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THE TRACK LEAST TRAVELED

Written by NATE HOMAN Posted January 9, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

Plimptonville

Daybreak at a semihistoric MBTA station you have never heard of and will probably never use

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: commuter rail, commuter train, Dedham, George Plimpton, mass transit, MBTA, Norwood, Paris Review, Plimptonville, suburban transit, train, transit, Walpole

NO MORE HITTING PEOPLE ON THE TRAIN PLEASE

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted January 2, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader

It’s a striking visual, somehow awful and hilarious at once, the latter mainly because the behavior of the perpetrator is so damn outrageous.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader Tagged With: MBTA, New York, punch, subway, train, transit

SOME THOUGHTS ON TRANSPORTATION POLICY

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted August 16, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Image courtesy of pxshare.com. Creative Commons CC0 Public Domain.

 

Transportation is a subject I address frequently in my columns. But, as is often the case in journalism, it’s usually necessary to write about it piecemeal given various editorial constraints. So I might cover flooding ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: accident, Alphabet, Apparent Horizon, bicycle, bike, Bird Rides, boat, bus, car, Climate Change, Column, development, ecology, electric, Environment, global warming, golf cart, Google, Health, Housing, Jason Pramas, Jump Bikes, Lime, Lyft, monorail, motorcycle, municipal, news, planning, policy, Politics, prevention, public, robot, safety, scooter, Spin, train, transportation, Uber, urban, vehicle sharing

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

SAVE ME: GRAMMY AWARD WINNER’S WINE LINE MAKES CROSS-COUNTRY DRIVE TO BOSTON

Written by SPONSORED POST Posted July 28, 2015 Filed Under: LIFESTYLE

Ethan Taylor recently sat down with Eric Brown and Paulette Maxwell, two adventure-seekers who spent the summer traveling across the country as brand ambassadors for Save Me, San Francisco Wine Co.

Filed Under: LIFESTYLE Tagged With: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cadillac DeVille, Chardonnay, James Foster, Merlot, Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc, save me San Francisco wine co., Sommelier, train

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