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I imagine this forum is disproportionately white, male, college educated, and left-leaning politically compared to the gen pop. That may just be projection on my part, but it’s my assumption unless shown otherwise.

A common piece of financial advice is to not spend more than 3x your gross income on your home purchase. That rule could be followed for generations of Americans. Let’s see how well it can be followed in the Boston area today: The median household income in Boston is $89k/year. Therefore, for...

There are people who can not afford a condo and would very much like to buy one to live in. Do you not recognize that?

That’s my understanding. Line Delivered to the T In Springfield Outstanding Total Orange 106 46 0 152 Red 16 28 208 252

Rather than painting yourself as a villain who is “making everything much worse” by simply living your life, keep your eye on the prize of the systemic issues that are the actual root of the problem. We aren’t going to solve this problem through you beating yourself up enough for simply, and I...

I agree with everything else you said, but this opinion is well, pretty braindead. Somebody who works remotely, lives in Boston, and does everything that commuting citizens do, except commute (such as patronizing local retail establishments, paying taxes, sending their kids to school here), but...

In case anybody is interested in the data for average daily traffic counts at the four locations closest to Downtown Boston that MassDot publishes data for: Count Location % Change in Volume Between December 2019 and December 2023 Ted Williams Tunnel -3.34% Mass Pike at Fenway -11.83%...

There are locations where traffic count is down from pre-COVID and locations where traffic count is up from pre-COVID. For example, according to MassDOT traffic count data, volume was up 12% on the Tobin Bridge from 12/2019 to 12/2023, which was the ninth consecutive month that saw traffic...

One seat ride

While I agree with the sentiment, and it’s blatantly visible in many examples of the city and state treating poor black neighborhoods worse than wealthy white ones, it isn’t applicable in the case of the Melnea Cass path. Many of the local residents shot themselves in the foot on this one. I was...

It’s a somewhat simple concept that’s implemented in resorts here in the United States. Some cabins have passengers, while other cabins are just for cargo, like bicycles. There are resorts here in New England where you can see a similar concept in practice. For example, Killington Mountain...

I’ve openly discussed with my family that I want to frame a portrait of Eng and hang it the living room.

This feature is also how these aerial cable transport systems work at ski areas. Whether it is a gondola lift, an aerial tramway, or a chairlift, there is an operater at each station/terminal. The operater can slow and halt the entire system in the case that somebody needs assistance. It is not...

Thanks for the explanations! As a skier, I encounter many of these types of systems in the mountains, but I wasn't sure that was what was being referred to. I'll summarize my understanding now, with some research for clarification, as I believe this may be helpful for others who got lost in the...

Can someone explain what the difference between a cable car and an automated people mover(APM) is in the context of this conversation? I am getting lost in the terminology here. I’ve always understood a cable car to be more like a tram that is pulled by a cable, like the San Francisco Cable...

This piqued my curiosity. What was the rolling stock on the Mattapan Line before the PCCs entered service in 1955?

This will be the end of the line. State Pier at State Pier Maritime Terminal (the former steamship wharf) was a potential station site, in addition to the station pictured (New Bedford Station, originally called Whale’s Tooth in the planning process). By 2010, only the Whale's Tooth site was...

That’s the plan. As part of the latest accessibility blitz, the MBTA plans to add three elevators to the Berkeley Street lobby and reopen it as a full entrance.

I'm not trying to stir the pot, but I genuinely want to be enlightened. I'm pro mass-transit (obviously) and have loved riding Els in many cities, but I always view them as having inherently negative effects on their surroundings compared to at-grade and underground alternatives. Change my mind...

If it wasn’t clear, I 100% agree.