Entries Tagged as 'MBTA'
MBTA Finally Realizes People Like Running Around on its Train Tracks
March 1st, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Transportation Agency Admits It’s Not Very Good at Transporting People
February 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I’m on the Green Line two days ago, and we pull into Copley. The driver gets on the horn and says, “If you’re looking to go to Arlington, it’s gonna be a while.” Suggesting that people get out and walk the two blocks. Which they do. Myself included.
On the plus side, my nice walk from [...]
Tags:MBTA
T Ad Campaign Found Wanting
January 14th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Curiously absent from Jet Blue’s depiction of things Wally is doing this offseason: Weakening an already inconsistent offense. For shame.
Nothing to See Here
December 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · Media
Twenty-five minutes after U-Hub gets word of a Red Line derailment at Alewife, the T’s own “constantly updated” service updates report that there’s absolutely nothing wrong on the Red Line tonight.
Either that, or in the world of T High Command, catastrophic subway failure is “normal.”
Near-Dead State Agency Throws Presser, Borrows Podium
October 20th, 2009 · No Comments · Politics
The Mass Turnpike Authority won’t be dead for another week and a half. However, it appears that their press-conferencing materials have already been confiscated by other, less-dead state agencies. Here’s what Pike officials lugged to a presser last week:
No way that thing has ever belonged to the T. Ever.
Tags:MBTA·Pike·The Walking Dead
The Disappeared (MBTA Edition)
August 12th, 2009 · No Comments · Politics
That last post got written before I hopped on the Red Line to Somerville. So what do I see when I do hop the Red Line to Somerville, ride up the escalator, and look over at the T’s handy bulletin board?
What I don’t see is that poster of Dan Grabauskas’ smiling face – the one [...]
Aloisi’s Destiny
August 12th, 2009 · No Comments · Politics
In a rather hilarious interview with State House News last night, Deval Patrick’s Secretary of Obfuscation and Patronage, Jim Aloisi, calls the state GOP’s bid to get him fired “a political move” and “a political distraction.” This, from the guy who’d rather hand out golden parachutes than play in the sandbox with one of Mitt Romney’s [...]
Tags:Boston Globe·Demagoguery·Deval Patrick·MBTA·Politics as Bloodsport·State House News
These Geese Don’t Know Why They Crossed the Road
August 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
That appears to be the opinion of two dudes I saw outside Alweife recently. Because, after a flock of geese ambled across the parkway, the two guys shooed them back across the four-lane road. Slowly. To the delight of everybody sitting there in traffic, watching the scene go down.
Here’s what the aftermath looked like:
Hottt State House Transportation Fight
July 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Politics
Why is it that this latest spat between Deval Patrick, Jimmy Aloisi and Dan Grabauskas looks a whole lot like a bench press contest being waged by one-armed men?
Um, Actually? No
June 8th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Spotted this bit of graffiti on the Red Line recently. At first I thought it was some existentialist crap. Then I realized: The Red Line is broke and getting even more broke every day, so this is what passes for focus group surveying inside the T these days. Dan Grabauskas would like you to take [...]
