After an hour on a dead train, a shuttle bus.
A roving UHub photographer found herself in the middle of complete insanity at Jackson Square, where one shuttle bus just wasn't going to cut it for all the people just trying to get somewhere this afternoon after an Orange Line train - one of the new and allegedly more reliable Orange Line trains - croaked on the tracks near Green Street around 2 p.m. Read more.
One approach rejected by Boston officials.
Boston, which has some of the worst traffic congestion in the world, has adjusted the timing of lights at four intersections in the Fenway, Mission Hill and Jamaica Plain through the use of a Google-based AI application to improve traffic flow- and could extend the application to even more intersections. Read more.
A disgruntled resident files a 311 complaint about the ice-cream truck whose driver keeps parking in a bike lane at Green and Elm streets in Jamaica Plain: Read more.
The Boston Licensing Board today granted Evergreen Eatery, 154 Green St. in Jamaica Plain, permission to buy the beer and wine license from a Fenway Qdoba.
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The Orange Line isn't about to let the Green Line upstage it tonight: The MBTA reports delays due to a train that ended its ride prematurely by dying at Green Street.
The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved a 43-unit apartment building next to the currently shuttered Exodus Bagels on Washington Street that will feature several one-bedroom units with dens - and others with patios - aimed at accommodating the expanded market for people who want to work at home. Read more.
The T is reporting "residual" delays on account of train that had to be taken out back at Green Street.
Roving UHub photographer David Dines spotted the Jolly Old Elf on the platform at the Green Street Orange Line station, said he hopes he at least got one of the new trains on the way in.
An Orange Line train decided Green Street this morning was a good place and time to develop a "mechanical problem" and now the T reports delays of up to 15 minutes into town.
H/t strubsa, who is among the people who got stuck at Green, for the headline.
On the heels of delays in the morning rush, the MBTA now reports delays of up to 15 minutes on the Orange Line due to a train at Green Station with brakes that just refuse to unclench or something.
Continuing the cavalcade of complaints about splash pads in local playgrounds comes this 311 complaint about the playground at Johnson Park on Green Street in JP this morning: Read more.
Nikki T watched as one of the brand spankin' new Orange Line trains barreled through Green Street station this morning. It didn't stop to let anyone enjoy that new-train odor, of course - it was just on a test run getting ready, we hear, for actual service later this summer. Read more.
"Good morning from Hoth," Liz Lemongrab writes, showing us all the white at Green on the Orange Line. Read more.
Transit Police report that around 7:40 p.m., a man "intentionally entered onto the right of way" at Green Street as an outbound Orange Line was approaching. The train hit and killed him, police say.
The MBTA had shuttle buses running between Jackson Square and Forest Hills during the investigation.
Largest proposal for land just north of Green Street.
DCR says it has identified three potential spaces for a dog park along its Southwest Corridor land in Jamaica Plain, roughly between the Green Street and Stony Brook Orange Line stops. Read more.
UPDATE: Jamaica Plain News reports the victim is 19, the suspect 17.
Shortly after 2:30 p.m. at the Green Street Orange Line station, according to Mass Incidents, which reports one person is in custody. The victim's injuries do not appear life threatening.
Orange Line service slowed as trains bypassed Green Street, which was shut for the investigation.
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