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OK, so down-branding SL4/5 is politically unviable, and for good reason--there OUGHT to be rapid transit to Nubian, even if there isn't today. So what about upgrading them to proper BRT? At least south of the pike, just eyeballing the satellite view, it seems like there'd be room for a proper...

God mode pitch: Renumber the whole network so that high-frequency routes are multiples of 10. Reasonable pitch: Keep the T prefix, or switch it to F for frequent, or K for key, or something! There's no way a casual transit user will remember that routes 1, 7, 39, 111, yada yada are all...

Basically every version of Green Line reconfiguration/expansion I've seen on this forum includes a branch to Nubian, some as a dedicated-median trolley, others as elevated light metro. Heck, F-Line's username is a callout to the idea. Perhaps we don't talk about it more because it's so obvious...

I understand your logic, but I haven't seen instances of that reasoning (outside of this forum) applied to SL3x. Anecdotally, I've seen one non-railfan person in my Facebook feed actively post the SL3x map, saying how excited they are about what it will do for them and their coworkers who...

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I would air on the side of mandatory rezoning with punitive enforcement (the stick) and then rewarding actual housing development with transit funding (the carrot). Rezoning is just such a basic first step in the face of a crisis, and it's several steps away from actually housing people. I...

Several us have been waiting on name change approvals for a couple months now. Any mods out there able to approve them? Thanks in advance 🙏

It's a good point. This would give car people a reason to oppose upzoning, and give NIMBYs a reason to oppose transit development. So, the question becomes: are there enough YIMBY-minded and transit-minded people in these towns that their voice would outweigh a united NIMBY+car contingent?

While I do find the debate above to be thoughtful and interesting, I've got to say that we're looking for fairness in something that isn't meant to be fair. Milton's existence as a wealthy low-density suburb immediately adjacent to Boston is the result of weath inequality and unsustainable...

Zip is 02121, which straddles Roxbury and Dorchester. BPDA's own neighbhood map puts everything west of Blue Hills Ave (plus some stuff east of it) in Roxbury, including this development at 157 Humboldt. Curious how BDPA decided this was Dorchester. Also curious if the listed neighborhood has...

Haven't read the reports as closely as some of you folks, but I'll say that including Everett Sq is a no-brainer. Connecting people's houses to their jobs is just one of the functions of rapid transit, and it's one that is rivalled in convenience by car travel. Connecting people to walkable town...

Fully agreed that approvals shouldn't be at the whim of an elected official. But couldn't this also be achieved if the city council codified a more liberal zoning policy such that the majority of projects were by-right instead of by-appeal?

According to Jane Jacobs in the Death and Life of Great American Cities, most "experts" at the time also found the North End to be a terrible slum and wanted it to see the same fate. NIMBYs drive me crazy... but the absolute hubris and inhumanity of midcentury planners have given everyone a...

Does anyone know if they are building with future OL conversion in mind? The Needham line by Millenium Park is fortunately grade separated, but unfortunately single-tracked. It'd be a shame if they build CR platforms that weren't also compatible with a double-tracked, third-rail-powered OLX.

Architecture opinions are so funny. I found the old building oppressive and depressing. I think the new building is A-OK... while tall, its unremarkability lets it take a back seat to the beauty of East Cambridge's brick courthouses and old townhouses. That said, I think the brutalist concrete...

Yeah, it seems entirely pedantic 🙄

If we're extra unlucky, the asteroid crater will be redeveloped as single family housing.

You mean Orange -> Blue -> Shuttle? 🙂 The power of SL1 and the hypothetical SL0 is that they will bring you right to your terminal. Transfers are extra brutal when you're lugging around suitcases.

While we're extending SL1 to Back Bay, how about an SL0 that would start at North Station, follow T7's route to South Station, and continue with SL1 to the airport? That'd give northern CR riders a 2-seat ride to the airport, and also provide a one-leg "rapid transit" link between the two halves...

I am also upset about hear about places like Sligo in Davis Sq closing (although I'm not even sure that lab is still happening...?) but I disagree that it always goes this way. Lyndell's in Ball Sq is being rebuilt as a 5-over-1, and they plan to remain open during construction and eventually...