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That I know of, photography is still prohibited on the MBTA in Boston, but you see it all the time. I think the Overton window has shifted to the point where t
by don-code 3y ago
That I know of, photography is still prohibited on the MBTA in Boston, but you see it all the time.
I think the Overton window has shifted to the point where the ability to take a photo is now assumed to be a given, and enforcement otherwise would be difficult because "everybody's doing it".
- cantSpellSober 3y agoIt's generally legal anywhere in the US you don't have a reasonable expectation of privacy (like publicly accessible spaces)
- Anechoic 3y agoThe T backtracked on that a while back: https://patch.com/massachusetts/northend/yes-you-can-take-photos-on-the-mbta-583df69c https://patch.com/massachusetts/northend/yes-you-can-take-ph... (the original MBTA link is long gone)
- CoastalCoder 3y agoIt sounds like you're right, at least from MBTA's perspective: [0]. I'm curious if a court has upheld that, though. MBTA is at a funny nexus of public and private organization, so personally speaking I'd like to see the First Amendment prevail. [0] https://mbtarealty.com/filming-and-sampling/ https://mbtarealty.com/filming-and-sampling/