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“State Of Good Repair.” MBTA Solicits More Contractors To Help Fix The Mess

Written by DAN ATKINSON Posted April 20, 2023 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

With the MBTA still very broken, agency lacks clarity in communications with contractors, commuters

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: blue line, green line, MBTA, orange line, red line, shutdown, surge, T, transit

MARKETING FIRM WITH POLITICAL TIES IS PAID MILLIONS TO “HUMANIZE” MBTA

Written by DAN ATKINSON Posted March 4, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

A consulting firm led by the son of Gov. Charlie Baker’s 2018 reelection campaign chairman is getting $5.5 million to “humanize the brand” of the MBTA as it embarks on a massive capital projects plan—and deals with bad publicity on a near-daily basis.

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: accountability, blue line, Charlie Baker, condembta, delays, Governor Baker, marketing, MBTA, money, orange line, privatization, red line, T, transit

FIRST LOOK: EAST OCEAN RESTAURANT IN NORTH QUINCY

Written by MARC HURWITZ Posted January 15, 2020 Filed Under: Drinks, Eats, GTFO, LIFESTYLE

On the menu: pork blood with chives, steamed beef tripe, spicy jellyfish, cold chicken feet, pork blood congee (a type of rice porridge), jellied tofu, and shark fin and pork dumplings.

Filed Under: Drinks, Eats, GTFO, LIFESTYLE Tagged With: dim sum, East Ocean Restaurant, north Quincy, red line

KRISTIN’S, BRAINTREE: A BREAKFAST SPOT FOR PEOPLE WITH A (VERY) SWEET TOOTH

Written by MARC HURWITZ Posted October 9, 2019 Filed Under: Eats, GTFO, LIFESTYLE

The slightly quieter Braintree Square a short distance to the north is where you’ll find Kristin’s, and it often has much longer lines than the other places in town.

Filed Under: Eats, GTFO, LIFESTYLE Tagged With: Braintree, Breakfast, eats, Food, Kristin's, pancakes, Quincy, red line, south shore

OUR FAVORITE PLACES TO CRY IN BOSTON

Written by DIG STAFF Posted October 9, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, GTFO, Guides, LIFESTYLE, Lulz, Non-fiction

Since many of our friends in other cities have included lists of the best places to cry on campus in their back-to-school guides, we thought it would be fun—if not a bit depressing, in a shameless click-whorey kind of way—to expand such a survey to an entire metro region.

Filed Under: FEATURES, GTFO, Guides, LIFESTYLE, Lulz, Non-fiction Tagged With: Beacon Hill, best places to cry, Boston, Downtown Crossing, I-93, MBTA, places to cry, public garden, red line, state library, traffic

K IS FOR NASTY

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted May 23, 2019 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC

"At first I was scrambling, but in the time since, I’ve done some of my most notable shit. I just kind of go where it takes me."

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC Tagged With: Boston Hip Hop, hip hop, Knasty, Knockout, Louis Bell, Moroney, Quincy Hip-Hop, red line, The Middle East

CHARLIE B. ON THE T: AN ILLUSTRATED FEATURE ON THE PLIGHT OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IN BOSTON

Written by ANDY METZGER Posted October 17, 2018 Filed Under: Comics, FEATURES, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

Since you don’t have time to catch up on the last four years of news about the MBTA before the election, here’s a comprehensive reported comic strip on the plight of public transportation by longtime Beacon Hill reporter Andy Metzger.

Filed Under: Comics, FEATURES, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Andy Metzger, Bev Scott, Boston, Charlie Baker, comic strip, comics, Election, extension, green line, Jay Gonzalez, MBTA, red line, transit

THE INCREDIBLE, INEQUITABLE MBTA

Written by OLIVIA DENG Posted March 1, 2018 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

To get from one place to another in Boston, many commuters use the public transit system for commuter rail, subway, and bus route services. However, the tracks and lanes that are supposed to connect residents from their homes to their jobs and other destinations can have the opposite effect, stranding us and pushing people farther away from the city and essential services.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: ACE, Boston, Cambridge, condembta, equity, Lee Matsueda, MBTA, MDOT, orange line, red line, SOMERVILLE, T, TOD, transit, transit-oriented development, transportation

GOOD LUCK CHUCK: FEAR AND WAITING AT THE CHARLIECARD STORE

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted September 16, 2015 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Tech

The subterranean MBTA CharlieCard Store is a terrific metaphor for everything that’s wrong with transportation in Boston

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Tech Tagged With: Boston, Boston Bubble, CharlieCard, Chris Faraone, Downtown Crossing, green line, innovation, MBTA, orange line, red line, Silver Line, technology, train, transit

THE TOWNSHEND: A SERIOUS COCKTAIL SPOT SANS PRETENSION COMES TO QUINCY CENTER

Written by DAN MCCARTHY Posted June 18, 2015 Filed Under: Drinks, LIFESTYLE

Things are starting to look bright where once it was nothing but Bud Light.

Filed Under: Drinks, LIFESTYLE Tagged With: Barbara Lynch, bartenders, blue-collar, cocktails, Devin Adams, drink, garrett harker, Hancock Street, Island Creek Oyster Bar, Presidents Place, Quincy, quincy center, Quincy College, red line, The Townshend

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