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Heck, in NYC, UPS can implement its delivery algorithm to use the grid to minimize the impact of traffic lights. In Boston, it’s not as useful.

I grew up in a house with a vintage 1968 Nu-tone intercom. That photo shoot is giving me flashbacks.

The steel core does make this one rise quickly. Pretty soon it’s going to dwarf the old Volpe.

Is that a bathtub inside a bathtub?

I remain amazed at how a relatively short double track project on a right of way that previously had two tracks can take so long.

White St Pl is making progress.

Someone is having fun in the excavator pulling rubble off the higher floors.

What’s the modeling of the traffic flow if Dartmouth is closed?

Part of me is rooting for Option C to untangle the Boston Ave situation. I remember being dependent upon the 96 routing via George, and that stretch seemed to screw with the reliability during inclement weather.

Proposals for updates to the BNRD plan are out: https://www.mbta.com/projects/bus-network-redesign-proposed-updates

Reminds me of the old Omnibot.

I love the double Magoun Square stops and Chelere (apparently Chelsea has Cholera).

Don’t forget the stinkers like the Hampshire Hotel/Lab/Bunker.

Looking at the historical satellite imagery on Google Earth, it appears to date from 2001-2002.

The glass on the sloped side needs some TLC.