Around 4:25 p.m., the T advised Red Line riders:
Delays due to Vice Presidential motorcade
More specifically, due to the motorcade passing by the junction at JFK/UMass (what, you thought we meant this junction?).
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Commuters will be Biden their
By B.Stro
Wed, 10/19/2016 - 4:57pm
Commuters will be Biden their time this afternoon.
Also delaying aircraft. I'm
By norp
Wed, 10/19/2016 - 7:36pm
Also delaying aircraft. I'm stuck in pittsburgh right now cause old joe thinks curing cancer is a good idea
Why would that affect the Red Line?
By Ron Newman
Wed, 10/19/2016 - 7:59pm
It is fully grade-separated from motor traffic.
Some People Want To Blame The (Vice) President For Everything
By Elmer
Wed, 10/19/2016 - 9:37pm
Because they shut down
By DTP
Thu, 10/20/2016 - 8:51am
Because they shut down everything within a certain radius. Doesn't matter if it's grade-separated or not. It's the same reason B line and commuter rail service was suspended for the presidential motorcade on the Turnpike last year(?).
I don't know the motorcade's route, but if it crosses over the tracks at Columbia Rd, I bet there is a potential scenario the Secret Service thought up of someone blowing up a train underneath the bridge while the VP was on it.
The only
By ChrisInEastie
Thu, 10/20/2016 - 10:00am
junction that matters.
But if Kate was running the show
By Daan
Thu, 10/20/2016 - 7:09pm
they'ld let through a Cannonball throw.