Monday, March 4, 2013
Have you noticed an increase in ridership when taking Amtrak?
Short-range Amtrak travel has soared over the past 15 years and Boston’s Back Bay and South Station are stops on the two most popular routes in the Northeast Corridor. According to a Brookings Institution report, Amtrak ridership has grown by 55 percent since 1997 -- most of this increase is short-distance routes (less than 400 miles). Eighty-three percent of all Amtrak ridership in 2012 was via short-distance routes. The two most popular routes in the Northeast Corridor are the Acela and Northeast Regional, which both make stops in Boston. Both routes are slightly more than 300 miles. The Acela had 3.395 million riders in 2012 while the Northeast Regional, which makes more stops, had more than 8 million riders. That’s an increase of 1 …
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Aisha Abdi Yusuf was arrested late Tuesday night at Back Bay Station.
A 22-year-old Boston woman allegedly hit, kicked and bit a uniformed detail officer Tuesday night at Back Bay Station, after he removed her from a Forest Hills-bound Orange Line train due to her unruly behavior, according to police. Aisha Abdi Yusuf was arrested for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (shod foot) on a police officer, disorderly conduct and disturbing the peace. The officer was transported to Boston Medical Center for his injuries. Recap Shortly before 11 p.m. Tuesday, the officer was taking the Orange Line train home after his shift at a TD Bank, when he noticed the suspect yelling at a group of young males at the other end of the train car. The suspect was yelling obscenities and moving her arms in a “threatening …
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Friday, January 13, 2012
The 49-year-old landed on his feet and was helped to safety.
A 49-year-old man with impaired vision was talking on his cell phone when he fell down onto commuter rail tracks at Back Bay Station shortly after 9:30 a.m. He landed on his feet with no serious injuries, but said his back and hand hurt and was taken to Tufts Medical Center to be evaluated, MBTA Spokesman Joe Pesaturo said. The incident occured on the commuter rail side of Back Bay Station, where there is no third rail. "There was no train in the vicinity," Pesaturo said. "Within a minute, he was helped back to the platform by some people waiting for an Amtrak train. There was no apparent sign of injury, and the man was standing on his own a minute or two later." According to Jessica Keener, @JessicaKeener4, on Twitter, Keener's husband …
Friday, July 8, 2011
The Back Bay Association wrote a letter to the MBTA complaining about the number of homeless people creating a public safety hazard for morning commuters.
Fed up with homeless men and women sleeping outside and inside Back Bay Station, the Back Bay Association complained to the MBTA last week in a letter to General Manager Richard Davey. Meg Mainzer-Cohen, president of the Back Bay Association, said anywhere from three to 10 homeless people are wrapped in blankets outside Back Bay Station on any given morning and congregate in front of the flower shop before moving to different panhandling posts around the neighborhood. “When you look at people who come in from New York City on Amtrak, in order to leave, they basically have to walk over four homeless people wrapped in newspapers and surrounded by garbage from whatever meal they were eating,” she said. “I see it as a public safety hazard. …
shirley kressel
2:58 pm on Thursday, September 8, 2011
The Back Bay Association trying to cleanse the station of "undesirables" is a business group -- not to be confused with the Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay, the civic group, of which I am a member. I agree with you completely, JJ -- homeless people are victims of uur cruel and senseless economy, and should be allowed to stay peacefully in public spaces -- since they have no private … more ›