Comments on: Mass. Bay Transportation Authority employees clueless about photo policy

By: Doc Hopper

Doc Hopper — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 11:04:06 +0000

It looks like the MBTA doesn’t mind photography when it helps them out…

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/08/08/massachusetts.flasher.nabbed/index.html?hpt=T2

By: Valley Crier

Valley Crier — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:18:43 +0000

The MBTA have been clueless for a long time. About the same time as your first arrest there was also an arrest here in Mass.

http://www.mbtapolice.org/

By: Atc Logistics

Atc Logistics — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 11:58:26 +0000

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By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:25:33 +0000

The T does have a lot of clueless employees, but it also has some who know the rules. The MBTA Police seem to be the most likely to actually know the rules, while “station attendants” tend to be pretty bad about knowing the rules. More worrying to me, though, is the fact that the same rule that permits photography actually REQUIRES employees to report photography and for officers to come out and check the ID of photographers. While this policy was an improvement over the old policy which required a permit (which while free, required you to submit to a full background check and to come back “clean” before it was issued), it’s still a far cry from genuine freedom.

By: Erik G.

Erik G. — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:37:32 +0000

Just don’t use flash or a tripod and you are perfectly legal.

That T employee is probably some politician’s niece.

By: Nabinut

Nabinut — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:16:52 +0000

I was just in Boston two days ago and never had a problem photographing in the subway stations or Bus stations. The policy was modified in 2007 which may explain the employee’s statement

By: Rusty Carr

Rusty Carr — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 07:24:46 +0000

And the idiocy continues.