks.
Earlier, John McLachlan took a look at where the Green Line used to be:
By adamg - 7/11/17 - 9:50 am
The MBTA reports "moderate" delays on the B Line due to a trolley meeting its maker at Packards Corner.
By adamg - 6/14/17 - 1:55 pm
In fact, the T is now running buses between Babcock and Washington streets on the B line due to a deceased trolley at Warren Street.
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