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MBTA Epic Fail
I poked around a bit on-line this morning and found no mention of this event (unsurprising considering it would be bad press and was a relatively small event) so I have only my story to contribute.
I live in Medford, on the other side of Tufts from Davis, just off Boston Ave, so this event is in reach of the general Davis Square community.
We ordered Redbones last night, and when the delivery driver came to the door, she had a peculiar question for us.
"Does the 94 bus normally come down this street?"
I live on Orchard, which is parallel to Boston Ave, but a one way residential with cars on both sides and barely enough room sometimes for a car to get between them.
The answer was, of course, no. Then she said, "Well, it did just now, and sideswiped some cars."
No kidding. We stepped out onto the porch and, lo and behold, we could see the bus. I am at nearly the end of the street and the bus had made it three quarters of the way down it. I think the only way they were going to get it out was to back it out since the end of the street is a sharp turn and the only side street off is also a 90 degree turn. We would have gone to take pictures but, well, our food had just gotten there and we were hungry. After eating, we were going to head up to take a look when our upstairs neighbor rang the bell and asked if we had heard. She took a few pics but has not posted them. The bus, and police, were there for hours, in the rain. We can not for the life of us figure out what the hell the driver was thinking and I hope the MBTA insurance covers those poor peoples repairs!