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This weekend saw two serious bicycle crashes, one of which ended in death. 22-year-old Tracy Milillo died Friday after suffering serious head trauma during an accident with a car near Coolidge Corner. Brookline police have not determined if the driver was at fault in the accident. Milillo had not been wearing a helmet. A second accident on Saturday found a BU student pinned under his bicycle after crossing in front of an oncoming B-Line trolley. Despite tramautizing b0st0n.livejournal, the cyclist sustained minor injuries.

Part of the facade of a dorm on the Northeastern campus collapsed on Monday morning. A roof renovation project has been ongoing for over a month at 337 Huntington Ave., the site of the collapse. Fifty people were evacuated and a police officer on a detail suffered minor injuries. Multiple street closures were in effect. The MBTA Green Line was also shut down.

The driver responsible for the May 8 Green Line crash will face criminal charges, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office. Aiden Quinn, the 24-year-old who reportedly admitted to texting his girlfriend while crashing his trolley, was indicted under the charge of gross negligence by a person in control of a train. If convicted, Quinn could face up to three years of jail time.

historygradguy was around Arlington station when they opened the new Arlington street entrance and came up with this shot. The perspective and tones are good, and the "light at the end of the tunnel" composition is solid.

katherineofchicago from surprisingly, Chicago, has this shot from the Riverside station on the D Line. The silhouette and lens flare definitely make this shot a keeper.

A signal problem at Copley is causing 30+ minute delays on the Green Line. Commuters are happy! Update: add a disabled train at Government Center to compound the Green Line delays. Green Liners just can't win!

Would causing an accident that injured 49 people be reason enough for you to be let go from your job? The MBTA decided that last Friday's Green Line crash was bad enough to fire the operator, who admitted that he had been texting just before the crash. The T union has filed a grievance to protest the cell phone ban issued in the aftermath of the crash.

After Friday night's texting-caused crash and yesterday's investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board, the Green Line is back in business at Government Center. As of this morning, trains were running as normal through the station.

Forty people were hurt after two MBTA Green Line trainscrashed between Government Center and Park Street tonight. According to the Globe, one train hit the back of a stationary train at the Government Center platform. WCVB has uncut video of the aftermath of the crash.

We said earlier that the T may have to cut service drastically if the state doesn't help subsidize its budget. Now, the Globe adds details, and they are frightening. Commuter rail folks will never be able to get home after 7pm. Three stops each on the B and C lines will be gone. The E line will stop running past Brigham Circle and stop running altogether on weekends, with the C line going up to Lechmere to compensate. It's really quite a crazy collection of cuts. Full details from the Globe below and after the jump.

Remember all that MBTA budget brouhaha? It's going to be irrelevant if the state doesn't help the agency. Without assistance, the T will eliminate tons of services: cut service by half on bus and subway lines in the evening and on weekends, get rid of evening and weekend commuter rail entirely, scrap several bus routes, ditch six green line stops, and fire over 800 employees. Maybe we can do without those employees, but those green line stops? Come on! It's really the halving of night service that concerns us: not everybody works 9 to 5, and the cuts could have negative impact on many folks who really depend on the service to get to work. A solution needs to be negotiated, and soon.

• Skyscrapers are bent on destroying the waterfront and desecrating all that is holy. Okay, maybe just the first part. [Herald]
• Taxes take down Tom Daschle. Maybe he should try Dianne Wilkerson's tax payment techniques. [Globe]
• Winter storms didn't derail Tony Blair's trip to Tufts. [Somerville Journal]

Two Green Line drivers who hit things—in one case a train car, in another a person—over the past week tested positive for drugs and alcohol. The driver in Friday's crash had cocaine in his system, while the man operating a rear car in Monday's incident had a blood alcohol level of more than the MBTA limit of .02 but less than .08. The drivers have been suspended without pay until they can be fired. An MBTA employee involved in a crash earlier this year was found to have marijuana in his system. Still, the MBTA insists its employees do not have drug problems. We like drugs and alcohol all right, but we know enough not to use them at work. At least being on drugs might explain a lot of the crazy decisions the MBTA—including its administration—sometimes makes.

Continuing the tradition started last Friday, the Green Line was again slow taking folks to work. A disabled train at Arlington caused 25-30 minute delays for commuters this morning, and the issue does not appear to have been resolved. Our inbound Green Line commute wasn't too bad, but many of our coworkers are trickling in late. Did anyone else have problems on the Green Line this morning?

Two MBTA trains collided at Boylston this morning. The "minor" accident (according to the MBTA) caused major transportation delays throughout the Green Line. Seven individuals on the cars that collided were taken to local hospitals, but no serious injuries have been reported. The trains were not derailed. Non-injured passengers got to walk through the subway tunnel to the Boylston station, which was shut down along with some surrounding stations. The MBTA alert advises that bus shuttle service is offered offered from Arlington to Government Center. This Bostonist, after a fun half hour stuck between Hynes and Copley, saw bus shuttles at Copley as well, but rejected them in favor of walking, which was probably a smart move. Anyone else have a nightmare commute this morning?

An investigation of cell-phone records shows that the Green Line operator who died in the recent MBTA crash was not on her cell phone at the time of the crash.

--Investigators of the fatal Green Line D rear-end crash said they have not found evidence that driver Terrese Edmonds, who was killed, applied the brakes. [Boston Globe, Boston Herald]

--One of the survivors of the fatal rear-end Green Line D trolley collision is sharing her story of one passenger staying with her and helping her until rescuers could help free her from the train. [Boston Herald]

The operator of the Green Line D train who died in last night's rear-end crash was Terrese Edmonds. She was only 24 years old, and she liked her job. Bostonist saw her father being interviewed by WBZ last night, saying how he thought it was her in that car and how he hadn't heard from her. The look on his face was heart-wrenching. It took seven hours to remove Edmonds' body from the wreckage.

Update to the Update: After hours of attempting to remove her from the train, the operator of the car who was trapped, Terrese Edmonds, has died, according to the Globe, who spoke with her father.

--Green Line B train goes on a rampage! [Boston Herald, WBZ]

As more concerns rise about the Big Dig bolts, the Green Line goes on the fritz, and the fact that our tunnels don't have sprinklers, Amtrak is adding its own small voice to the mix.

Turns out Green Line service is down between Government Center and Lechmere. Here's the T Alert that was sent out:

--Note to European officials: Next time you think you've got Whitey Bulger on your hands, make sure it's really him. Two people from Germany just announced that they're the people in the video circulated the FBI, which has led to the frequent hassling of innocent tourists. [Boston Globe]