Recent content by Stlin

So in China it's phrased as "priority carriages for women" - it is rarely enforced, but it's kinda like a quiet car - it depends on the traveling public to self police basically. Interestingly enough, At least in Shenzhen though, the women's carriages are primarily segregated by temperature...

I don't disagree, but that's a fundamental issue with the Title VI policy as currently formulated. The system allows you to include potential riders, but it fundamentally looks at what is, not what could be. The FTA allows you to do a title VI analysis by either population geography (minority...

For reference, these are the charts the T used last 2 times they did a Title VI analysis of the CR fare system. I can't find the full presentation anymore, but those high non-minority / non-low-income numbers are what catches the T every time on a Title VI equity analysis. (It did get quite a...

Is there something about distance to a escape route / area of refuge? In the 2021 concept below they'd proposed two distinct access structures for no other apparent reason, which they seem to want to just build one of. But yes, just shortening the platform seems like a bad idea. Why not just...

I'm going to go ahead and pull this into the correct thread. I have some expertise in this space; my opinion is we won't see any major data centers or AI compute clusters in MA at any point in the near future. You're looking for 4 things when you site a data center: Land, Power, Network...

I have some expertise in this space; my opinion is we won't see any major data centers or AI compute clusters in MA at any point in the near future. You're looking for 4 things when you site a data center: Land, Power, Network, Taxes. None of those qualities are conducive to data center...

Ooo tricky tricky - Layfayette LA - it's the 3rd largest MSA in Louisiana, but the 4th largest city.

This very skinny condo building recently completed in 2022 is the tallest non governmental building in this state capitol and the tallest built since 1970.

Won't it? On-campus housing can easily reduce the demand for off-campus housing. If students are living on campus, they aren't occupying rental units that can then be rented to the community. Harvard actually has a pretty good program for it, since they actually seem to have enough to make...

Unfortunately there's no real rhyme or reason to them. It's not made easier by the fact that there's 3 distinct systems for notating them, but the 2 big ones are IATA and ICAO; people often use them interchangeably, especially if one is more readable than the other. but IATA is most commonly...

To be fair, looking at the interior renders they've posted you would be easily forgiven if you thought it was a residential project. Frankly, 4000 sqft is actually fairly small as far as offices go - would be decent for someone like a small boutique law firm or design group.

I can't find a thread on Concord other than the MCI one, and as the disposition process for that site begins I think it'd be useful to also note the other developments in flight in Concord. 292-294 Baker Ave, NOVO Riverside Residences 201 units across two buildings, proposed as a 40B project...

Here's the presentation from the RT 2 Study. Lots of expansions of turn lanes at the existing intersections, improvements to acceleration and deceleration lanes, nothing concrete about the Concord Rotary. Notably, came out too close to news of the prison closing to address that, but it flags the...

I'm not entirely sure how this isn't bigger news, but statewide apparently there's ~2200 state subsidized housing units that are sitting vacant because of an inability to manage a wait-list. 2200 units in of itself represents several decently large developments worth of housing stock that isn't...

Why is everyone getting bent out of shape with the truss work? We're complaining that an unfinished bridge looks unfinished. The phase we're in, the drawing I've seen shows it looking exactly as seen in the posted photos, as the plans only show the "architectural screening at fascia" as part of...