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I’m not sure what Seattle’s deal was but New Flyer’s bus step height is 14”. Central Square’s (Cambridge) southbound bus stop has a bit of sunken asphalt in the back half that drops the road against the curb making it too high for the front overhang to pass over (don’t ask why I can confirm the...

I'm gonna separate them into one or two routes for each post here depending on how much detail I have but feel free to repost them on your site as you please no need for credit. I just make these observations for fun to satisfy my own curiosity. Milesintransit has a ton of detailed bus route...

It’ll take a bit to type up more detailed analysis on my computer of these routes. But from my phone (on the 65 headed to Brighton, 2 back to 2 both standing room only leaving Longwood Ave) I can say about this I’ve only taken the 86 on a weekday beyond Harvard a couple times so I’m not the most...

Another bit of an info dump: Since I'm a bit of a transit enthusiast, I like to try to experience a bunch of different routes to commute over the years (yeah...) and I've made some observations on loading patterns and such. The biggest thing I want to address first is there's a bit of an...

Was just over there yesterday. Coming along nicely. Didn’t take any other pictures cause there were a lot of us getting off and I’d be in the way but behind me they’d mostly completed the new stairs from Shrewsbury St and the elevator shaft+stairs to the platform.

For informational contribution I have 4 years of transit bus driving experience with 35’, 40’, and 60’ articulated buses and the bendies are actually better at maneuvering than 40’ buses because where the articulated section is located shifts the pivot point a few feet forward of a 40’s rear...

In numbers the 1 and 66 carry 9306 and 10954 daily pax respectively (transitmatters data as of 10/12/23) which equates to 45.6 and 47.2 riders per trip. Of course riders aren’t spread equally across all trips but that’s statistically every trip filling all 39 seats and having a handful of...

Moving away from politics and back to General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT) my 65 commute this morning had 3 back to back to back buses two of which being full seating and standing and one being full seating (the one I strategically got on). The MBTA’s bendy bus fleet is slim and...

Never said there wasn’t political motivation and bias for being upset with Baker just that his party isn’t being singled out. Yes, the state legislature doesn’t boil down to a single be all and end all person but that governing body is represented by an individual, the Governor. Holding them...

You’re right, there’s a lot of recency bias in this forum that I’m guilty of. I met Charlie Baker in high school prior to his inauguration so he’s been the Governor for my entire adult life til now and the most prevalent one in my mind. But the reality is Baker is not a scapegoat, his policy was...

To play devil’s advocate: Can’t she be credited with bringing on Eng and the rippling positive progress we’ve seen since his management has taken over? She also appointed Dukakis’ GM Glynn as chair and signed on giving a seat on the board to a Boston mayoral appointee, Roberts. Not to mention...

This and way too many people believe the government spending money on anything is very bad. Baker’s whole transportation platform was “proving” you can spend less money on transportation and have it function the same or better. Under his leadership the T’s budget decreased and employees would...

Missed the opportunity to get a screenshot earlier but during the rush hour periods the Orange Line has been running 13 trains with 12 in the off peak to accommodate the Green Line central subway closure load. I took a look cause someone posted this image on twitter from yesterday evening’s...

Having yesmen on the board is good for allowing Eng to get on with the work that needs to be done, but with the microscope the T board is under right now they’re ensuring they ask all the questions to get all the clarifications they can and look very engaged for the public. This has got them...

Maybe I’m giving too much benefit of the doubt but from listening in to these meetings a lot I get the impression that most of the board isn’t really familiar with much of anything technical related to transit, so I think that Eng and the other MBTA officials try to avoid saying anything too...

It feels like it’s been a long time since there was a train-related issue impacting Orange Line service. Signal problems are somewhat regular but not a “mechanical issue” like the Red Line has been plagued with for a while now. That’s some positive reliability progress on the vehicles themselves.

With Newbury st. right there, not to mention Berklee and whatever future commercial use, I imagine that small plaza will be pretty bustling on nice days as it’s the only outdoor place to sit down with whatever food you get to-go in the area between Copley and the Christian Science Center. Plus...

I wish i could remember which board meeting it was part of to verify and cite but in one of them Eng stated that the vast majority of all track construction is complete and as stated already in here the remaining works are signals and punch list items. The goal is for everything related to line...

With what they said in the meeting about scheduling repairs to coordinate with surrounding roadworks and availability of alternative transportation, I bet they’re putting off the Braintree Branch for that long so that SCR will be active and bringing more frequent commuter rail service to...

The South Station bottleneck, beyond the obvious limited track space, primarily the result of the very antiquated interlocking which is officially undergoing fully funded modernization and expected to complete in 2028. I think the current system is only capable of managing a few trains in the...