Green line misses St. Patrick’s Day speedup (updated)
The MBTA planned to lift global speed restrictions on green line trains in time for the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Boston on Sunday and other weekend festivities. Those hopes were dashed Saturday with an announcement that the speedup goal had been missed.
Global speed limit stays for the MBTA green line, dropped for trains along the red, orange and blue
The good news? The MBTA has lifted global speed restrictions on its red, orange and blue subway lines announced at 10 p.m. Thursday. Only local speed restrictions remain in some areas on the three lines, similar to past months.
All MBTA train lines are on a safety slowdown, restricted to as little as one-fourth max speed
You’re not imagining the T is even slower than usual – it really is slower than usual. The MBTA instituted systemwide restrictions late Thursday.
Water-soaked tile crashed to Harvard T platform, MBTA says; Video shows it nearly hitting a head
A soundproofing ceiling tile soaked with water fell at the Harvard Square red line station on Wednesday, coming dangerously close to crashing onto the heads of passersby on the station’s southbound platform, the MTBA said Friday.
MBTA posts a dashboard showing safety orders, called ‘change from the previous administration’
MBTA riders gained new insight into the progress of fixing quality and safety issues on the T Friday when the transit agency launched an online safety dashboard.
Criminal charges will be filed against driver believed to be trying to self-harm at Alewife
Police and the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office expect to file charges against the driver of a car that crashed into a concrete barrier in the Alewife Station parking garage, sending a 10,000-pound piece of concrete through the roof of the station.
Alewife parking mostly reopens Wednesday; Driver causing damage remains hospitalized
The parking garage at Alewife Station gets a partial reopening Wednesday after an emergency shutdown that followed a car crash last weekend.
Car crash could have been ‘absolutely horrific,’ MBTA chief says describing repairs at Alewife
The MBTA urges patience from commuters as crews work to repair the damage from a chunk of concrete knocked through the atrium roof at Alewife on Saturday.
Alewife T station to be closed for at least a week after a garage car crash considered intentional (updated)
A driver at the top of the Alewife parking garage crashed intentionally this weekend, injuring himself and one person far below in the T station lobby.
Green line extension stops are on MBTA maps, just not the ones we’re seeing, agency promises
The green line’s D and E branches may no longer end at Lechmere, but riders would never know it based on MBTA maps at stations around the metro area and on trains.
