Spur of the moment

By Marc Levy

Published: May 16, 2005

The Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority isn’t coming off too well these days.
Its Web site today, for example, features an “online poll” that asks “Which stations will be the first to offer the new automated fare collection and customer service enhancement systems?” One of four possibilities can be selected, including “Park Street & Downtown Crossing,” “North [...]

Snowrise

By Marc Levy

Published: May 14, 2005

It really was an extraordinary winter — thank goodness.
John Nardone, a Cambridge Public Works official, said last week that we had snow from mid-November to late March, for about 19 storms, roughly a storm a week. This totaled 88 inches of snow, which cost $1.2 million to remove, melt or at least push out of [...]

Silver lining

By Marc Levy

Published: May 13, 2005

As of June 1, people will be able to take the red line to South Station and hop on a silver line bus  to Logan International Airport. This is no scam. The Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority’s Alan Castaline said yesterday at a Cambridge business association meeting that the cost of the bus ride will be [...]

Lunchdime

By Marc Levy

Published: May 10, 2005

For months — possibly by now it’s for years — I’ve been eating lunch for $3.10 a day by sticking to a bean and rice quesadilla at Anna’s Taqueria. For this you can add salsa, hot sauce, lettuce and jalapenos, but not such things as sour cream or guacamole.
Forced to eat sometimes in Boston rather [...]