Okay, I’m a little latent on this announcement, but better late than never. Riders on the Train will end on December 19th so if you hurry over you’ll catch it. Axiom is in the Green Street subway station in Jamaica Plain. Here’s the write up:

‘RIDERS on the TRAIN’ is an interdisciplinary art exhibition exploring new relationships between artist, audience, site, and context. Drawn from an international call for submissions, these artists and writers explore ‘the private within the public’ experience of mass-transit in Sweden, Australia, South Africa, India, Switzerland, NYC, London, Madrid, Paris, Berlin, Mexico City, Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, LA, DC, Portland, and Boston. The poetics of acceleration, compression, fragmentation and sensory immersion are explored as the artists record, collaborate, and devise small scale tactical interventions – juxtaposing high with low technology. ‘Riding Artists’ sample their ‘ride’ and generate an aggregate description of the mass-transit experience through a diversity of lenses and media including video, sound art, photography, web-based interactivity, performance, installation and writing.

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#39 Bus, originally uploaded by TheBostonHomeTeam.

A common occurrence on Centre Street – the #39 bus blocking off traffic with it’s ginormous articulating body. It’s a damn good thing they pulled up those railroad tracks! There was a nearly bloody feud in Jamaica Plain regarding whether or not to bring back the MBTA E Line to Centre Street several years back. The Skeetches without won and the tracks were eventually removed or paved over. The big argument against was the increased traffic and lack of parking. It’s clear these huge busses are a big help in alleviating traffic. Even if the trolley had eliminated parking – who cares! Walk it! I’m gonna catch hell for this one – but I had to say it!