Recent content by notthemonthaugust

Anyone have any insight on what's been going on this evening with the red line? Commuting home has been an absolute bear, traveling about 10 minutes per stop northbound. According to the operator there's a signal issue at Alewife and they're single-tracking in and out of the station, causing...

I'd actually say headways are at least as big of an issue as slow zones. I know multiple people who have changed jobs and/or moved away, specifically along the southern branches, who have explicitly cited train frequency and commute time as the main drivers. These complaints existed before all...

I would have to describe this as "aggressively fine". It's fine. Inoffensive. Unsurprising. Nothing wrong, nothing good. I felt this way about all the options, honestly. Nothing wrong with any of them. No real reason to want any of them either. As a designer by trade, perhaps disappointing. Then...

Still, I don't think this conversation belongs in this thread. The slow zone is not about the new cars. It may affect the new cars, but so will it/has it affected all the cars. I don't think it's worth commenting on this thread when there isn't anything new to say.

I personally use Citymapper over Transit, I find it to be a little easier to use and it also does what you're asking for well (you can have it show any approaching mode of transit to your current location from the main screen).

I actually work at the firm that designed this one. Not on the project myself, and not sure how much I'm allowed to say, but I will say don't sell yourself too short with your theories. 👍

I'd love to see "GLX to Porter" actually be "GLX to Watertown via Porter." Follow the Fitchburg line out to around Alewife, then use the old rail ROW that winds around the reservoir and makes its way to downtown Watertown. Not sure how you navigate getting all the way to the center of Watertown...

I can't help but see that 69% number and think that with 31% to go we only have ~25% of the shutdown left...I'm sure the numbers don't really match up 1 to 1 like that, but it makes me nervous.

Yes, by law. Nothing to be shocked about.

Oh absolutely. And with the fact that they're running trains along the CT river corridor already means service from Boston just needs to properly link up, and not be abysmally slow. Obviously a 1-seat ride is preferred, but I'd do 2 seat as long as the travel times were reasonable. The key with...

As someone with folks out in the Greenfield area, I would actually love train service out there from Boston. As would they. I would certainly ride a Boston-Greenfield service of it ever existed (regardless of routing). That said, I alone probably make up more than 10% of the demand for such a...

Thanks all for such kind words, and extensive feedback! I definitely need to go back and fix some of the errors noted here (the map is dated April but really I finished it back in December, and just updated the Union Sq branch in April). Brattle Loop, really thank you for all the feedback, some...

Sorry to revive an old thread here - but on the subject of alternate maps of the T, I thought I would share a project I worked on earlier this year: to show all MBTA services (subway and commuter rail) on a single map. I tried to balance geographical accuracy with typical diagrammatic map...

I read in one article (can't recall where) that Poftak was quoted as saying something like "this isn't the service that the MBTA hopes to provide." I couldn't help but laugh when I read that.

Except, just a moment ago, you were complaining that the new trains need to be returned to service sooner (not to mention all the posts about how we've been waiting too long for the new trains...). Which do you want, more extended testing and thus no new trains in service, or new trains in...