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Submitted by Tish Grier on Fri, 01/18/2008 - 12:17.
website: http://www.transit.stunningabsurdity.com
location: Boston • MA • United States

Description

Because getting there is half the battle...

"I’m continually fascinated with, and astounded at the horrific state of public transit in the U.S. More specifically, Boston, and this blog is more or less my means to examine the issues that are so often overlooked by the local media who are usually too afraid of annoying The Powers That Be to actually cover what is occurring in plain sight."

Blog postings

B Line struck by lightning

Sun, 07/20/2008 - 16:05
This afternoon the universe found a way to make the B Line more slowly than ever. Initial reports say lightning struck the wires between Packard’s Corner and Harvard Ave; disabling a train in th...

Feds: Your bridge might crumble away MA: Nah, we kinda walked by and looked at it. No probs.

Sat, 07/19/2008 - 11:36
The collapse of the highway bridge in Minneapolis had a wide-ranging impact. After years of ignoring the condition of the Longfellow Bridge, Massachusetts suddenly found itself unable to put off that ...

Beacon Hill afraid of offending red light runners

Fri, 07/18/2008 - 18:37
In addition to reducing the fine from $100 to $25, the bill that made it though the Transportation Committee last week specifically prohibits the system from taking “a frontal view photograph...
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