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Re: North-South Rail Link I'm in the NSRL camp here. I've read all the posts and I am firmly in the camp that SSX and NSX are essential for capacity reasons. The cases made on their behalf by F-Line are pretty ironclad. Moreover, we obviously cannot do what Philadelphia did and eliminate the...

F-Line I appreciate your concerns regarding scope creep and how that could adversely affect the T's positioning vis-a-vis FTA support. Moreover, I agree with your assessment. I just think that isn't really the the main issue right now. We are at somewhat of a transportation planning/funding...

F-Line, I understand there have been a lot of studies that have been done that can be built upon simply by re-approaching the issue (i.e. connect the South Boston Transitway to the rest of the T system) and simply changing the perspective so that the focus is on doing it by LRT instead of...

F-Line I think you really get to the marrow of why NEC Future is so incoherent. It does not ask the proper fundamental questions up front and that is why we are debating so many crazy transit pitch ideas regarding the future of the NEC. However, going back to the questions you pose as someone...

CSTH- you have a good point: Self-effacement is not a strong sort of bureaucracies anywhere. It might be a foregone conclusion for that reason; not because it makes sense at all. Also to Tangent, I would caution that statements on the part of the T that say they are "re-designing stations" are...

F-Line, thanks for linking to my post. Denver FasTracks is very instructive but it's important we put it in the right context. Firstly, everyone should keep this in mind: Other cities would kill to be in a position to have extensions like GLX; even at the inflated cost. Listen, I'm in no mood...

Re: Driven By.... Uhh... Hello? Anybody? If this is a serious proposal then I think we are starting to see what Governor Baker and the administration is truly up to. They are not planning to fix the T but to gut the T.

I'm wondering what people think about this suggestion from Ari Ofsevit (the Amateur Palnner) to close the Fitchburg line for a year: http://amateurplanner.blogspot.com/2015/12/saving-glx-by-temporarily-cutting.html From my understanding the work rules for construction around an active rail...

Re: North-South Rail Link Hey DigitalSciGuy. I've been listening to the Transit Matters podcast from the outset. Not only do I think you fill an important void in the transit advocacy conversation but you guys continually get more on point and less rough around the edges with every podcast...

Re: North-South Rail Link ^+1 Absolutely right F-line. I applaud the authors of the website. It is a valiant effort for a worthy cause. However, I don't know why there is an over-emphasis on through routing as opposed to service levels. Through routing is esoteric to people and in most...

Many thanks for those estimates F-Line and for spelling out why exactly the engineering on an Atlantic Ave approach is so complex; even in light of using a right of way that is not totally below grade until the portal. Anyone who has read this forum knows that when you are proposing something it...

I should have said that as well, I conceived of a box or some sort of at grade solution with a portal as far down Atlantic as it needs to be. I recognize that this causes a whole new reimagining of how Atlantic Ave looks in this area but that might not be a bad thing as there is a lot of room...

I've also wondered about DaveM's routing as an alternative to digging up Hudson St. As a slight alternative to his alignment what about the following (sorry drew a map using Dave's image but I don't know how to upload it): 1. As Dave has portal up to the surface where he does after the Marginal...

I've been reviewing this thread and there is a topic we touched upon that I was wondering if we could look into again. We've talked about connecting the green line to the South Boston Transitway by re-using the Tremont Street tunnel and then doing an around the horn connection (what has been...

A quick note about Hersey. There actually is a Dunkies located next to it because there is a small set of commercial buildings right on Great Plain Avenue. Moreover, despite the existence of all those parking lots for commuters there is actually a decent amount of walk-ups to the station. More...