Recent content by JeffDowntown

We have leadership with no inherent knowledge of transit systems. They are too used to hiring consultants to supervise consultants to supervise consultants on the topic.

Not quite directly under the approach, but still pretty restricted. Looks like 200 to 225 ft. max. across the site.

The Millennium Residences at Winthrop Center website seems to be engaging in some false advertising: "• The Connector brings together Boston’s best music, art, and culture"

No the LaGuardia project is a total rebuild. All new terminals built between/above the existing terminals while the existing terminals stayed in use. Pretty amazing engineering and construction coordination -- and wicked expensive. Also B, C, D terminals collapsed to two that are pretty...

You would be looking at a rebuild on the same order of magnitude as LaGuardia. LaGuardia's rebuild is costing $8 Billion. I don't think anyone is suggesting throwing that amount of money at Massport.

In all honesty only half of the predecessor operation to CRRC "hummed" smoothly. CNR, the predecessor that the T initially contracted with, had a solid reputation for transit vehicles. CSR the company that acquired CNR to form CRRC did not have the same "smooth operations" reputation...

All the building needs is a Jazz Hands sculpture, then we could call it the Razzle-Dazzle Building.

Because commuter rail trains operate under FRA regulations and they specify how exterior doors are controlled. 49 CFR § 238.135 - Operating practices for exterior side door safety systems.

Agreed. More just pointing out that you can get too simple in the station design. There is a limit to how cheap you can go and still maintain functionality. But even a redundant elevator version is still a very efficient design (which we would find some way to muck up, I am sure). The...

One big drawback of the Copenhagen station design is only one elevator per station -- and even there they are frequently out of service.

But isn't the whole point of Regional Rail to change the ridership mix on the Commuter Rail routes? If you don't implement a fare structure that attracts the different mix of riders, Regional Rail will fail. Regional Rail is not about the current riders, it is about the non-users today.

Unless the engineering of the long platform causes you to do something else expensive. You could have site specific issues, such as expensive to move obstructions, or space limitations that cause you to use elevators instead of ramps for accessible vertical access. I am not saying that is the...

Neither the City nor the Commonwealth has turned down the development monies. The development is stalled waiting for a do-over of the "Downtown Waterfront Municipal Harbor Plan", as mandated by the SJC. From 2022...

And particularly problematic as development stalls for this cycle, leaving huge holes in the planned protection network.

Operationally, you are going to have likely 20% of the available fleet sidelined for routine maintenance and inspection, perhaps more as you are still carefully qualifying the new cars.