Results tagged “unwrittenlaw”

According to the T, exceptions are made for tourists taking family pictures of particular places in the system, but no one can know which places are OK, because the policy is unwritten. The Globe reports that the T claims never to have made any arrests, although its officials do ask people to stop taking pictures. This made Bostonist wonder: Could police arrest someone for violating an unwritten law? Actually, we didn't wonder that at all, because we know the answer is no. What we wondered is whether there is any statute or regulation that gives the MBTA the power to create and enforce rules of its choosing. We couldn't find any such law - as far as Bostonist can tell, the T can only mete out punishment to people who beat the fare, obstruct the tracks, loiter, or allow their "horse or other beast" onto the tracks. more ›