Recent content by Teban54

I posted 3 comments in the Green Line Reconfiguration thread, but some of the data analyses are worth cross-posting here: Ridership at each station on each line (with the GL surface stops aggregated) Travel time and speed on each line

Is the Green Line trunk also too slow, not just the branches? Coolidge Corner and Quincy Center having the same travel time really surprised me, so I took a closer look. Within a fixed time (5 min, 10 min, ...), how far can you go on each line? For this analysis, I used the period of January...

Does this necessarily argue against grade-separating the surface branches (such as a Huntington subway or a B branch subway)? I don't think so: Green Line data may be bugged Better speed and reliability will naturally increase ridership in itself Today, Coolidge Corner takes the same time to...

What if the ridership at Green Line surface stops are merged onto a single station? This grew out of an attempt at understanding how dense the B and C branches are, and whether any grade-separation with "metro-level" stop spacing is justified. In this main text, I use Fall 2024 weekday data at...

It's in fact quite possible that "South Allston" isn't actually a thing, or just a term that I made up, lol. As I mentioned in the "spoiler", while a Google search does reveal a few uses of "South Allston" in the press or webpages, there's nothing well-defined or official about this phrase...

Union Square Somerville: First of all, I personally would advocate for keeping the word "Somerville" in the station's name, even on today's real-world map, regardless of anything else -- whether we want to do anything with "Square" systemwide, whether or how Union Sq Allston shows up on the...

I view the particular station of "Harvard" more favorably than other squares, primarily because: It has two (very notable) interpretations, Harvard University and Harvard Square. Rather than picking one interpretation over the other, it actually feels nicer to have intentional ambiguity here --...

My latest blog post (which started off as a comment): EZRide Cambridge is Now One of the Most Frequent Buses in Greater Boston TL;DR: EZRide Cambridge is now one of the most frequent bus routes in the region — and likely the most underrated by far. The fare-free, public-facing, non-MBTA bus...

Red Line's announcements being one stop off, particularly on the 1800s, is quite common. Source: I'm a frequent Red Line rider.

I'm not sure if the number of transfer stations is the deciding factor here. The DC metro in fact only has 3 downtown transfer stations for its 3 main trunks: Metro Center, Gallery Pl-Chinatown, and L'Enfant Plaza. (The other transfers are either between branches of the same trunk, labeled with...

Here are my personal thoughts: Green Line branch (C branch extension) from North Station. This is my favorite -- it's a net benefit for everyone and doesn't make anyone worse off. GL's bilevel platforms at North Station and the curve to Lechmere/GLX even provides a natural setup If capacity is...

Following up on the Commonwealth Beacon article mentioned above, TransitMatters also published a blog post with more details and analyses: Where is Chelsea's subway station? A few quotes from their post: Regional Rail and Issues with Chelsea's Commuter Rail Station TL;DR: Regional rail...

The "MBTA Commuter Rail Ridership by Trip, Season, Route Line, and Stop" dataset has now been fixed. Anyone who wants to analyze Fairmount Line ridership boosts after frequency improvements, the floor is yours!

Hmm, the 66 and 86 still had their layovers at Dawes Island as of Q1 2025 when I last visited there. Perhaps that was a more recent change?

The Bus Network Redesign (BNRD) interactive Remix map has been quietly updated to the Summer 2025 version. No major changes. Here are some minor changes based on what I remember from the Summer 2024 version. Unfortunately, the 2024 version was not archived. (An archive of the original Revised...