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    Seaport Transportation

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guided_bus For very minimal cost, this would greatly increase speed/capacity, and would allow both BRT and LRT simultaneously
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    MBTA Commuter Rail (Operations, Keolis, & Short Term)

    So I guess all the new buildings being built in downtown Wormtown are all being built by delusional people. I'm going to guess that, baring data from you, the funders dumping a billion or more into Worcester may have data that refutes your feelings.
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    MBTA Commuter Rail (Operations, Keolis, & Short Term)

    Worcester County grew by about 8 % between 2000 and 2020
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    MBTA Commuter Rail (Operations, Keolis, & Short Term)

    Worcester Line improvements also facilitate "CompassRail" development. Worcester is the fastest growing city in the NE and better transit is needed to continue. The Worcester Line is the 2nd most used line
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    MBTA Construction Projects

    This is a tragedy
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    MassDOT Rail: Springfield Hub (East-West, NNERI, Berkshires, CT-Valley-VT-Quebec)

    And since the MBTA has nothing to do with it, it is not costing $40 million.
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    MBTA Red Line / Blue Line Connector

    The solution is RL to Arlington Heights and a single track LRT to Bedford
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    Crazy Highway Pitches

    It would be Boston Glass in that case
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    General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT)

    The trolleybus expenses are total bs. The T was trying to get rid of the catenary and cooked the numbers to justify it
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    Regional Rail (RUR) & North-South Rail Link (NSRL)

    No, there was no "requirement". There is no "requirement" the Boston use New Flyers. Yet I can't recall the last time I rode anything else
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    Regional Rail (RUR) & North-South Rail Link (NSRL)

    Stadler wasn't offering FLIRTs because the T has made it clear that they are still in Bilevelland. Ask for flats and you will get flats. And the premium for top performance is not that significant
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    Regional Rail (RUR) & North-South Rail Link (NSRL)

    TM profiles based on Stadler FLIRT. I'm unclear as to why the T could not buy them
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    Regional Rail (RUR) & North-South Rail Link (NSRL)

    Worcester Airport is about 3.5 miles from a potential station site, and most of the route is an underutilized 4 lane 45mph boulevard
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    Regional Rail (RUR) & North-South Rail Link (NSRL)

    TMs numbers presume EMU service, not conventional push-pull
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    MassDOT Rail: Springfield Hub (East-West, NNERI, Berkshires, CT-Valley-VT-Quebec)

    Of course, if timed properly, Hartford Line could transplatform transfer onto those eight LSL lites
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    Transit history/trivia quiz

    Significantly larger than Hartford, Providence or Springfield
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    Transit history/trivia quiz

    The tower of the old station lasted until 290 was built, and the postcard towers seem short. There were two bus stations on Madison, one for Trailways and one for Greyhound
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    Green Line Reconfiguration

    Sorry, Newtonville
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    Green Line Reconfiguration

    Why the either/or nature? Moving Auburndale west to Rec Rd with a P&R capacity allows both. Shifting W Newton a bit west and Auburndale east would increase the utility of the system without significant increased cost over rebuilding where they stand.

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