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Universal Hub<p>An elevated sunset<br><a href="https://www.universalhub.com/2025/elevated-sunset" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">universalhub.com/2025/elevated</span><span class="invisible">-sunset</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boston</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SouthEnd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthEnd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BackBay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackBay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MBTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MBTA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Universal Hub<p>Trolley tracks are so confusing<br><a href="https://universalhub.com/2025/trolley-tracks-are-so-confusing" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">universalhub.com/2025/trolley-</span><span class="invisible">tracks-are-so-confusing</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boston</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MBTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MBTA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GreenLine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreenLine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CommAve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommAve</span></a></p>
Scott<p>Did I miss the <a href="https://better.boston/tags/MBTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MBTA</span></a> extending service on the 93 to winter hill in <a href="https://better.boston/tags/Somerville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Somerville</span></a> or did I stumble upon an erroneous sign?</p>
Universal HubViolent Boston crime
Cornovia Postcards<p>Boston MTA PCC Car Number 3295 - Mary Jayne's Railroad Specialties Postcard</p><p><a href="https://www.ebid.net/uk/for-sale/boston-mta-pcc-car-number-3295-mary-jayne-s-railroad-specialties-postcard-222894176.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ebid.net/uk/for-sale/boston-mt</span><span class="invisible">a-pcc-car-number-3295-mary-jayne-s-railroad-specialties-postcard-222894176.htm</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boston</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/BostonMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BostonMA</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/MBTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MBTA</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Transport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transport</span></a></p>
Universal Hub<p>Firefighters rescue hundreds from Blue Line train stuck in harbor tunnel<br><a href="https://universalhub.com/2025/firefighters-rescue-hundreds-blue-line-train-stuck-harbor-tunnel" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">universalhub.com/2025/firefigh</span><span class="invisible">ters-rescue-hundreds-blue-line-train-stuck-harbor-tunnel</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boston</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MBTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MBTA</span></a></p>
Universal Hub<p>Lunks hauling junk arrested after trying to ditch the junk along <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MBTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MBTA</span></a> tracks in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Somerville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Somerville</span></a>, only to get stuck in the gravel, police say<br><a href="https://www.universalhub.com/2025/lunks-hauling-junk-arrested-after-trying-ditch-junk-along-mbta-tracks" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">universalhub.com/2025/lunks-ha</span><span class="invisible">uling-junk-arrested-after-trying-ditch-junk-along-mbta-tracks</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a></p>
Universal Hub<p>Flooding shuts I-93 and Red Line south of Boston<br><a href="https://www.universalhub.com/2025/flooding-shuts-i-93-and-red-line-south-boston" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">universalhub.com/2025/flooding</span><span class="invisible">-shuts-i-93-and-red-line-south-boston</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MBTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MBTA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Quincy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Quincy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Braintree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Braintree</span></a></p>
Jonathan Emmesedi<p>Reading an article on electric buses, I was struck by these lines:</p><p>&gt;&gt; If the T [Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority ] chooses to use federal money to purchase electric buses, it cannot purchase any bus that comes from (or has parts made in) China. Yet these are the best, least expensive electric buses on the market today and for the foreseeable future. This China ban means that every US transit agency using federal funds is forced to purchase from one vendor, New Flyer. </p><p>This is a classic monopoly marketplace, and you don’t need a degree in economics to understand that such marketplaces do not offer best-value pricing. At a time when the T should be maximizing the use of its financial resources, spending any money on electric buses until we can make purchases of quality equipment in a competitive market makes no fiscal sense. &lt;&lt;</p><p>"Monopoly" has been a boo word for more than two centuries in US history, yet here we see one example of how US policy has created one, with all the extra expense for ordinary people and potential for abuse that private monopoly entails.</p><p>Look forward to Trump's trade policies multiplying this kind of expense and inefficiency in every corner of US life.</p><p><a href="https://commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/why-the-mbtas-electric-bus-mandate-is-a-bad-idea/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion</span><span class="invisible">/why-the-mbtas-electric-bus-mandate-is-a-bad-idea/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Buses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Buses</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Monopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monopoly</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/TradePolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TradePolicy</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ElectricVehicles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectricVehicles</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/EV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EV</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Transit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transit</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/MBTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MBTA</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Massachusetts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Massachusetts</span></a></p>
Thomas Connor<p>It's not just your kids who found it hard<br>Red Line train can't get into Harvard</p><p>Thirty minute delays. Yay!<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boston</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MBTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MBTA</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@universalhub" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>universalhub</span></a></span></p>
Scott<p>Previous post inspired by taking an <a href="https://better.boston/tags/MBTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MBTA</span></a> day trip today. Anyone got Newburyport recs? Cute shops, good eats, places to chill, etc?</p><p><a href="https://better.boston/tags/Newburyport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Newburyport</span></a> <a href="https://better.boston/tags/massachusetts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>massachusetts</span></a></p>
Universal Hub<p>Person hit, killed by Needham Line train in West Roxbury<br><a href="https://www.universalhub.com/2025/person-hit-killed-needham-line-train-west-roxbury" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">universalhub.com/2025/person-h</span><span class="invisible">it-killed-needham-line-train-west-roxbury</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boston</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MBTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MBTA</span></a></p>
Universal Hub<p>Man charged with the sort of activity you don't want to see first thing in the morning at Park Street station<br><a href="https://www.universalhub.com/crime/2025/man-charged-sort-activity-you-dont-want-see-first-thing-morning" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">universalhub.com/crime/2025/ma</span><span class="invisible">n-charged-sort-activity-you-dont-want-see-first-thing-morning</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boston</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MBTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MBTA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a></p>
Universal Hub<p>Bit of an Orange Line quagmire due to a 'minor trackside fire'<br><a href="https://www.universalhub.com/2025/bit-orange-line-quagmire-due-minor-trackside-fire" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">universalhub.com/2025/bit-oran</span><span class="invisible">ge-line-quagmire-due-minor-trackside-fire</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MBTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MBTA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Wellington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wellington</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Malden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Malden</span></a></p>
Thomas Connor<p>The heat wave sure must make Keolis afraid<br>As South Station departures are all delayed<br>Cc: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@universalhub" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>universalhub</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MBTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MBTA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boston</span></a></p>
Universal Hub<p>Time to reset the This Many Days Without Part of the Ceiling Collapsing at a Red Line Stop counter<br><a href="https://www.universalhub.com/2025/time-reset-many-days-without-part-ceiling-collapsing-red-line-stop" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">universalhub.com/2025/time-res</span><span class="invisible">et-many-days-without-part-ceiling-collapsing-red-line-stop</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MBTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MBTA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boston</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Dorchester" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dorchester</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Shawmut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shawmut</span></a></p>
Universal Hub<p>Amtrak catenary wire comes down right on top of Franklin Line train in Hyde Park; riders spend an hour inside metal cars with no AC<br><a href="https://www.universalhub.com/2025/amtrak-catenary-wire-comes-down-right-top-franklin-line-train-hyde" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">universalhub.com/2025/amtrak-c</span><span class="invisible">atenary-wire-comes-down-right-top-franklin-line-train-hyde</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MBTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MBTA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boston</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CommuterRail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommuterRail</span></a></p>
tim d (he/him)<p>heads up Somerville</p><p>in a move that further cuts East Somerville off from the rest of town, the mbta has permanently rerouted the 90 bus. instead of going down b'wy, cross, &amp; then highland, it now goes washington to highland. </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SomervilleMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SomervilleMA</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MBTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MBTA</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.mbta.com/schedules/90/line" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">mbta.com/schedules/90/line</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
My Roxbury<p>I had to get to Brookline Village (long story) and figured I could walk, as it was nice out. </p><p>But then realized the 66 ran right through it. My experiences with buses are getting downtown.</p><p>It was maybe 10:30 am on a workday, and for some reason there was no traffic. It felt like it only took 10 minutes. It was great. </p><p><a href="https://better.boston/tags/mbta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mbta</span></a> <a href="https://better.boston/tags/public" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>public</span></a> <a href="https://better.boston/tags/transportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transportation</span></a> <a href="https://better.boston/tags/BostonMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BostonMA</span></a></p>
lkngrrr 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️<p>Look guy, you may have never been womansplained how moving your ignorant ass in past the doors on rapid transit works before, but I assure you that unlike the wilting bridge and tunnel crowd on the rest of this train I am happy to educate you loudly and clearly. </p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/mbta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mbta</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/OrangeLine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OrangeLine</span></a></p>