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Massachusetts is taking criticism for an apparently slow response to fighting drunk driving and smoking. more ›

The National Transportation Safety Board released a docket of evidence being used to investigate the May 8, 2009 Green Line trolley crash near the Government Center station. The final report is still months away. Immediately after the crash, people were reportedly "in a panic state." The docket includes interviews with Jimmy Zhu and Charles A. Hanna, two operators working on the attached, two-trolley set at the time of the crash. The NTSB didn't interview Aiden Quinn, the operator who allegedly caused the accident by texting while driving the trolley. Quinn pleaded not guilty to gross negligence by a person in control of a train and faces up to three years in prison. The public docket. [Globe]
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• The National Transportation Safety Board is concerned that a malfunction in the automated signal system that caused a deadly crash in Washington, DC in June could cause a similar incident in Boston. [WBZ]

• Mayor Tom Menino appears to have a cash and organizational advantage over Michael Flaherty. [Boston Globe]

Don't count on the Green Line to get you past (or to, depending on where you're coming from) Park Street today. Service is still suspended following yesterday's crash at Government Center on the Green Line, meaning you'll have to take all kinds of Orange Line detours (or walk "one block," which according to the MBTA is the exact distance from Government Center to Park Street, Haymarket, or State Street) to get where you're going. The crash site is closed for a National Transportation Safety Board investigation. more ›

--The thought of Massachusetts drivers plus a U-Turn that's open to the public makes us skittish. [WBZ] more ›

Hate Love?! Oooh, We're all mixed up inside today. HATE! : One year ago TO-DAY, the Mass. Turnpike Authority, a.k.a. The Big Dig, killed a woman. Remember? Milena Del Valle was killed on July 10 2006 as she and her husband drove through the Big Dig's I-90 Connector. The zillion-dollar ceiling panels collapsed, crushing Angel Del Valle's wife beside him before he was able to crawl to safety. Today the National Transportation Safety Board... more ›