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I had proposed something like that in the context of Green Line Reconfiguration, and @Riverside had some interestimg analysis of the impact of turning those roads into a transit-only corridor (assuming you mean that and not tunneling--tunneling under those roads has its own set of expensive...

Providence's housing situation affects Boston's. So does Portland's, Hartford's, and even Burlington VT's. That because there are plenty of people who live in/near Boston, struggling with housing prices, who would (and do) consider moving to those places because they are cities that don't...

I'd give Gov Center (4) a bit more credit, especially Union St and Faneuil, which as far as I can tell is bustling with both locals & tourists every Friday and Saturday night year-round. It seems like a lot of people go out to eat in the North End and then walk over to Gov Center for the...

At risk of a tangent, I'm curious what makes you view Fairmount rather than NEC as the clear mainline for Franklin/Foxboro in a regional rail future. Transitmatters' Fairmount report frames it as an open question. They have a table of pros and cons, which focuses on Frankling Line impact oddly...

Definitely a fun watch, lots of cool info. There were a couple things that raised my eyebrows though, particularly the idea that Porter is as deep as it is because... they accidentally bored the tunnel deeper than they were supposed to?

What gets me, though, is that they don't declare a distinct higher service level for SL routes. It's still "Every 15 minutes or better", just like "T" bus routes. That's good bus service, but it's not rapid transit. The political part of it... yeah, I know. 🙃

Following up on my semi-obvious question here, the new "T" prefix does indeed indicate high-frequency routes. Specifically, from this map: What was confusing me was that there are other corridors that are part of the new navy-blue-denoted "high frequency" network, but without the "T" prefix. I...

Without any data to back this up, I'd wager that Hartford, Worcester, Springfield, etc building up and becoming more vibrant would make them more attractive to young professionals and help relax the huge demand on Boston housing.

It's wonky, colorful, mismatched, and kinda ridiculous-looking. And IMHO that's totally on-brand for Somerville 😎 ...I just hope the area keeps filling out so that the bacon building isn't the tallest thing forever.

So I read the BNRD and executive summary, and I skimmed the BNRD final report, and for the life of me I can't figure out: what exactly does the "T" prefix on some the new bus routes mean? I get the sense that it means they're imprtant and frequent, but it doesn't seem to exactly map to that...

Makes sense @Codman89 . You weren't implying that they were shared-use paths in this design. My thinking was that if they *could* be widened into shared-use paths, then eliminating the sidewalks would lead to a net savings in width, thus allowing for bus lanes. Regardless, from what...

That makes sense. If they're proper shared-use paths, though, then are the sidewalks necessary?

Even as someone who bikes in Somerville a lot... does anyone know what warrants two two-way cycletracks, rather than one two-way or two one-way tracks? I would rather one of those tracks and some green space be traded in for median bus lanes.

The current state of the southern strip of the site, looking west-northwest from my office in One Broadway (the funny white shape in the bottom-right of the map). Roughly speaking: the parking lot will become 3rd St Park and part of C1, the low-rise will be split by the extension of 5th St into...

Part of me is happy to see a housing project, another part of me is nervous for the climbing gym and Aeronaut. There's a big part of Somerville, myself included, that enjoys those places as a transit/biking/walking-accessible third place.

"Red-Blue Connector" lmao

Exciting project. I work in One Broadway, the dreary concrete rectangle right across from this site, so I should be able to post some photos from above once it gets going. I do hope they manage to preserve the existing beautiful mature trees lining Third, Broadway, and Loughry Bikeway as they...

New Spilling the T podcast today: Some details on the Red/Orange power issue, but as far as I know, nothing new or revelatory. Regardless, I like listening to Eng speak. Eng does claim here that the GL shutdowns have led to an improved customer experience.

First moved to the Boston area in 2015, moved to where I am now in South Medford 2018. Even in that short amount of time, there has been so much to celebrate: way more bike infra, government center garage demolition, rise of Assembly Row into a place worth visiting, and now the new Pike...

Man, you'd think that Dukakis would deserve to have something big named after him *that doesn't already have another name*.