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    MBTA Commuter Rail (Operations, Keolis, & Short Term)

    Why is the single track pinch there in the first place? Also, prepandemic working at Brandeis the traffic could get brutal with the gate crossings, not sure if thats still an issue
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    MBTA Commuter Rail (Operations, Keolis, & Short Term)

    This is one of them, pretty sure he goes more in depth on another thread too https://archboston.com/community/threads/encore-boston-harbor-casino-1-broadway-everett.5181/page-117
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    MBTA Commuter Rail (Operations, Keolis, & Short Term)

    weird question that I can't find any data for: how much does it cost to run a train? I'll take anything here, cost per mile, cost per line, really any kind of financial data to say it would cost X to run 1 more train or save X to cut one train. I know that running costs are probobly insanely...
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    If You Were God/Goddess | Transit & Infrastructure Sandbox

    If anyone is interested in it, I did a project on evaluating TOD potential along the commuter rail and could post those numbers. Idea was to see what dev potential of underutilized, CR adjacent land currently is, then see if buying and building on that land could offset the cost of things like...
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    Boston Parking Lots

    I kind of tackled this idea for my undergrad thesis, and one of the biggest offenders not mentioned were mall and retail parking lots next to stations like Newmarket. My analysis was looking at the ratio between land value and building value to determine what areas were "underdeveloped", and...
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    MassDOT Rail: Springfield Hub (East-West, NNERI, Berkshires, CT-Valley-VT-Quebec)

    Westfield State grad here, and I proposed a million crackpot ideas for bringing commuter service in. The problem is that there isn't a sensible next stop for commuter service to Westfield; either you enter no mans land headed west to Pittsfield, or you curve north towards Holyoke Mall/Holyoke...
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    Regional New England Rail (Amtrak & State DOT & NEC)

    I hate the usage of Flyer for things that aren't seasonal/ tourist focused, it would've been nice to maintain the same branding as the Cape Flyer for similar projects. Should have gone with the Shuttle branding or something else entirely
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    Reasonable Transit Pitches

    I agree with you, but semantics wise it is actually closer to Beverly Depot (0.8 miles vs. 1.4 miles if using dead center at Cummings Center). Given that Cummings Center is developing just fine on its own, and all the redev surrounding Beverly Depot Rantoul Street, I think reconfiguring and...
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    Crazy Transit Pitches

    Assuming the T went with the four track NSRL, would a Central Station make sense if it only served two tracks for the Indigo Line/Regional Rail/RER style EMU's? I'm guessing that might limit capacity by dividing the tunnel between EMU's and thru-running Amtrak/whatever dual mode commuter rail...
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    Regional Rail (RUR) & North-South Rail Link (NSRL)

    Hypothetically, would this issue be offset by Indigo esque headways and the OL coming from Back Bay/Forest Hills to hit those areas? Obviously it makes 0 sense for them to blow by these stops only for commuters to backtrack towards them, but is there a # of riders lost (or annoyed/screwed over)...
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    Assembly Square Infill and Small Developments | Somerville

    Hey, I'm doing a project on TOD in Boston for school and wanted to know who made these maps, I'd love to use them in a presentation if I can get permission from the authors. Thanks! Edit: Also, which parcel(s) made up the "9.3-acre Yard 21" that was sold by MBTA to Somerville in 2000? Based on...
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    [CANCELED] Summer St. Gondola

    This is the best analogy I've seen to explain this, thank you
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    General Infrastructure

    Not sure if this the right thread, but Im sitting in the cell lot at Logan right now and can’t get over how much of the traffic is made up of busses between the Massport shuttles, Silver Line, private lot shuttles, and private coach busses. This might be overanalyzing the situation, but its...
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    Peabody/Danvers Branch Rail Proposal

    Does anyone have any info about the proposed study to convert the freight tracks from Salem to Peabody to some kind of road-rail trolley boondoggle? Posts from the local papers have been describing this as operating between Salem and Peabody, with a CR transfer. The articles seem to believe...
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    Avalon North Station | Nashua Street Residences | West End

    The building has 503 units, but does anyone know what the makeup of those units are? I've tried their site, this thread and a couple articles but I can't find a breakdown and total # of each size unit (studio, 1bd, 2bd, 3bd units). Any help would be greatly appreciated

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