Meghan ([info]egghan11200) wrote in [info]b0st0n,
@ 2008-04-15 09:51:00
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Anyone else get caught in the blue-line insanity this morning? The T went as far ast he airport, then we had to get one the bus to go to south station.. Does anyone know what happened?? Hopefully it will be better this evening.


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[info]playertwo
2008-04-15 02:05 pm UTC (link)
*hangs himself*

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[info]richips
2008-04-15 02:12 pm UTC (link)
Now we know what happened.

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[info]jeffclark
2008-04-15 03:05 pm UTC (link)
nicely played.

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[info]mikexpop
2008-04-15 03:06 pm UTC (link)
MBTA.com says that everything is fine, no need to panic.

And yeah, I did get caught in that shitstorm. I was stuck at Airport from 7:30 until I got to South Station at 9:15. From what I gathered, there was a problem with power between Airport and Aquarium, so they were just dumping everyone coming from Wonderland at Airport. Why there was a 20 minute wait between individual busses, and why those busses only went to South Station, I have no idea.

By the way, if anyone took any pictures, please post them. There were hundreds of people stranded at Airport; it was quite a sight to see.

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[info]ron_newman
2008-04-15 03:13 pm UTC (link)
Did they divert passengers to Silver Line buses into South Station, or were these ordinary T buses that ran on the surface streets all the way?

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[info]mikexpop
2008-04-15 03:26 pm UTC (link)
There were a few Silver Line busses which (despite being already packed) crammed a few more passengers in, but it was mostly T busses on surface streets. We were let off outside South Station, and the turnstiles were open underground.

Another thing about the Silver Line is that all of the T employees were yelling at people not to board them when they arrived. This is pretty strange, considering the Airport station is not on it's usual route. So apparently the MBTA were re-routing Silver-Line busses with the sole intention of taunting everyone late for work stuck in a huge crowd.

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[info]moocow1985
2008-04-15 03:34 pm UTC (link)
I was wondering why the South Station turnstiles were all open and the station was filled with more than the usual number of angry people when I went through it this morning.

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[info]physiology
2008-04-15 03:44 pm UTC (link)
i noticed this as well. practically empty buses just driving slowly, VERY slowly, past the crowd of about 600 people who were bordering on riot mentality.

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[info]annielovesyou
2008-04-15 03:23 pm UTC (link)
You had the busses going to South Station? They just went to Government Center for us. I definitely got caught in that mess...and then proceeded to be stuck in traffic in the tunnel because of an accident. Gotta love 45 minute commutes turning somehow into like 1.5 hours. :)

I also heard it was an issue with power in the third rail.

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[info]mikexpop
2008-04-15 04:47 pm UTC (link)
Most of the busses leaving around the time I was there (~8 to 9) were headed toward South Station, although there was one bus which definitely had "GOVERNMENT CENTER" on the front. Then again, there was another bus that said "JFK / UMASS", so it's anybody's guess. I still don't have any idea why they opted to take everyone to South Station instead of Government Center.

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[info]annielovesyou
2008-04-15 05:06 pm UTC (link)
I've learned to try really hard not to make any sense of the MBTA's decisions. I think it's a game to them - let's see how far away from common sense we can be!

And I thought it was also pretty bad that there was no alert on mbta.com about this when I arrived at work.

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[info]mikexpop
2008-04-15 06:04 pm UTC (link)
That really pissed me off too. I missed a class, and I'm left with no proof.

They should be given some props though; even though there's no single mention of ~500 commuters stranded in East Boston, they do make sure we all know escalators are broken in Malden Center and Kenmore.

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[info]belladonna
2008-04-16 02:16 am UTC (link)
I got a text message at 7:45 am and I'm only signed up to get orange line alerts.

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[info]egghan11200
2008-04-15 03:35 pm UTC (link)
Yeah it was pretty annoying, and the crowds at the airport were insane... I almost took pictures with my cell phone, but thought that calling the boss was a little more important haha.
Is it back up and running normally yet?

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[info]physiology
2008-04-15 03:43 pm UTC (link)
i was in on all that action, too. i guess a train was down between airport and maverick? i don't know. what i DO know is that people were getting shoved around and i was getting groped by strangers with a strong desire to get to work on time.

luckily for me my bosses are pretty great and told me to take my time. i managed to take a photo of the 600 or so people waiting for the buses at the airport (mind you, when i was there the buses were just coming in one at a time) and when i got in around 9:30, i showed my boss just to prove i'm not a fibber.

and here i was thinking the blue line service had been better as of late.

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[info]mikexpop
2008-04-15 04:41 pm UTC (link)
Any chance I can get a copy of that picture? I missed an Economics class in the delay and I can't find any mention of the delay online (besides this journal). I'd also like to prove that I'm not fibbing.

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[info]physiology
2008-04-15 05:36 pm UTC (link)
am attempting to email them to myself from my iphone as we speak, but for some reason or another the function isn't working (thank you, iphone, you've proven yourself quite useless again!)

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[info]mikexpop
2008-04-15 05:46 pm UTC (link)
On the chance that you do get it working, my e-mail is just my login @gmail.com. I'd really appreciate a copy if that's possible. Thanks!

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[info]physiology
2008-04-15 09:51 pm UTC (link)
just made a post about it in the community. sorry the picture's not so great, it was the only one i got!

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[info]belladonna
2008-04-16 02:17 am UTC (link)
If the pic doesn't work, I can text you the alert I got at 7:45 am, despite the fact that I'm only signed up for orange line alerts.

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[info]egghan11200
2008-04-15 05:27 pm UTC (link)
yeah, id like to see that picture too...

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[info]littlestarletta
2008-04-15 09:21 pm UTC (link)
POST IT POST IT!

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