Thursday, November 29, 2012
Some offer complaints, kudos and ideas.
Remember the hue and cry early this year when the T proposed to cut road and rail service or raise rates for riders? Fares went up. So did ridership, across public transportation modes, according to Jonathan Davis, acting general manager and rail and transit administrator of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, which is part of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT). What do residents of the Commonwealth want in their public transportation system statewide? MassDOT, which oversees public transportation on roads, rails and tarmacs here, held a meeting at the McGlynn Middle School Tuesday night, part of a series of “conversations” statewide, to hear ideas about the transportation system people want and what the …
Friday, November 2, 2012
Buses will replace trains between Harvard Square and Alewife stations.
The Red Line between Harvard Square and Alewife stations will be shut down on Saturdays and Sundays for four straight weekends, starting on Nov. 17, according to the MBTA's website. The last weekend of the closure will be Dec. 8 and 9. During those weekends, bus service will replace trains between Harvard and Alewife. The MBTA says the closures are taking place so the transportation authority can work on the Floating Slab Project. The Tufts Daily reports that floating concrete slabs rest on rubber disks and are designed to minimize vibrations and wear and tear in the tunnel. This same section of Red Line experienced four months of weekend closures in late 2011 and early 2012 so the MBTA could begin substantial repair work in the tunnel, …
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
The Transit Police have released numbers for their "Operation Fare Game," a crackdown on people who jump the turnstiles or otherwise avoid paying to ride the T.
A crackdown on subway freeloaders has resulted in more than 600 citations being issued since July 9. The Transit Police released numbers on Thursday for "Operation Fare Game." So far, 636 citations have been handed out. There are various ways to avoid paying your fare. One tactic is "piggybacking," or walking in right behind someone who did pay. Another is holding the sensor open for people behind you, as anti-austerity activists are prone to do. The citations carry fines. A first offense is $50, a second will cost you $100 and a third will set you back $300. If you don't pay up within a month, your driver's license could be put on "nonrenewal" status — the same as happens when you don't pay parking tickets. Freeloading deprives the …
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
There were over 400 million passenger trips on the MBTA in fiscal year 2012, according to the transit authority—the highest yearly ridership in MBTA history.
Ridership on the MBTA over the past fiscal year—July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012—reached above 400 million, according to an announcement from the MBTA. That's the highest ridership the transit authority has ever had in a single fiscal year, the announcement says. According to the MBTA, ridership in fiscal year 2012 rose by 5.7 percent over fiscal year 2011 to 400,185,000. There was an average of 1.312 million passenger trips per weekday in fiscal year 2012. That's the first time average weekday ridership was over 1.3 million for the whole year, the announcement says. According to the announcement, June also represented the 17th consecutive month of ridership growth on the MBTA (when comparing each month to its equivalent month the previous …
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
After Saturday, June 30, you won't be able to use old MBTA tokens to add value to your CharlieCard.
Thanks to Ron Newman, who posted a reminder about this on Davis Square Livejournal. If you've got old T tokens lying around, they're currently worth $1.25 if you use them in a CharlieCard machine. Although the MBTA got rid of token-operated turnstiles over five years ago, the tokens are still worth the money, and you can use them to add value to your CharlieCard. After Saturday, June 30, that will change. Joe Pesaturo, a spokesman for the MBTA, confirmed that starting July 1, old tokens won't have monetary value, at least as far as the T is concerned—they may be worth something as collectibles. So, if you've got drawers and jars filled with old tokens, you may want to cash them in this week. Of course, you may want lots of old tokens, and …
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