service is temporarily suspended btwn babcock and kenmore due to the auto accident at the bu bridge.

all trains east of the bridge are being crossed at blandford st, offloaded at kenmore.

all trains west of the bridge are being crossed at babcock, offloaded at packards cnr.

use route 57 for service between kenmore and babcock. personally i'd walk as the traffic will be insane.

EDIT: AS OF 16:51, SERVICE IS RESTORED.

source: listening into radio atm, can hear the operations.

It will never end. Everyday is like this

I promise not to post about this topic again! Only recently did I realize how many 1970s-built stations adhere to this almost-helpful, sorta-confusing scheme. It's the platform end walls that are painted this way, for an easy reference of which direction you're facing. Some stations just have it on one end (Quincy Center). Sullivan Sq. & Community College are painted like-so on both ends! And I've seen it on GL stations, like Symphony. I'm posting today because I hadn't noticed that the Sullivan Square station uses them too to mark inbound/outbound on the mezzanine level (above the platforms).

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It's wild to me that all this time these colored shenanigans escaped my observation. What I like about the symbolic striping is that like the color-coding RTL names color coding and stripes should be identifiable by any human, precocious child, or ambitious primate - but the use of the colors in the T system are used for the RTLs so to use these same four colors again, for a different purpose? Not surprising that the scheme was dropped and not regarded as popular or helpful.

Typical platform end-wall

Hi everyone, this is kind of a Hail Mary post. On this most recent Sunday afternoon, at 4:55pm, I was in South Station, at Gate 7, and my bus driver dropped my purse while trying to take my bag.

As of now, I have called and left my name with the MBTA lost and found, the bus company, and the Police Department. Alongside my wallet, there are a bunch of personal gifts in there, and my keys. Cards and IDs are replaceable, but the contents otherwise are not.

It's a small black purse, with a keychain of a blue and purple twine jellyfish on the zipper pull. Inside, the most notable thing is a glass yellow iris flower, an assortment of photos, earplugs, and small gifts I have been carrying.

There was also cash in the wallet, and between that and how desperate I am to get it back, I am offering a reward of $250 to whoever has it. Nobody has tried using my cards or anything like that, but I have cancelled everything and I'm working through the process of reporting my IDs missing.

I am not even sure if someone has it, threw it out, or what happened. All I know is I had it before trying to get on the bus, then I somehow got on the bus without it. The issue I have with the bus company is a separate one, but if anyone knows anything or can help me out at all, please PM me. I will be so grateful. I appreciate any help or advice anyone can give

I have a WageWorks (HealthEquity) commuter card. I've been refilling a Charlie Card for a few years with it. I also have an Android phone, and a Samsung SmartWatch. Today I realized I don't need the Charlie Card, since I can now just pay directly on the new pay terminals.

Which leads me to my question.

Are we at the point where we can do a Transit Payment option on Google Wallet to pay for a subway ride? IE tap my phone (or watch) to the pay terminal, and it will NOT use my default card, but use the WageWorks card?

I have hope due to this thread
https://www.reddit.com/r/mbta/comments/1pdgavq/heres_a_sneak_peek_of_the_new_charlie_card_in/

I'm waiting at Davis and trains are stopped in both directions. After scrolling around on the app, it seems like trains are stopped in both directions across almost the entire system. Anyone know what's happening?

The orange line is moving so slow this morning. I got on at Malden at 9:15 it’s now 9:40 and we are creeping into community college. We have stopped multiple times for no real reason at each station. I feel like the lines always run so bad the day before a shut down.

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Anderson RTC Bus Route

I propose an extention of a bus route to the Anderson RTC (known to the T as Anderson/Woburn). This assumes BNRD, with the 131 being extended to Woburn Center and the 350 being renumbered to the 80.

Option 1:
A bus from Woburn to Anderson RTC via Merrimac Street, New Boston Street, and Presidential Way.

Alternative 1a:
All 134 buses turn off Main Street at Merrimac Street, bypassing some residential neighborhoods in North Woburn.

Alternative 1b:
Alternating 134 buses run to Anderson RTC, with the others following the existing route through North Woburn, providing service to both, albeit at a reduced frequency.

Option 2:
A bus from Woburn to Anderson RTC via Salem Street, Washington Street, and Commerce Way, including Cummings Park and the Woburn Mall, with the 131 and 354 dropping their Bow Street/Pine Street and W Cummings Park deviations.
Alternative 2a:
An extension of the 134 terminating at Wellington, with trips alternating to North Woburn and Anderson RTC, either at current 25 minute combined rush-hour frequency splitting to 50 on the branches, or at 15 minute combined rush-hour frequency splitting to 30 on the branches. (Potentially numbered 135, but running with the 134 to Wellington)

Alternative 2b:
A new bus route (135) terminating at either (1) Woburn Center, or (2) the 4 Corners intersection (Lexington Street and Cambridge Road) to transfer with the 80.

Alternative 2c:
A new bus route (135) terminating at (1) Montvale Avenue for transfers to the 354 and 131, or (2) Haymarket (Express) via Pine Street and Center Street, effectively a revival of the 355. Possibly (1) off-peak and (2) rush hour?

Alternative 2d:
A new bus (135) from Woburn (terminating at (1) Woburn Center, (2) 4 Corners, (3) Montvale Avenue, or (4) Haymarket as described in 2b and 2c respectively), running up Salem Street and Washington street, but instead of Commerce Way, running via Mishawum Road , New Boston Street, and Presidential Way, absorbing the Senior Center deviation from the 134.

For options 2b, 2c, 2d, the 135 could be a contracted bus route by the City of Woburn or Cummings instead of a MBTA route

On the commute this morning, train was a crawl between Sullivan and Community college, I thought this was sorted out last year, maybe this was a one off? Anyone else?

Orange line is going to be free for the ride home to make up for the issue this morning. Gates should be open at all stations.

MBTA keeps getting more chaotic. This morning with an Orange line suspension (days before an 11-day suspension) and they tell you to switch trains but I have to pay to hop in another line or the bus. Why should I pay for a service I’m not getting? Why should I pay MBTA for complicating every commuter?

I think it would be ideal that Phil Eng and MBTA reimburse that money.

Got stopped several times today on the C Line. Only got one explanation, "signal failure at Copley". I was told that after the shutdown these would be fixed.

MBTA sits on a throne of lies. :)

Sitting on an Orange Line train at Forest Hills waiting to only get as far as Back Bay due to a disabled train at Chinatown. Don’t know how long it’ll last, but just putting it out there. I almost thought they started the suspension early. Seriously considered going to CR if it didn’t leave by 7:25, but the slow ride started at 7:10. Hoping I get a free transfer to the Green Line at Prudential or Copley so I can get to North Station, but worst case scenario, I go to Prudential Star Market for morning snack before getting on the Green Line and getting off at Science Park or Lechmere instead of North Station, and go to the Museum of Science from there. Happy Tuesday commuters!