November 9th, 2009 | 
Author: An employee of the Boston Subway system operated by the MBTA threatened a photographer at the Central Square Station in Cambridge by saying “No Pictures or Else”.
According to the photographer:
I was accosted by an MBTA employee when I took this shot waiting for an Outbound train at Central Square Station in Cambridge—a smaller stop on the Red Line between MIT and Harvard—and was told in no uncertain terms that photography is strictly forbidden on the T. This assertion was, of course patently incorrect and misinformed.
In fact after a long battle with the ACLU, the MBTA rewrote its photography rules. Photography IS PERMITTED without a permit anywhere in the Boston Subway system. Authorities have the right to ask for identification but DO NOT have the right to threaten photographers or to lie to them by saying photography is illegal.
Posted in Photography and the Law
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Thanks for linking to my post. I should add, in the interest of full disclosure, that the “OR ELSE” was an embellishment I made in entitling this photo. I was not threatened outright, although the worker’s demeanor conveyed a silent (perceived by me) “OR ELSE”, and he did in fact tell me with conviction that what I was doing was illegal.