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Franklin Line Double Track project page has received an update displaying some updated timeline elements. Over a year to finish 1.5mi of track that has largely already been sitting out on ties but with no ballast for years now says to me that they're committing the absolute minimum of...

I thought the whole issue with doing more frequent but shorter consists on the weekends that was discussed in the forums before was that the MBTA particularly likes to keep the same consists assembled and assigned to the same lines most of the time to avoid a lot of yard action? I've been riding...

I was wondering what these "bags" they kept mentioning for covering the new signs were gonna look like and that is not at all what I expected.

Coincidentally I was reading through the Bus Stop Feedback (starts on pg.30) the other day and it may give some insight into the opinions of community members on stop placement. Residents seem very concerned with stops being placed at some major intersections because of the danger of drivers...

MBTA Open Data Portal. It has monthly ridership data by mode going back to January 2016.

September was the best month for weekday ridership so far following the pandemic. Commuter Rail ridership is up to 94% of September 2019. Bus, 81%. Rapid transit 56%, which isn't great but relative to its prior peak of 51% that's a sizable jump and the first time rapid transit ridership has...

I really like what's going on in the left screen there and hope it makes it to the final product. Digitizing the system map could potentially mean it could be live updated to reflect active service outages and the like. It's also preventative of having out of date system maps if any line...

I'm right with you that the new hard flat plastic seats are both uncomfortable and not very ergonomic. It would've been nice if they made them more bucket-shaped like the NYC subway seats at the very least. I guess it's pretty subjective what is considered a long commute. Even with the Red Line...

Accusing me of not reading the study when that was not at all their "number 1 study conclusion" not that they necessarily ordered the concluding remarks of the executive summary on the first page following the table of contents which is where those "downsides" pull from but rather bulleted them...

Well I had a thing with pictures typed but then the page refreshed and it didn't save a draft and I'm not typing that again so the tl;dr/10% summary of it is: 2012-2016 studies are barely relevant the city and especially the study area of MIT and Kendall have changed so much since then with...

Things to consider: A rail shuttle on the Grand Junction serves a lot more purpose than just a 64 without traffic or another Charles Crossing. If it were a timed transfer with the Worcester Line it'd be a much faster more reliable/direct route for people out along Route 9 to get to jobs in...

Stations are officially done

Unfortunately it's a toss-up which publicly available datasheets contain this info or not. Stadler's RS Zero which is basically a modern battery train equivalent of a Budd RDC lists a max starting accel. of 0.95 m/s^2 but it's unsure if the more powerful motors of the heavier FLIRT Akku...

UK rail forums and Reddit have discussed the acceleration concerns of BEMUs v EMUs fairly extensively and for the Fairmount Line there's negligible difference in performance depending on the specific BEMU. The main penalty is in the reduced top speed over EMUs primarily to preserve batteries...

Making it more difficult to evade fares has been shown to have a significant effect on reducing antisocial behavior such as smoking on the train. Those antisocial behaviors while often not an actual serious threat to people can make them uncomfortable and discourage riding transit. What St...

Hence Phase 2 in early 2025 where they're gonna need a significant number of new drivers to support service changes, unlike for Phase 1. December 2024 isn't the start of full BNRD only Phase 1 which is much more of a resource re-allocation than an expansion and does not require the full roster.

I will say there is one nonsense one by Prentiss/Rox Crossing. At Prentiss, heading south, it shows that pedestrians should take the left path that leads down to the sidewalk.... But from Roxbury Crossing going north, following the pedestrian signs leads first to the sidewalk... Then when...

1,571 + 128 operators actively in training = 1,699. That's 26 shy of 1,725 (if all complete training). In training drivers are not part of the active roster because, like you said, they could not complete the training. There are additional factors to consider such as moving from running training...

Why would they need to fill all the vacancies back to a full budgeted headcount by December '24 if they're only rolling out ~88% of pre-pandemic service? The routing changes in the area are largely made up by reallocation of drivers needed for consolidated/eliminated routes plus the additional...

Something to consider about that value is Everett and Chelsea are entirely reliant on bus service (save for Chelsea Commuter Rail). To a lesser extent Revere. The two are also absolutely tiny cities so simpler and easier to accomplish small changes to fewer routes bring a large increase in...