Recent content by millerm277

There were also ~7% more weekends between Memorial Day and Labor Day in 2026 vs 2025.... (I support the Cape Flyer, just pointing out that this method of measurement is problematic).

In no sense other than words on paper are most of the DCR Parkways actually "park ways" in the sense of being access to park land or with recreational functions as anywhere near the primary function of the road. They're major arterial roads that serve heavy commuter loads and that's what they've...

Ever or recently? Bits of history: The federal navigation channel is to mile 15.4 in Wallington NJ. The northern most movable bridge was I believe the West Eighth Street Bridge at mile 15.3. The Passaic River Falls are another two miles upriver and are an obvious hard blocker to all...

I can say that I flew BOS-AMS on KLM in late January, and the load factors were pretty terrible. As in, I got the economy version of first-class in both directions....the entire row to myself to stretch out and sleep on. And so did many of the other people in economy. So I can see why there...

You planning on elaborating on your thought, or just leaving us to guess what you're trying to say?

I will point out that scrolling down on the page, the MBTA clearly lists the Mattapan Line as a separate thing.

Kind of funny to see this "upbeat" post about 2025 passenger counts, then look up at the post before it, from 12 years earlier, that was targeting 300,000 passengers....by 2015, which still hasn't been hit.

I haven't been through that often, but my impressions (+ from having rechecked my memory with Street View): Signage sucks or is completely non-existent besides the markings on the road....which are usually completely covered up with other cars. A good number of people sitting in a car in that...

Seems a little bit odd to rebuild the 69kV line for 115kV standards ("for future needs") but to say they're going to continue to operate it as a 69kV line for the foreseeable future. Is that just so they don't have to rework the substations as well (yet)?

Because making large mistakes or intentionally lying/misleading torpedoes their credibility and greatly reduces how seriously anything they have to say will be taken in the future, perhaps? You can find plenty of outlets that have taken that path and gone from being taken seriously to ignored...

(Not accusing you of anything, just the Globe). I do not understand why this is much of a news story, and the framing/headline further makes it sound mildly suspicious when it doesn't appear to be. The state paying 30% over assessed value seems perfectly reasonable both in terms of not harming...

Only major E/W route in that region of the metro area besides 16, and the commercial/industrial along some of this area seems to generate a decent volume of heavy truck trips. Not sure if narrower streets are ideal if you're expecting heavy truck trips to be on the corridor regardless.

Even cheaper than that. Post Office Sq is $10 nights + weekends, and is a very nice facility. I'll also add one more voice to the chorus of frequency + price (when with other people). Boston's traffic isn't that bad outside work commute hours/direction (unlike how NYC can be), which only...

It's about 150ft if you're standing directly in line with the northern platform, not 1000ft. Anyway, reason seems obvious: The natural slope of the road in that direction basically acts as a ramp anyway, and so I doubt the distance traveled is significantly longer than it would have been if you...

Right, I'm just pointing out that upgrading the B Branch, with whatever infrastructure upgrades are required to achieve both accessibility and supporting 2-car Type 10 trains, will require both of those projects + their costs. So our point of comparison is more like $311m for the whole branch...