MBTA Free After 8 p.m. on New Year’s Eve
The subway lines will run a modified schedule on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.
The MBTA has announced its New Year's Eve schedule. Some highlights include:
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Monday, December 31, 2012
Thursday, December 27, 2012
MBTA Ridership Continues to Increase
According to figures released Wednesday, MBTA ridership increased for the 20th time in 22 months, with specific increases on subway lines.
People continue to use the MBTA despite mid-year fare hikes. According to figures released by Beverly Scott, general manager of the MBTA, monthly ridership increased for the 20th time in the last 22 months in November. Daily ridership for November increased by 1.3 percent over November 2011, and averaged 1.329 million passenger trips per weekday, according to an accompanying MBTA statement Wednesday. While the overall ridership is up, officials said use of buses dropped slightly in November. The increase “continued the MBTA’s trend of modest ridership growth despite the fare increase implemented in July,” Scott said in the statement. There was marked growth on the Red, Orange and Blue subway lines, which grew 5.6 percent in November. …
Saturday, November 24, 2012
TELL US: How Should We Pay for Our Roads, Highways & the MBTA?
Gov. Deval Patrick plans to ask lawmakers to raises taxes to make up for the shortfall in Massachusetts' transportation system. What options should they consider — and what is off the table?
Would you be willing to pay more at the pump, have a tracking system on your car that taxes you by the mile, or see tolls on state highways? Those are just some of the possibilities looming as Massachusetts looks to erase the state's transportation system's deficit. The Boston Globe reported that Gov. Deval Patrick will ask lawmakers to raise taxes in order to pay for a transportation system—from the MBTA to roads and bridges—that continues to operate in the red. The administration will present a specific proposal by Jan. 7. One option is raising the gas tax, a route Patrick sought in 2009 only to be rebuffed by the legislature. Patrick sought a 19-cent hike, while business groups endorsed a 25-cent increase. Ultimately, the state Senate …
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
2012 MBTA Thanksgiving Schedule
Taking the T for the Thanksgiving holiday? Make sure you check the schedule below.
Information provided by the MBTA. Check the MBTA website for details on different schedules and lines. Wednesday, Nov. 21 Thanksgiving - Thursday, Nov. 22 Friday, Nov. 23 Wednesday, Nov. 21 Thanksgiving - Thursday, Nov. 22 Friday, Nov. 23 Wednesday, Nov. 21 Thanksgiving - Thursday, Nov. 22 Friday, Nov. 23 Wednesday, Nov. 21 Thanksgiving - Thursday, Nov. 22 Friday, Nov. 23 Wednesday, Nov. 21 Thanksgiving - Thursday, Nov. 22 Friday, Nov. 23 Check with each RIDE contractor for details on Thanksgiving service:
Monday, October 29, 2012
MBTA to Shut Down Service 2 p.m. Monday Due to Hurricane Sandy
Plan your trip home accordingly
If you braved the elements and took the T to work this morning, pack up your stuff now: The MBTA will shut down service at 2 p.m. due to severe weather caused by Hurricane Sandy. According to the T website, the service suspension includes subway, bus and commuter rail service. Ferry service had already been suspended earlier in the day. The Ride remains open but users are "strongly encouraged" to call the contractor for their area to see if service is available. For up-to-the-minute news on this and other stories follow Watertown Patch on Twitter and Facebook or subscribe to the free email newsletter.
Monday, September 24, 2012
Watertown Man, 4 Others, Indicted for Attacking a Disabled Man at a T Station
A Suffolk County Grand Jury released the indictment against the defendants who allegedly attacked the man after one of the suspects got into a verbal argument with the man.
A Suffolk County Grand Jury indicted a Watertown man and four others for beating a mentally disabled man on an Orange Line Platform at the Downtown Crossing MBTA station in August. The grand jury made its decision last week, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley’s office announced Monday. Karen Marie Akiba, 22, of Somerville, Ivan P. Bacai, 23, of Malden, Maryanne Hamilton, 28, of Jamaica Plain, Germail Johnson, 28, of Dorchester, and Byron H. Lashus, 32, of Watertown all face charges with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon – a shod foot – and assault and battery on a disabled person causing bodily injury, according to a release from the DA’s office. Bacai and Johnson each face additional charges of assault and battery…
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Monday, September 10, 2012
OP-ED: Funding Options for the MBTA
State Sen. Will Brownsberger writes about the possible directions to find a long-term fix to fund public transportation.
I am deeply committed to avoiding MBTA service cuts and also to improving the quality of MBTA service. We squeezed through the planning for the current year without major service cuts, but it's time to start the conversation about a long-term fix. Here is the political challenge we face: No other part of the state is as directly dependent on public transit as the core of the Boston area. The statewide sales tax already funds roughly 3/5 of the budget of the T (covering all debt service costs plus over 40 percent of all other costs). Legislators from other parts of the state are naturally resistant to increasing the subsidy for T riders. Thirty-seven percent of people working in Boston commute by public transportation. Five neighboring …
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Watertown Man Busted For Attacking Man on MBTA
Bryon Lashus, 32, of Watertown, is facing serious assault charges.
A Watertown man was arrested on Aug. 27 after he allegedly attacked a man at the Downtown Crossing MBTA station in Boston, according to MBTA Transit Police. Bryon Lashus, 32 was arrested and charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and assault and battery on a disabled person. Another individual, Karen Akiba, 22, of Cambridge was also arrested faces the same charges. The pair is scheduled to be arraigned on Aug. 28 in Boston Municipal Court. The incident started on Aug. 27 at around 12:37 a.m. when polcie received a report of a man being attacked by several people, according to Transit Police When police arrived, they found a 40-year-old man with lacerations, facial and torso swelling. The alleged victim told police the…
Saturday, June 30, 2012
MBTA Fare Hikes and Service Cuts Take Effect Sunday
It will cost more to ride the T starting this weekend — and some routes will have decreased service.
On Sunday the MBTA's fare increases start. They're being imposed — along with service cuts — to close the transit agency's $160 million budget gap. Those service cuts also begin Sunday. In Watertown, cuts include elimination of Saturday service on the 52 and 554 bus routes. There are other changes, like an increase in the surcharge for getting your Commuter Rail ticket on the train (if the station where you board has ticket machines). THE RIDE will add a more expensive $5 zone starting Oct. 1. For a complete list of changes taking place on the MBTA system beginning Sunday, visit this T link or check out the PDFs attached to this post. Here's a look at the new costs:
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Monday, June 18, 2012
'Seen and Heard on the T'
We've all got stories of things we've seen and heard on the T. Share them with your neighbors here.
Tuesday, July 17: A South Boston woman tried to ride her motorized wheelchair up a Red Line escalator, according to a video posted by the MBTA general manager on his YouTube channel. The chair flipped over, sending the woman sprawling. Another rider tried to help and he also became entangled. A T worker rushed over and hit the emergency stop button. The woman was not hurt, according to several media sources. There was an elevator the woman could have used about 55 feet away, T spokseman Joe Pesaturo told BostonInno. The Americans With Disabilities Act specifically excludes escalators as "accessible means of egress." However, one wheelchair user has written a primer for others to use if they want to learn how to ride their wheelchair up (or…
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Nashoba Liberty
1:34 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013
The best way to guarantee yourself ridiculous increases in taxes and fees is to vote in a Democrat administration for a second term. Don't forget to layer on top the extra income tax that Coupe Deval wants to extort from us. more ›