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The human mind works in mysterious ways. SWC up by Roxbury Crossing at least has the asphalt bike path as also the much more direct path to take than the sidewalk which makes more sense, but every time I'm on the separated bike lanes on Rt. 9 in Brookline I encounter people walking on the...

https://www.mbta.com/news/2024-10-07/phase-1-bus-network-redesign-launches-december-15-bring-more-frequent-service Last paragraph under "What's next" is a pleasant surprise. I expected their 5 phases over 5 years of BNRD plan to be one phase at the end of each year but for Phase 2 to be planned...

I feel like a fool, I thought that was the lot just south of Quincy Center around the curve. Apparently Google Maps satellite view on mobile is not as up-to-date as desktop so it was showing no construction while when I got back to my computer it was clearly well underway

Sometimes serving where people live and work more directly is more important than route efficiency. Not always for sure but D St in the Seaport alone has the Lawn, a huge tourist trap, multiple new apartment buildings and hotels that require a sizable staff, and large employment warehouses. And...

Southwest Corridor Park was striped overnight

Maybe a discussion for one of the transit pitches threads, but under a frequent regional rail model would it be a worthwhile to invest in rebuilding out-of-downtown transfer stations? In particular what comes to mind is Readville. I'm not sure how possible reprofiling the Franklin Line to begin...

At the very least most of that section has wider paths either some more distance from the road or with guard rails or trees between the road and path. Should still have a separate protected bike path from the pedestrian path though just saying it's in a mildly better place than south of BU Bridge

https://www.mbta.com/news/2024-10-01/mbta-launches-nextgen-bus-navigation-pilot-program-operations-employees-use-new Coincidentally: I'm glad this step is being taken for MBTA bus operators. Long, winding routes and detours can be confusing especially for the many new drivers and a lot of...

Tangentially related but surrounding our questions and discussion about the Fairmount funding, this article posted Sept 26 snuck this small bit about that funding: It doesn't specify exactly what CIP item(s) or what particular "infrastructure" but if said infrastructure is a new small...

I know the MBTA really likes to get as many passengers onto rail transit, which is good cause it has more capacity, but there should be more bus routes that extend more into downtown despite paralleling rapid transit for better full-time alternatives in events like this and everyday. 80s to...

My two cents are that urban rapid transit is not intended to be something people need to spend much time on (hence prioritizing standing room) so cheaper, easier to clean, sanitize, etc. seats are preferred over comfort. But the Green Line is in a unique position where it is in every way a tram...

To give them benefit of the doubt colloquially people say "the T" to exclusively refer to the trains

There's a YouTube railfan who's been documenting the progress on the restoration of the Newport Railway between the transit center and Pell Bridge alongside rail-with-trail. They have I think a 40-tonner and 2 RDCs already there and operational. If they had funding they could probably easily run...

The full official name of the state of Rhode Island wasn't what it was until 2020 for no reason. Despite being the first to pass an anti-slavery law in 1652, it wasn't enforced and by 1755 10% of the colony's population was slaves. Uhhh to tie it back to SCR, what is Fall River today was part...

Columbus Ave hosts 3 routes on Phase 1 and 6 on Phase 2, 3 of which being in the top 5 ridership bus routes in the system. Blue Hill hosts 2-4 depending on segment with the same 3 high ridership routes in parts, accounting for 40,000 daily bus riders. Both of those corridors are playing in a...

Seems they're confident or that whatever would be missed due to delays can be fixed in a series of overnight works

FWIW Providence's official metro area is just the state of RI plus Bristol County, MA whilst Worcester's metro area is just Worcester County. Neither of which I believe properly represents the core urbanized extent of each which would be a better measure of the impact and feasibility of a metro...

On the Green Line yesterday I overheard a conversation the operator was having with a regular passenger and heard a couple interesting things about his opinions on the current leadership. He was very adamant that "Eng is a much better GM than the previous 2 at the T." He said that he encounters...

With how far away Bourne is for how sparsely populated the communities are would there be the track capacity and feasibility to run service only as far as Braintree for a future improved Red Line or cross-platform at the center island transfer? On the Cape Flyer schedule that’d be 69min to...

Dispatch from BC and Cleveland Circle are actually pretty good... until they run out of trains to dispatch. My main qualm with T dispatching practice is that they don't like sending out a train if the next train after they plan to send out hasn't arrived yet. It makes sense with weather and...