MBTA launches mobile website

Nov. 23, 2011   Leave a Comment  

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has launched a new mobile website for the benefit of users on the go.mobileMBTA.com, powered by Usablenet, provides MBTA riders with easily accessible schedules and service alerts, as well as a customer comment form, an apps page, and trip planning through Google Maps.

Nathan Drake whores himself out for Subway

Oct. 3, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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Nathan Drake wants to tell you about Subway.

Uncharted 3 multiplayer goes live this Saturday

Sept. 30, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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Partnership with Subway kicks off this weekend.

Police believe BU grad was drinking before trolley fatally struck him

Oct. 25, 2010   Leave a Comment  

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22-year-old hit by Green Line train Sunday morning

MTA fare hike exasperates young professionals

Oct. 9, 2010   2 Comments  

NEW YORK — In a 12-2 vote on Thursday, the Metropolitan Transit Authority approved a fare increase for New York City subways and buses, the third fare hike in as many years. Effective December 30, the unlimited monthly pass will rise from $89 to $104, an increase of 17 percent. The 7-day unlimited pass will [...]

Reporter recounts experience in Moscow metro before bombing

March 29, 2010   1 Comment  

Russia Today presenter Yulia Shapovalova ended her shift Monday morning and made her way down to the Park Kultury metro station.

New MBTA map released

Sept. 26, 2009   Leave a Comment  

A newly released map of the MBTA system shows the subway, some key bus lines, commuter rail, and a new connection of the Silver Line to South Station. Click here to download the map now so that you’ll never get lost again.

Peace under the busy streets

July 1, 2009   4 Comments  

There is a stigma surrounding him simply because he plays music in the streets. “People can say what they say,” he offers. (Amy Carboneau for Blast)

Blast goes underground and learns the tale of a subway street performer.

MBTA: Subway driver was text messaging, dozens hurt in crash

May 8, 2009   1 Comment  

Transit officials said the operator of an MBTA Green Line Trolley was text messaging someone on his cell phone as his train rear ended another train near Government Center Station Friday evening. Dozens were injured, and 49 people were taken to area hospitals. Commuters, students finishing for the year, tourists and a bevy of fans [...]

Woman, 82, killed in subway escalator accident

Feb. 25, 2009   Leave a Comment  

An 82-year-old Dorchester woman was killed Tuesday morning when she fell riding an escalator upward at the State Street MBTA station, police said. Helen Jackson was leaving the station at about 10 a.m. when she fell and her clothing got caught at the top of the escalator, officials said. According to officials, people at the [...]

Accused “Blue Line Groper” ordered off the T

Jan. 21, 2009   Leave a Comment  

A Beverly, Mass. man who’s accused of groping a woman who turned out to be an undercover transit police officer has been ordered to stay away from the MBTA transit lines. Jeffrey D. Nichols, 51, was released on a bail warning Tuesday after his arraignment in Boston Municipal Court on indecent assault and battery charges. [...]