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The Hoosac, rather infamously, took 25 years and >100 lives to be completed. A significant part of that was the geological conditions, including water-logged rocks that don't hold shape well. Even with modern equipment, as F-Line indicated, it would still be a very difficult tunneling job. The...

In 1924 (approximately the peak of service) most of the Owl services operated hourly. A few had half-hour service; some were irregular. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1924_BERy_night_cars_timetable.pdf

In 2018, about as many riders on the 22 stayed on past Jackson Square as got off: https://cdn.mbta.com/sites/default/files/projects/betterbus/route-profiles/22.pdf With BNRD, the 22 will turn west at Roxbury Crossing to go to the LMA. That will probably increase the number of riders riding past...

Arborway Garage design contract at tomorrow's MBTA Board meeting: https://cdn.mbta.com/sites/default/files/2026-04/2026-04-30-arborway-design-mbi-contract-v3.pdf Five and a half years including construction phase, which puts the new garage opening around late 2031.

I'm finally moving back to the Boston area - which means I have to figure out getting an apartment cross-country. Looking for advice on how to go about it (here on in DMs). We're aiming for the Davis/Porter area, probably a 2 bedroom, moving in July 1. How far ahead do apartments tend to be...

That would prevent it serving downtown Chelsea, and would leave Central Avenue without frequent service.

Trainsheds are back, baby! It's quite the change; I don't hate it, but it's honestly a bit disappointing. First thoughts: Visually it's a great concept ; there's nothing at platform level that's historic (or pretty), and it goes well with the station building. Much better than the parking...

Slight correction to this: In 1946, the legislature directed the Coolidge Commission to consider a "a subway loop from Boston through Everett, Maiden, Medford, Somerville and Cambridge to Boston and to Forest Hills in the West Roxbury district". That would have been a rather ungainly route...

World Cup service changes are out: https://www.mbta.com/service-changes/service-changes-during-the-world-cup General service reductions for five weeks, including fewer express trains and short turns. No East Taunton shuttle trains. On match days, Foxboro has shuttle buses for the outer...

Ultimately, I'm not sure that the radial-circumferential combo works well here. A circumferential line is primarily for short-distance trips and connecting places to the radial lines; if you're going far around (such as Chelsea-LMA) it'll be faster to go through the core. Everett riders have to...

I don't believe a tunnel was ever seriously proposed. Because of the number of tracks, it would be a 200+ foot tunnel with lengthy approaches. There's definitely an element of a bridge feeling safer than a tunnel. The Community Path is on an embankment to the north (the tracks originally crossed...

Weirdly, I get a "method not allowed" error when using a VPN (built-in Firefox VPN) but the site works fine without.

The nearside/farside difference between the first round of designs in 2024 and the final designs is Dean EB, St Paul WB, and Hawes EB. Platforms at Englewood EB, Dean WB, and St Paul EB are getting moved farside; others were already farside. (I guess Tappan WB is technically nearside, but that...

No, commuter rail trains do not stop at Hynes, only the Green Line.

Anecdotally, city business owners almost universally drive to work, and because of that they believe their customers (and employees) do too.