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It's the Fiske Building: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiske_Building And yes, there was a 1964 renovation which added 5 very ugly stories.

There's enough width for two, but not length. With two pocket tracks, you want a crossover between them (not on the main tracks, so that trains crossing over don't foul the opposite main track). Since the 1971-built fare lobby occupies half the length of the old platforms, there's probably not...

There's probably enough room for a single pocket track, but I doubt there's room for two with a crossover.

The platforms are still there, with some storage use. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Haymarket_station_from_northbound_train,_July_2019.webm

I'll bet 73 as the most commute-centric, and the 1 as the least.

https://metro-memory.com/boston

One super-express a day, not timed for typical commute hours, being turned into a regular zone express is not exactly powerful evidence for a lack of demand.

As indicated in the report, the Worcester Line is going to have to bear a lot of the load during the Allston Viaduct reconstruction (and the 495 interchange work) - it's the only real alternative in the entire Metrowest quadrant. That bumps it quite a bit up the priority list, especially...

There's no need to elevate anything but the mainline passenger tracks (and a spur to the Agricultural Branch if passenger service is added), and nowhere does TM suggest to do so. Elevated only passenger vastly reduces the complications and allows for steeper (ie shorter) approaches. Only 2,100...

Remember this question from the Worcester quiz? Here's the statue: I still don't know who it is. There's nothing on the statue that indicates ID, no explanatory plaque. My attempts to search for information only get results about the Columbus statue. Anyone with clues?

A bit of a non-answer, but I would prefer widening or parallel spans for the Harvard, BU, and Anderson bridges. There's no transit gap (save for arguably Grand Junction LRT, which has a bridge available) worse than the chokepoints these bridges are for the 1, 47, CT, 66, and 86. Currently, there...

Yes, you're entirely right. There will be assumptions made no matter what system you're using; one of the jobs of those processing the data (and sometimes that of the planners using the data) is to check whether those assumptions are valid. One of the ways to check this assumption would be to...

It does, just as nonpayment does. This is generally accounted for by scaling the number of known trips: if 10% of passengers (per APC) pay in cash or don't pay, then you scale all known trips up by that much. (Tap-in/tap-out systems scale to account for those who hop the faregate.) You can even...

Slightly outside Massachusetts, but relevant to this project: construction on the new platform and station building at Brattleboro is going to start in March. https://www.commonsnews.org/issue/747/747new_train_station It will include the first high-level platform in Vermont. While normally I'm...

Because of how detailed ODX data is, it not publicly accessible due to privacy concerns. Even though the actual fare card numbers are anonymized (except for when using known trips to verify), all trips with a given fare card are still grouped because of the way the algorithm works. When I was...

Tap-in / tap-out data is nice to have, but by no means necessary. It's only worth implementing if you have a distance-based fare system (like the commuter rail) where the tap-out is needed to finalize the fare. There are other data sources that are sufficient for planning work: Automatic...

For those who like to use KML-based maps (like Google My Maps for their transit pitches, here's a set of layers for the existing system. Rail lines, rail stations, BRT (Silver Line and the Columbus Avenue busway), and BRT stops. I made it for myself so I could add it to new maps easily, and...

Sorry, to clarify: I meant that each successive subway station should be reached by a different line. So North Station to Haymarket on Orange then Green to GC is fine, but taking Orange from North Station to Haymarket then State would not be allowed.

A bit of a different quiz today. There are ten downtown subway transfer stations including the Silver Line: North Station, Haymarket, Government Center, State, Park Street, DTX, South Station, Boylston, Chinatown, Tufts Medical Center. Can you visit all ten of them in a row without visiting any...

I agree that the Rutherford Avenue busway will only be particularly useful when the downtown corridor (and/or bus lanes over the Gilmore Bridge and into Kendall) is implemented. Otherwise, it just duplicates the 92/93 with less surrounding density. For Rutherford, the question becomes: where do...