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    General Infrastructure

    There's other studies/proposals out there for the circular disaster to the west, the drawings for this seem to pretty clearly indicate that they're keeping the scope of this project out of the intersection. I do agree that building that path if the intersection work isn't coming at the same...
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    I-90 Interchange Improvement Project & West Station | Allston

    Are we actually planning to keep every lane open on both roads during all/nearly all phases of construction? I'd agree that seems excessive and very expensive, but it also doesn't seem particularly consistent with what we've been doing with roadwork in the region of late. If this is both the...
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    I-90 Interchange Improvement Project & West Station | Allston

    The "throat area" is likely not of particularly large expense itself. It's basically just asphalt at-grade, where there's already a road or flat area, at-grade. Adding or removing lanes here is not going to shift the cost of the project substantially that I can see. I am not sure what the cost...
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    Logan Airport Capital Projects

    They're from Analogic (based in Peabody), and they're going into airports all over the country as standard equipment. I've seen them in BDL starting a year or two ago. I'm not sure it's even Logan's choice what type of equipment to use there, since it seems they're purchased directly by the...
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    Roads and Highways General Development Thread

    I'm also rather puzzled how this manages to cost $100m. Is that really the cost for a single new highway bridge and a mile or two of paving at this point? Seems hard to have a less complicated place for a totally new interchange installation in terms of the state already owning nearly all the...
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    Post-Covid Travel Patterns and Solutions

    As someone who's not that old: I know plenty of friends that have moved out to the burbs/satellite cities but didn't want to do so, they just couldn't really afford to live in the city anymore. If their rent was the same as a few years ago as a % of their income, they'd likely still be here...
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    Logan Airport Flights and Airlines Discussion

    Chiming in here as someone who's been to all these places before and skis. Bozeman, Jackson, Hayden - you're basically flying directly into the community you are recreating in. You may even be able to avoid renting a car, you certainly can avoid any lengthy drives and winter weather/travel...
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    I-90 Interchange Improvement Project & West Station | Allston

    While there is the historical connection to the former land use, I'll suggest that: - That name has never been widely known to the public so maintaining it doesn't have some sort of useful continuity. - More usage of names already in use elsewhere in the city invites confusion. Beacon Street...
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    I-90 Interchange Improvement Project & West Station | Allston

    Cambridge has the largest subway line in the city running up it's spine with multiple stops and is a huge bus hub/has an extensive bus network. This area....does not. You've drawn a comparison with the Seaport being congested without giving much attention to the reasons people use cars beyond...
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    MBTA Buses & Infrastructure

    I feel like the answer is that they're questionable at best routes that are politically unpalatable to cut entirely, and are of limited ridership potential + connectivity importance. There may be some merit in a minimal service for a few vulnerable populations, but they don't seem to have...
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    Crazy Highway Pitches

    93 is elevated over active rail lines from Sullivan to the Zakim. Aside from "I think elevated highways are ugly", I don't see what's accomplished by burying it. You don't get much new land at all and the width of all the rail/other infrastructure along much of that stretch will still heavily...
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    Faneuil Gardens | 55 Faneuil Street/266 North Beacon Street | Brighton

    I'd like a better understanding of the composition of the income restrictions on the net-new units, the language here seems fairly vague/confusing as to what that will be. Sounds like a promising plan, though.
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    Biking in Boston

    DCR road, so that would be MSP whereas the others would be the local police.
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    Commuters Ditched Public Transit for Work From Home. Now There’s a Crisis.

    WMATA's farebox recovery rate pre-pandemic was around 33% from what I can find, and is obviously worse now. That is lower than what most estimates of road funding come up with for the portion paid by user fees. While neither come close to "paying their way", and I don't think that should be the...
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    MassDOT Rail: Springfield Hub (East-West, NNERI, Berkshires, CT-Valley-VT-Quebec)

    It's worth considering the broader scope of Amtrak service proposals receiving these grants, because that's not the only proposal/study: https://railroads.dot.gov/sites/fra.dot.gov/files/2023-12/FY22%20CID%20Project%20Summaries-Map-r1.pdf - Green Mountain Corridor - Another VT service -...
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    Other People's Rail: Amtrak, commuter rail, rapid transit news & views outside New England

    Versailles appears to have a population density of ~8,200/sqmi (and real-world numbers are probably more like ~16,000+/sqmi, since half the place is parkland from the famous palace, so the population is all concentrated in the other half). That may be the "suburbs" of Paris, but those are some...
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    General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT)

    Dean Rd is basically immediately adjacent to Beaconsfield (D), so that's probably an additional consideration. Also for users coming from the South, the ped tunnel at Clinton Path means Englewood Ave is even less of an additional walk to use instead than it looks at first glance, if you do want...
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    General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT)

    A few thoughts: - First, in neither case was the road "fixed". Repaired enough to mostly reopen with temporary measures while a long-term rebuilding happens for the actually permanent fix, yes. Both have had/will have many lane closures and other disruptions by the time they're truly fixed in...
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    Logan Airport Capital Projects

    Largely agreed with what you have to say here. As someone who's moved around a bit, including residing further north for a time in the past few years - It feels pretty dumb to drive right past MHT to go to BOS, but the service levels are so hollowed out for MHT at this point that even as...
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    Acela & Amtrak NEC (HSR BOS-NYP-WAS and branches only)

    On this same note, replacing the (6-8 lane) Moses Wheeler bridge next to it appears to have cost about $550m in 2023 dollars. I do struggle to understand why seemingly pretty close to identical projects in terms of scale and complexity cost 4 times as much for the rail version.

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