The T
The MBTA reports 20-minute delays on the Green Line due to "a train with a mechanical problem approaching Copley eastbound."
This comes a few hours after the Green Line was completely stopped after a trolley lost its pantograph at Park Street.
Robert Grover posted this photo of a mortally wounded trolley at Park Street at 4:26 p.m., adds: Read more.
One day, that bus will zoom right down the middle of the avenue.
Construction crews have been busy in recent months building new bus stops between Egleston and Jackson squares for dedicated bus lanes and stops that planners say will mean a faster ride to and from Jackson Square and Ruggles on the 22, 29 and 44 bus routes. Read more.
Taylor Copeland composed some MBTA-related Valentine's Day cards.
Subway Valentine's cards, a bit more risque.
'People should be alarmed': air pollution in US subway systems stuns researchers
Tiny airborne particles, probably thrown up by train brakes or the friction between train wheels and rails, are rife in the 71 underground stations sampled by researchers during morning and evening rush hours in Boston, New York City, Philadelphia and Washington DC, the cities that contain the bulk of subway systems in the US.
Shortly before 9:30 p.m. First responders were able to get him off the tracks and up to the platform, from which he was transported to a local hospital, conscious and alert.
The Massachusetts Court of Appeals today upheld a six-month jail sentence for Jennifer Garvey, convicted on two counts of assault and battery for pepper-spraying a woman in the eyes at close range and beating her with a baton after the woman tried to comfort another woman who'd been reported as drunk on a bus at the then Dudley T stop in 2014. Read more.
A Roxbury man who was charged with stabbing somebody at the Nubian Square bus station around 2 p.m. on Wednesday was arrested there again last night after he allegedly lunged at another man with a knife for eying his woman, only his woman tried to stop him and he wound up stabbing her instead, Transit Police say. Read more.
Update: Suspect arrested.
Around 10 p.m. She was taken to a local hospital with an injury not considered life threatening. A folding knife possibly used in the attack was found at the station.
Upset woman on a bus in Everett. Surveillance photos via TPD.
Transit Police are seeking help finding a woman who attacked a route 110 bus driver at Chelsea and Victoria streets around 10:45 a.m. on Saturday. Read more.
Patrick Ford had a ringside seat to watch the plus-sized 39 buses shimmying all over South Huntington Avenue in the snow, because they never seem to remember that they just don't do well in the snow there.
Firefighters in the pit. Photo by BFD.
The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters were able to get a man out from under an Orange Line train at Jackson Square around 9:50 a.m.
He was taken to a local hospital for care. The incident remains under investigation, the department says.
David Gregory snapped this view of downtown Boston from the last ferry out of Charlestown tonight, after which the T is shutting down the service because of Covid-19-related losses.
Transit Police report they are looking for these two for a robbery at the Wood island T stop around 11:45 p.m. on Jan, 8.
If Nose Boy and the Masked Mug look familiar, contact detectives at 17-222-1050 or send an anonymous text tip to 873873.
Chris Staiti reports from the Red Line today:
Not a single poster ad on the entire train. Just as well. There were no people to see any ads either.
Transit Police have released photos of two women they want to talk to about a stabbing at Downtown Crossing around 9:45 p.m. on Jan. 3. Read more.
- Page 1
- ››
