Recent content by malabari

Once you get past 495, doesn't the population tend to get poorer, and the fares higher?

There is no mandate to build housing, just to have some amount of higher density housing. I live in Groton - similar situation, but did use the T to commute to Cambridge multiple years.

With a Boston Public Library e-card, there is a way to get access to the Boston Globe for free. Each time, access is limited to 3 days or something.

A Alewife garage which has ample parking + easier access to Rte 2 towards/from I 95 (It can be difficult to get from the garage to Rte 2 W) would remove any need to extend Red line to I95 IMHO. Once you are in a car on I-95 around Rte 2, driving to Alewife is the fastest way to get there. That...

AI connects to more cities from DEL than the ME carriers, and are usually cheaper. Just back from BOS-MUC-BLR-TRV and v.v, was a lot cheaper than the ME3 one stop options..

Long term, wouldn't changing the way schools are funded help too? Funding the schools is why at least in places like Groton, there is pushback to more housing.

Why do people think that third world has worse passenger rail infrastructure OR public transport than USA? It might be not as safe, but it does exist, and covers more of the population. There are a lot of things that the third world has to catch up in, but public transport might not be one of them?

Increasing the frequency of CR + lowering the cost to ride it, and also to park would help a lot. The cost does add up.

495 between Rte 2 and Rte 93 gets extremely busy - I live in Groton, and while 495->95N is the shortest route to get to NH/Maine beaches, I now go 3N->101. Longer, but much more predictable. One issue I think is that any traffic from Maine, and most parts of NH, to get to CT and NY gets on 495...

The communities act prohibits age restrictions..

In the 3rd world, overpaid infrastructure that starts to crumble before its time is called corruption...

I have a child headed to Rochester for college, and I live in Groton. This would make me more inclined to ask her to take the train from Worcester to Rochester - Any savings in time is good.

Nothing concrete yet, but AI is considering BOS as a possible new destination. https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/air-india-plans-to-start-flights-to-los-angeles-boston-11041631.html

Theres a shuttle from Ayer MBTA station: https://www.ayer.ma.us/ayer-office-community-economic-development/railroads/pages/devens-regional-shuttle-downtown-ayer There is also an on-demand service from MRTA

As a person who has lived most of my life in a "3rd world country without enough Labor protections, so US should not compare itself with", the issue in Massachusetts (the only state that I have lived in the US) is NOT the money that is spent. It doesn't seem to be spent in acquiring the right...