Recent content by Digital_Islandboy

Some of the Harbor Islands could be turned into luxury housing (especially) for boaters and bring in a heck of a ton of tax revenue for the city at luxury rate. Some Islands aren't visited by anything, and some already have buildings which could be restored to former glory.

I understand just where you're referring to. However, between the sources where Route MA-2 picks up most traffic from Interstate-95/MA-128 or points west from Concord, MA. MA-2 itself, and then fans out towards being an existing 8 lane highway now, (in Arlington). Then at the base of the...

Thanks, firstly I don't mind the "bite". All things being equal. If we were in an all-year warm climate destination it might. Some of the so called path use may curtail overall in winter. Thereby some may switch back from bikes to car. So all things being equal, meh. I can't say it would necc...

Beyond CharlesMGH there's also the parking garage underneath the Boston Common. What about if Blue Line were extended from Bowdoin, to Charles MGH, cross the Charles river to corner of Vassar + Main Street (which is where the Grand Junction /Urban Ring Line would be situated. This allows...

Cambridge and Somerville should jointly build above the Porter Square Commuter Rail trench next to Somerville Avenue. If you use the next door Porter Square building for basis of height you can fit hundreds of apartments above that part of Porter Station. Something like what was done at Ashmont...

The Route MA-2 traffic doesn't just go away. There's a big span of area without Commuter Rail along Route MA-2 into Cambridge which abruptly turns into small surface roads along the Belmont border. Therein some cars shift to Lake Street, some continue down MA-16 toward Mystic Valley Parkway, and...

Chewing up Memorial Drive and Storrow Drive will have the consequences of making more cars from Route MA-2 shift to driving down sidestreets of Cambridge at high rates of speed and with far more aggression. I see it every weekday morning off Concord Avenue. There's a long procession of cars turn...

Cambridge City Council is once again on a big push to remove two lanes from Memorial Drive to expand the park. Article: Whether the state wants to hear from Cambridge about ‘road diet’ or not, mixed message emerges - By Marc Levy Date: Tuesday, October 8, 2024 Source: www.cambridgeday.com -...

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Have you ever tried to take that #47? You'll be in traffic on the BU Bridge for days. It is still quicker to take the #66 bus and just go inbound. Take the #1 and go outbound.(though this is getting much much slower since bike lanes on the Mass Ave Bridge.) Or take the Red Line to Green and go...

Vs. kick the can down the road. Building this brand new drawbridge which is probably able to last the next 100 years, and due to elevation likely won't work with N/S Rail Link and thus would probably have to be taken apart again. The trains elevation would have to shift from under the I-93 to...

I think it should have been made a tunnel. That way it would be the right elevation to form part of a future North-South Rail Link. To make a drawbridge conflicts again with so called future MBTA promises. Like- Didn't the MBTA say in future they wanted to electrify? In a tunnel they could...

Keep in mind also Toronto and other areas of Canada aren't seeking to do as much hiring as USA. Canada uses a mix of the honor system and more automation for example the Go Train (the equivalent of Commuter Rail) which goes into the suburbs you swipe your card when getting on the train yourself...

I sort of feel eventually Worcester would start to have its own identity separate of Boston more and more. I feel like it would attract more businesses from around the world to say shall we base in Boston? Or could Worcester as a nearby alternative work? The Commuter Rail between the two could...

Seems soo quick. *I would say (I am only speaking for myself) overhaul them. I mean how long were these trains parked up in Medford at the orange line station for testing before being pressed into service? They didn't immediately reach only for them to a get pressed into service when the Mbta...