Isn't that still technically a pilot?Also missing the Foxboro CR Line that now operates daily at all hours
Isn't that still technically a pilot?Also missing the Foxboro CR Line that now operates daily at all hours
This seems no different to the new Transit layer in Gmaps.File under: Looking a gift horse in the mouth:
Somebody at AB is the creator of this system map from 2017 which, to MassDOT's credit, is now out of date:
Given that it is missing:![]()
MBTA system map - Google My Maps
Ever wondered what the MBTA system looks like on an actual geographically-correct map? Here it is. This is a map of the transit routes operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority in Boston, Quincy, Somerville, Cambridge, Revere, Brookline, Newton, etc. -- Doug Tillberg (2007)www.google.com
- Wachusett extension of the Fitchburg line (station is there but no purple line)
- Green Line extension to USq and Meford/Tufts
- Silver Line Gateway to Chelsea
Don't get me wrong - I really like this law overall. But it is a very blunt instrument that needs some deftness.
And the real purpose of this law therefore is…?It's pretty clear that the real purpose of the law has nothing to do with TOD or even the MBTA. That Boston wasn't included in it should have been an obvious clue.
And the real purpose of this law therefore is…?
I'm taking this as a bad sign for South Coast Rail Phase 2
- Raynham is 2 miles to East Taunton from its closest point, or 4 to Bridgewater or Middleborough. None of those stations are served by buses that run through Raynham. Its sole transit is an hourly meandering GATRA route.
Alewife station on the Red Line to be closed until further notice due to a case of motor vehicle violence.
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All Red Line service northbound will terminate at Davis. There are no service alerts for Alewife based bus routes, 62, 62/76, 76, 67, 350 at this time, at least so far.
For now, shuttle buses will connect riders to these 5 bus routes, requiring a double transfer for these low frequency bus routes. I guess an alternative could be to extend these bus routes to Davis, Porter, or Harvard, if the station will be closed for an extended amount of time. However, since it's a longer route to reach rapid transit for these bus routes, frequencies would decrease significantly for the bus routes. The alternative would be shuttle buses for an extended amount of time, but it requires two transfers to access these low frequency routes. What's the best way to do this?
I'd think diverting the 350 to Porter, and then the remaining bus routes could be diverted to Harvard, they'd have to use the traffic clogged Alewife Brook Parkway to get to Harvard, though.
Ripstoppingly wild!Insane.
Ripstoppingly wild!
However, I'm confused by the police using this word -- "intentional" -- here. i don't think of TPD as particularly good at investigatory powers, so, it feels a bit like they're using that term to state a sense of knowledge and authority over the situation that they don't have.
Heck - from the pictures it looks like I'd the car had been rear-wheel-drive it would likely be in the lobby right now.I have a feeling 5 more MPH, or a heavier and taller truck/SUV, and that car would also be in the station lobby. I know that a parking garages perimeter is supposed to be designed to keep cars in - and they seem to have worked here. Thankfully so far there only appears to be a single minor injury, but it could have been much much worse at a weekday rush or without the cold snap keeping people home.
Also, I'm going to go ahead and say that the truss holding up that roof looks like it bent pretty far. Cambridge FD has more photos, but some MBTA on-call contractor is going to make a buttload fixing this.
Davis makes the most sense because they have the busway at the station. Porter doesn't make any sense to turn around a bus, either the bus stop is inconvenient or the return loop is really challenging.
I have a thought that it's going to be closed tomorrow for clean-up and on Monday it'll be open in some form.
Minor note: During Green Line D branch shutdowns, shuttle buses typically use Beacon St, Park Dr and Brookline Ave, so that they can stop right at Fenway station on Park Dr.True. The problem with Davis is that most shuttles must travel via Clarendon Hill. There's also the 96 bus route to get to Mass Ave. from Davis, but they still have to travel via Alewife Brook Parkway to reach Alewife. Alewife Station isn't really in a good spot to run shuttle buses inbound to Davis, Porter, or Harvard. It's surrounded by heavily trafficked highways and parkways, plus Fresh Pond and other limited left turn routes, to try to get into Cambridge/Somerville/Belmont proper. It's especially true for trying to follow the rail lines into and out of town.
This got me thinking tangently. Take a map of all dedicated ROWs for railways or transitways, and try to run rail replacement shuttle buses for as many railway/transitway ROWs as possible. It also gives a look whether a conversion of a railway ROW into a subway line could eliminate a bus route (result:, very few existing bus routes are able to be scrapped with a rapid transit extension).
Using a blank map of transitway/railway ROWs, and run an assumption that all the inner core ROWs are converted into subway w/ more frequent stations. In the inner core w/ the 1-121 bus routes, it's no big deal to run shuttle buses, but finding a good route to run shuttles close to the railway ROW gets harder once outside of the inner core of Boston.
Map of potential (unverified) shuttle bus routes for all possible railway/transitway ROWs in the inner core Boston area, alongside the Highland Branch, Braintree Branch, and Watertown Branch. Red are the shuttle bus routes. Black are the railway ROWs, and cyan is the subway/transitway ROWs.
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Alewife Station sticks out as being one of the worst spots to be running rail replacement shuttle buses. Running shuttle buses to replace a reactivated Watertown Branch subway/metro rail line through Alewife and Porter is very tricky and even worse than the existing Alewife Station as a terminus station, having to travel to Porter and Watertown, instead of Davis.
If a additional station or so were added to the Fairmount Line, then one tried to busitute the entire Fairmount Line, there's not a lot of good shuttle bus routes for the Fairmount Line.
Try this out for yourself, and share the possible results. Find a way to run rail replacement shuttle buses on as many lines as possible within the inner core area of Boston, bonus points if subway/regional rail service is extended to 128 with more frequent stations/stops. Assume any potential (not currently existing) station spot is an "actual" station that needs to be served with rail replacement shuttle buses as close to the station location as possible. These are the maps to base off of (I just cut the ROW off where the T buses stop running, regardless if it's an appropiate place to terminate a rail line or not). For now, assume existing roadway configurations remain in place.
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