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In Allston, another car jumps on the tracks; B Line riders face delays to the max

By adamg on Thu, 05/12/2016 - 1:30pm
Car on Green Line tracks in Allston

"Expect some delays," Z writes after seeing the inbound wreck around 1:15 p.m. Amy Deveau reports the car managed to block both sides of the B Line.

Neighborhoods: 
Allston
Topics: 
The T
Free tagging: 
Green Line
B Line
Commonwealth Avenue


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Comments

By CCD on Thu, 05/12/2016 - 1:46pm.

Did they press the accelerator instead of the brake when they realized they were headed for the tracks?

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By Scratchie on Thu, 05/12/2016 - 2:01pm.

That is some world-class fucking up!

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By Kinopio on Thu, 05/12/2016 - 3:42pm.

People talk about Winter causing delays on the T but the snow storms are nothing compared to Boston drivers when it comes to amount of delays caused.

Lets put 8 lanes of car traffic on Commonwealth Ave. What could go wrong!

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By anon on Thu, 05/12/2016 - 4:15pm.

source?

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By anon on Thu, 05/12/2016 - 2:32pm.

I presume, since no driver was mentioned.

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By adamg on Thu, 05/12/2016 - 3:00pm.

I've had it with this driverless-car crap. Yes, there was probably a driver behind the wheel. But unless you were there, which I doubt, we don't know if the driver was at fault or if his or her car was pushed into the tracks by another car. Yes, driven by a person. Which the average reader can frickin' figure out.

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By ChrisInEastie on Fri, 05/13/2016 - 1:44pm.

is the best Adam. Seriously, bad anon toll troll is bad.

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By Irma la Douce on Thu, 05/12/2016 - 5:32pm.

Impose a toll on bad anons! That should improve UHub revenue substantially!

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By GoSoxGo on Thu, 05/12/2016 - 5:41pm.

is good.

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By ChrisInEastie on Fri, 05/13/2016 - 1:43pm.

and bad typist ChrisInEastie is bad. Though I'm blaming this one on autocorrect, so I guess bad proofreader ChrisInEastie is bad.

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By anon on Thu, 05/12/2016 - 4:18pm.

So, we will continue to massively neglect transit because self-driving cars will save us all!

It will be very easy to cycle around Boston in twenty years, because everyone will have a self-driving car and everyone will have to use it and the roads will be solidly jammed with vehicles 24/7 because there is no room for everyone to commute by car!

Suckers.

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By coffeeweasel on Thu, 05/12/2016 - 2:35pm.

I hate driving so much that I do it maybe twice a year (yes, I'm one of those Zipcar people you all cringe about), but I at least know not to do that.

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By BlackKat on Thu, 05/12/2016 - 3:26pm.

Clearly that black fence should have been wearing an orange vest.

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By SwirlyGrrl on Thu, 05/12/2016 - 9:45pm.

I don't see any approved signs warning that driving across the tracks and into the fence are a bad idea.

The curb and ballast aren't enough for poor harried drivers if they aren't federally approved!

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By Roman on Sat, 05/14/2016 - 10:25pm.

The city should, in fact, take care to make sure road markings and raised curbs are properly painted and in good repair.

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By SwirlyGrrl on Sat, 05/14/2016 - 11:20pm.

But where were the signs saying "DO NOT DRIVE OVER CURB, ACROSS TRACKS, AND INTO THE FENCE"??

I mean, how's a driver supposed to figure that out without an official federal-spec sign?

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