Recent content by Charlie_mta

All the emergency lane has to be is a couple of stripes across the plaza, with the same paving materials as the plaza plus appropriate symbols and signing. Another way of handling emergency vehicles would be to have no emergency lane on the plaza, but instead make Exeter Street two-way.

Regarding the traffic closure of Dartmouth St in front of the BPL, it is totally doable. The system of one-way streets is already set up to funnel traffic to the Huntington Ave Mass Pike on-ramp. There would be a couple of ways to drive to the on-ramp from Boylston and Newbury Streets, as...

When was this taken? Based on the hair and clothing styles, I'm guessing the late 60s/early 70s. Great photo!

Love it! An updated version of classic mid-century. It's amazing how amongst all the mediocre and bizarre stuff coming out these few last years, a gem like this one still manages to make it through.

The BUILD program from the Feds is a good one, transforming sub-par streets into "complete streets" in cities and towns across the country. I'm happy the current regime hasn't sunk this program.

It looks like no bus routes use this segment of Dartmouth Street:

I majored in structural engineering as a civil engineering undergrad, and the thought of AI doing the structural design on buildings of this size is unsettling (no pun intended) to say the least. There's a lot of human judgement, experience, and intuition that go into a structural design. The...

Thank you for trying to help the vets. As a veteran myself, I find it shameful that VA services was blocked by the gov't tenants.

Looks great. No bright turquoise blue panels, so I'm good.

Here's a layout I came up with 15 years ago for a RL junction south of Savin Hill station. I still think its the most expedient way to double track the Old Colony through that stretch, without disturbing the SE Expressway, and without any tunneling required. It would utilize the old RR...

Agreed, plus the parking lots behind it.

Any way one tries to slice it, it's still a pile of crap.

Moving the RL junction south of Savin Hill would be the most expedient way to double track the Old Colony. It's not ideal in terms of RL train flow (as I believe F-Line previously pointed out elsewhere on aB), but in terms of funding availability and getting it done in the foreseeable future...

Well, I have mixed feelings about this. A good friend of mine grew up in Corcoran Park, and I grew up in Jefferson Park, so it is sad to see these old housing projects blown away with the new developments. But, I do understand the need for more low-income housing, plus the fact that the...

It bothers me too. It looks sloppy and randomly stuck on there.