Recent content by thepianoperson

Each group represents at least 2 maybe 3 trains which explains the arrival time range. At the friendly match, the trains took 50 minutes to get to the station which would imply that the first train in group A will leave around 3:20. Not sure why queuing starts an hour in advance of that, but...

From Prospect Hill where it has basically fully blocked the Pru

From a couple weeks ago - it really towers over everything around it but definitely in a good way.

It started temporarily as a COVID/overenrollment measure (the hotel was empty and NEU overenrolled by ~1000 in 2021ish and needed somewhere to put everyone) and then they applied to make it permanent which is probably why it didn’t get much press - it’s been used for students for like 4 years now

Yeah TransitMatters shows the other lines are over 90% service delivered as compared to scheduled while the green line is at 75% so it’s probably an attempt to be more honest about the service they’re actually providing. Hopefully in practice this actually isn’t a service cut at all even though...

This also shows the insane pent-up demand that restrictive zoning has been holding back this whole time, as well as makes a strong argument for why all towns have to participate for this law to work - if all other towns near Lexington had upzoned to the same extent, I doubt any individual town...

On that stretch yes, but North Quincy to Braintree and back looks like speeds have increased all day so far - looks like it saves about a minute in each direction (as far as we can tell with half a day of info).

It’s not truly cross-platform but the Franklin line has a timed transfer to the Providence at Readville to get to Back Bay/Ruggles on the weekends, and that is as short as 7 mins (and even requires some walking to get down to the Providence platform). So they definitely could get it shorter, but...

Agreed, especially compared to how much the site stuck out with all the cranes- it was super prominent in the skyline when those were standing and now you need to really know where to look to even notice it.

Did anyone hear about this coming? This seems like an out-of-nowhere and incredible development - TSP on every bus route in Boston starting imminently...

Speaking of near Jackson Square, has there ever been any word of Roxbury Community College selling/developing those lots across Columbus? That seems like the next low-hanging fruit to build up that area, especially once Columbus gets its bus lane extension that will make it at least a little...

It’s also technically a reopening of an entrance that’s been closed since the 80s using an existing tunnel under Mass Ave, so likely much cheaper and easier than an entirely from-scratch new entrance would have been.

Doesn’t shortening the platforms change the amount of egress required? The old concept had two overhead bridges and this only has one - there’s a good chunk of cost savings. For the record I don’t agree with the 400’ platform decision either for all the reasons listed but that may a driving factor.

At least this weekend, they were using the crossover between East Somerville and Lechmere to turn trains, no single track operation. The southbound train would pull in to East Somerville, let everyone off, continue past the crossover to stop, then cross to the northbound track on the way back...