Massachusetts Avenue

Bike vs. bike

adamg — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:48:18 -0400

Steve Nadis reports on his smashing meeting with an MIT bicyclist at Mass. Ave. and Memorial Drive.

Authorities working to identify body drifting down the Charles

adamg — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:15:43 -0400

The body of a white man in his 40s was pulled from the Charles River near the Boston end of the Mass. Ave. bridge around noon today, the Suffolk County DA's office reports. No obvious signs of trauma were found; an autopsy is planned for this weekend.

Cambridge Police force bicyclists to obey the law

adamg — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:46:18 -0400

Rob Bellinger advises that Cambridge Police are actually ticketing bicyclists who run a red light at Mass. Ave. and Pleasant Street:

... They got eight bicyclists for this while I was having lunch nearby, plus ticketed another for biking on the sidewalk in front of 7-11. ...

Punks get theirs

adamg — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:08:13 -0400

Amy recounts an incident on the Mass. Ave. bridge during the July Fourth Pops concert that renews your faith in at least part of humanity.

Bursting in air

adamg — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:52:55 -0400

Joe Driscoll took photos (such as the above) of last night's Charles River fireworks from the Hancock.

Garreyf photographed the reflections of the fireworks on the Hancock and the river.

Ben Ostrander posts fireworks photos from the Mass. Ave. bridge.

More photos.

Bunches o' buses

adamg — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:16:56 -0400

Jenny naively believed the schedule that said a number 1 bus would depart Mass. Ave. and Newbury Street for Harvard Square every 14 minutes.

Naturally, she wound up waiting 42 minutes - and then two of them showed up at once.

Cops parked illegally at Symphony

adamg — Mon, 19 May 2008 20:29:22 -0400

Jasonik gets a couple of shots of civilian cars - with ticket books on the dash - parked illegally at the bus stop at Symphony Hall. Then he books it when he notices some uniforms at the entrance gesturing and pointing at him.

Lining up by MIT

adamg — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:42:18 -0400

Dave Alpert requests the city of Cambridge get its act together and figure out how many lanes go in which direction on Mass. Ave. near the Charles before somebody fails "this MENSA field sobriety test."

Bug-eyed aliens among us

adamg — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:15:54 -0400

Sam Baltrusis provides proof with a photo from the Orange Line's Mass. Ave. stop.

Look both ways

davidvandamage — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:32:36 -0500

I saw a woman get hit by a car that refused to stop for people in the crosswalk on Wednesday night. The woman was talking on her cell phone (not paying attention to much else). I admit that I hate stopping for people in crosswalks in Boston, because once you let one person cross, 50 other people appear out of nowhere and you end up having to wait forever for those bastards to cross the street.

Someone got hit by a car trying to cross the street this morning at the exact same spot. They closed down the street today, so I can only imagine that they got messed up pretty bad this time, or the person that got hit this time was white.