Caught in Southie reports state Sen. Nick Collins is vowing to fight a proposal by the MBTA to end 11 service at Broadway, which would force people who now use it to get to Tufts Medical Center and nearby areas to take a bus and two subway lines to get to work, and to double the length of the 7 route.

The MBTA tonight announced it's adding additional morning service on the Blue Line and more service throughout the day on the Green Line's E branch and the 7 bus from South Boston, following complaints today that service reductions went too far and led to riders being forced to crowd together at a time when that's the last thing they should be doing. Read more.

Corey Dinopoulos was among the growing horde trying to get on a 7 bus at South Station this evening:

Our system is failing us daily. 6pm on a Tues; dozens of people wait in the rain as two full 7 buses pass them by. This doesn’t include dozens of people waiting at Melcher St and the BCEC outbound stops.