Recent content by erom

Right, that's how it's *supposed* to work, but I find it rather telling that the completion % they keep announcing are EXACTLY in line with calendar time. Like, the 69% complete announcement came only a few hours before 69% of the time had elapsed. Hour-by-hour accuracy makes me pretty skeptical...

Agreed, adding ebikes to the bluebikes network is MUCH more desirable to me than adding dockless anything.

They went in on Franklin St. near the Capuano school yesterday too. Speedbump Day for everybody it seems like.

Are there additional stations that the Harverhill line trains could stop at during the shutdown? I know they stop at Malden Ctr, could they stop at Oak Grove? Wellington? I'm assuming definitely not at Assembly/Sullivan/Community based on how the stations are built.

I thought it didn't need to get smaller, just shove over a few feet?

"I presume Brickbottom is so called because they used to make brick there." Yep, but that's going way way back. Supposedly the clay in that part of town made good bricks. The old industrial buildings that got abandoned and then saved by the artist's collective are more recent - a cannery, a...

Too old, maybe? I think that structure predated widespread asbestos use.

Holy cow I actually just went and got a picture of that exact intersection to post and it turns out you already had. It's absolutely the worst. It's anywhere from 2 to 6 lanes depending on time of day (with the construction like in that image 4 seems to be the consensus, but back before the...

Federally mandated safety stand down coming tonight:

From the first-hand reports from passengers (you can find them on the /r/Boston thread) it sounds like there was no intercom so the "self evacuating" passengers got started fleeing the train before the motorperson had a chance to take control of the situation. If you put passengers in a car...

No official word. The rumor mill has repeatedly suggested mid-to-late Sept, if I recall correctly.

Probably more for the service counter than sales, it's still the place you bring your apple products for repairs but most sales have moved online.

Looks a hell of a lot nicer than a blank beam. The white/black/red piece on the left is particularly nicely done. Very clean lines. I feel like there's already a thread to fight about graffiti on though. Seems like we've been down this thread derailment already?

Outcomes in order of my preference: 1) They sell for a fat check and housing gets built. 2) They sell for a fat check and a lab gets built. 3) They build a better storage facility with ground floor activation and mixed use. 4) They don't do anything and keep running the storage facility as is...

The way they're attempting to use hardship variance to stamp down a standard uhaul template instead of designing a building that meets local ordinance is particularly stupid. I can't signal boost you on twitter since I don't use it, but it seems like the city is already on the right page, they...