End of the Line: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Rants

A Bostonian's experience with riding public transportation, aka the 'T."

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Safety First: Part Two

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Apparently, Meg Reilly of ONEin3 is also concerned.  This blog entry was posted the next day addressing the stabbing on, yet again, the Red...
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Monday, February 21, 2011

Safety First: Is the T Safe Enough?

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As if poor service is not enough, it is unfortunate to hear the news of another MBTA fatal accident on February 20, 2011 in the Central Sq...
Sunday, February 06, 2011

Snowpocalypse 2011

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Any Bostonian who has has been on the T in the last month can attest to how poor the MBTA service has been running lately, incredibly appare...
Friday, October 01, 2010

Where is the Bus???

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The T is finally getting with the times in this electronic day and age when almost everyone is connected to the web on the go via an iPhone ...
Saturday, September 11, 2010

It Ain't Easy Being Green

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New news during troubled times: Banker and Tradesman just reported that new investors have stepped in to help the struggling North Point d...
Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Support For A Better City

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Greetings Members of the Board and Associates, As many of you may know, the MBTA is proposing a significant increase in fares to raise $69 m...
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Friday, April 17, 2009

The Customer is Always Right

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The T is interested in knowing what the passengers think. They are passing out surveys at Kendall/MIT. Are they doing this anywhere else? ...
Friday, April 10, 2009

The Credit Crunch Effect on the MBTA

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Looks like commuters will be stuck between a rock and a hard place: do they purchase/lease a vehicle for transportation, or if they cannot ...
Saturday, February 21, 2009

Rage Against The Machine...

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Now, this is rage against missing a flight.
Friday, February 13, 2009

Continental Condolences

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After hearing about the Continental plane crash in Buffalo, New York, my heart goes out to the families and friends affected by it. The pla...

Copenhagen Bound

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My previous post discussed the unfortunate encounters with the airline industry. It was a predeliction of what could go wrong. Below is a r...
Thursday, February 12, 2009

For The Birds...

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This blog is about the MBTA. However, it seems that the decline in the quality of transportation has meandered its way to air travel. Here...

"Look Both Ways Before You Cross The Street"

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As Treemont had mentioned, pedestrians do need to get their due -- the ones that cross against oncoming traffic, and just blatantly run out ...
Friday, January 30, 2009

Red Light, Green Light

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Monday morning, the pedestrian traffic light across the street from the Charles/MGH T stop went missing. Curious, as pedestrians are glanci...
Monday, August 25, 2008

Back To School

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School starts next Tuesday after Labor Day. I am not looking forward to the long commute on the Green Line again.
Friday, August 22, 2008

Missed Manners

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Just a few days ago, as I was walking down Cambridge Street on my way, I started to cross Cardinal Medeiros Road. I was startled when an ol...
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Friday, August 15, 2008

Speedy McSpeedy?

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The Red Line seems to be going faster than its usual 10mph speed limit over the Longfellow Bridge. Is all well?
Saturday, July 26, 2008

O Longfellow

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I've been grateful that I walk to work and have stopped relying on the T for my daily commute. The state of the 100-year-old Longfellow...
Sunday, June 08, 2008

Pavlov's Dogs

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I walk to work now. From Cambridge, over the Longfellow Bridge, to MGH. It's a nice walk, except for the harrowing near-misses from de...
Friday, May 30, 2008

Safety First

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Whatever happened to "Safety First?" So devastating to hear that it took the life of Terrese Edmonds , the operator driving the D...
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Sunday, May 18, 2008

Fighting For My Life As A Pedestrian

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Since I started at this new assignment, my only experience with the T is with the Red Line when I have to go to the main office at the Seapo...
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Sunday, April 06, 2008

Relinquishing the T

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I am transitioning to another jobsite -- one just across the river within walking distance from my home. I no longer need to depend on the ...
Monday, March 17, 2008

Evacuation Day

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So, today is Evacuation Day. All schools have it off -- hence, less traffic and people on the road. It's awfully quiet out there today...
Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Please Exit At The Rear Of The Bus

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Today, the bus stopped at a stop, and a young man said very nicely "can you open the back door please?" In fact, he said it so ni...
Monday, March 10, 2008

Silence: When No News Is Not Good News

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So what happened to the Red Line, that prevented me from getting my work done today? I finally asked that question. As I go online to rese...

The Red Line Is Down

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I must have pissed off the public transportation gods today. Everything has been going well. I stick to the Cambridge area only these days...
Wednesday, February 13, 2008

The Platforms of JFK/UMass

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The Red Line T stop at JFK/UMass is bizarre. Being that it is where the Red Line splits into two different lines, the Ashmont and the Brain...
Monday, February 11, 2008

"Strict Machine"

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So what do people think of the new Charlie card system? A step in the right direction? I think so. But it takes so long for a person to fe...
Thursday, January 31, 2008

Taken For Granted?

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Lately, the 69 bus has not been following a schedule in the morning, it seems. According to the schedule, a bus would leave the terminus at...
Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Ugh!

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Nothing has been going right since my return to the United States! How frustrating. Not to mention that I missed the bus this morning...we...
Friday, January 04, 2008

Public Transportation in Hong Kong

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I am on vacation for the longest amount of time ever: two and a half weeks. I return to Hong Kong annually to visit my parents, who have b...

Ahhh...Cambridge...

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It's been a while now since I have posted to this site. Since the last post, a few changes in my life have occurred. The biggest change ...
Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Christmas Pilgrimage Home

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I had checked massport.com and my flight was on time. I arrived at the airport to find Continental airline's computers and telephones d...
Saturday, November 18, 2006

Buses...Where Would We Be Without Them?

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Several weeks ago when it took me over two hours to get from Allston Village to Central Square in Cambridge because the MBTA was running shu...
Wednesday, September 13, 2006

The Students Are Back

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Ever since September 1st came around, chaos has ensued both underground and on the train tracks. Trains are backed up. Delayed. Stopping ...
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