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    General Boston Discussion

    https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/03/26/mayor-wu-announces-2024-open-streets-schedule-with-expansion-to-hyde-park What other areas are low hanging fruit to be pedestrianized and closed to cars with limited traffic impact? Right off the bat there's the Copley Connect block on Dartmouth St, all...
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    General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT)

    They might be also looking at this in terms of ridership. The Red Line carries almost as many passengers as the entire bus system, so every minute saved there is many times more valuable in total commuter hours saved than a single bus line. Of course there are some socioeconomic equity concerns...
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    Logan Airport Flights and Airlines Discussion

    This is not something where you can just "let the free market work it out" - see France's outright ban on routes < 2.5hrs by train. But the unfortunate reality is that the Acela isn't quite fast enough to capture full market share of the route (some business/leisure travelers still prefer the...
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    Biking in Boston

    It's amazing the consistency in high design standards each time a full reconstruction is done in Cambridge. See River St, Inman Sq, Lechmere redesign, Broadway/Gallileo intersection, Harvard Square reconstruction plans, etc. Cambridge is going to look like a very different place by 2026.
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    Logan Airport Flights and Airlines Discussion

    Agree with that logic, and as such the schedule should be pared down to ~5 flights a day instead of the current 20-40 that are in service.
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    MBTA Buses & Infrastructure

    Ok I get that building the new curbs and bus islands will take a while, but there has to be a quick-build method for this right? Put down paint in the center bus lanes and put down planters and flexposts to designate the bus-stop islands. And paint new zebra-crossings and traffic-calming...
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    Other People's Rail: Amtrak, commuter rail, rapid transit news & views outside New England

    As someone who rides the BOS-NYP segment for work, and just got back from vacation in Japan, it's a damn near shame (and carbon disaster) that we even have airplanes flying between BOS <> NYC <> DC. For comparison, the Tokyo <> Nagoya route, which is about 225 miles and roughly the same distance...
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    Biking in Boston

    It may be better off as a gravel/dirt path with some outdoor furniture, sitting areas, and fountains for the local community to bring their kids/dogs rather than a formal paved bike path. Kind of makes you wonder why the strip wasn't built this way in the first place and was just left to rot...
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    Green Line Extension to Medford & Union Sq

    I'm not a rail junkie but is this a legal requirement or just the MBTA being overly cautious? There clearly isn't the same standard of safety for personal vehicles..
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    Biking in Boston

    As a resident I love the pace that they are progressing with these projects. 3 months of design and outreach, collect feedback, and build the damn thing within a year or less. Then quickly onto the next one (main st, river st, and eventually broadway). Fortunately generally at these engagements...
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    Fall River/New Bedford Commuter Rail (South Coast Rail)

    people want affordable housing, but they also want 75+% of the residential land to be dedicated to empty asphalt instead of building more units. :censored:
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    Biking in Boston

    This is awesome progress, and shows how much work there still is to do across Back Bay. Seems like every street is 3 lanes of cars mixed with parking on both sides. Dartmouth and/or Clarendon needs the same treatment, Newbury should be closed to delivery vehicles only, and Boylston needs a...
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    Biking in Boston

    I never understood why installing the last layer of flexposts/barriers to delineate the parking spots from bike lane takes months or years. Can't they just send one guy out with a drill to put them in overnight? The Mass Ave bridge was restriped but with only cones as separation for over a year.
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    Acela & Amtrak NEC (HSR BOS-NYP-WAS and branches only)

    Cool explanation. Improvement on the NYP-BOS acela from 3:35-3:45 to 3:15 or 3:10 could have some strong implications on market share. At 3 hours it no longer makes any sense to take a flight if you're traveling into Manhattan.
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    General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT)

    This is good progress and transparency but why is Red being pushed back until mid to late 2024? It's the highest ridership line (by far) and also riddled with the largest number of slow zones. Seems that should be top priority for an extended shutdown.

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