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There's probably a droll story behind the car on the Green Line tracks in Packards Corner tonight

By adamg on Wed, 01/30/2013 - 11:59pm

This car.

UPDATE: An MBTA spokesman reports: "There was no damage to the tracks. No injuries. The auto was towed away, and trolley service resumed. It's unclear how this atom-splitter ended up on the Green Line tracks.

Earlier:
Woman claims GPS told her to drive on Beacon Street trolley tracks.

Neighborhoods: 
Allston
Topics: 
The T
Driving
Free tagging: 
Green Line
Commonwealth Avenue
Packards Corner


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Comments

By GoBruins on Thu, 01/31/2013 - 9:36am.

Helpful Citizen giving directions:

Yeah,it's about a quarter mile down on your right....just follow the tracks.

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By anon on Thu, 01/31/2013 - 10:21am.

After a night of drinking and regaling the bar patrons about his days meeting with Kings and Queens as an international man of mystery, a local pol decided to drive home.

Green Line Driver "Sir, get off the tracks"
Driver: "Bqhatevwr"

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By anon on Thu, 01/31/2013 - 11:28am.

in the dark, if you're unfamiliar with that area. I've seen several people almost turn onto the tracks or go the wrong way down Comm Ave because they got confused trying to navigate in heavy traffic in the dark.

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By Allstonian on Thu, 01/31/2013 - 1:57pm.

There used to be bollards right at the end of the streetcar platform to mark the tracks. Cars frequently ran into the one on the outbound track as they struggled to make the turn to follow Commonwealth there. The T decided to solve that problem by removing the bollards, so now the separation is really poorly marked.

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By Matthew on Thu, 01/31/2013 - 2:05pm.

The bodies of waiting riders do much less damage to cars that drive up onto the platform and the tracks.

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By Allstonian on Thu, 01/31/2013 - 3:02pm.

Yep, that's pretty much how I've felt since they did that - they'd rather risk having cars hit people than have them keep knocking down the bollards.

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By Matthew on Thu, 01/31/2013 - 3:56pm.

Or was that just falling over?

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By Jeff F on Thu, 01/31/2013 - 1:01pm.

I nominate this MBTA spokesperson to be in charge of all their public communications!

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