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If it was actually built like that, it'd be about 1.25 miles via the shortest reasonable walking path to get to B Security. If there's some moving walkways or something in there that speed up that first half mile a bit, it might actually be a reasonably attractive option for a good chunk of the...

Utica Alt C scores well (and is a 2 stop extension as part of it), Alt B (a much larger extension) + SAS south to Houston don't seem to score badly, just not the top of the list. I'm not really seeing any other major subway projects that anyone seriously thought would score very well on this...

Yes, that's pretty much exactly how the concept of scheduling works. Shutting down the Braintree branch for a particular weekend wouldn't be a great plan if Quincy was holding some event that weekend with thousands of attendees, for example.

Because shutdowns are disruptive and affect everyone in the area impacted, both residents + businesses? Having discussions with them and trying to time them for the least problematic period for them is....how any responsible entity would (or should) act?

I recognize this is potentially a very tall order given the current safety....challenges, but this primarily suggests to me that the MBTA needs to learn to perform trackwork (or at least most setup/breakdown) on one track without needing to shut down the full line. The time calculus of what's...

I have the vague impression that the MBTA's problems in the divisions needed to actually resolve these issues aren't a thing that can necessarily be rushed. If you've lost a lot of your institutional knowledge + experienced skilled workers, I don't know that there's some way to shortcut that...

I don't know what the "norm" is for rail procedures, but having sometimes listened to Air Traffic Control, I'm curious here. There the norm seems to be to require to require acknowledgement for most/safety-critical instructions and if the acknowledgement isn't received as expected/there's radio...

While I'm reluctant to give the MBTA much benefit of the doubt these days....I do believe the recent performance deterioration is at least partially because of ongoing work, not because of the lack of work. ------ From JFK south has had 8:45pm weeknight and/or full weekend shutdowns on some or...

Uh....what? Is this a thing that's been seriously under consideration by anyone? I certainly don't think I've ever seen it.

I could see a few intercity buses using it as a terminal rather than pitstop. If Coolidge Corner can find a market for 4x roundtrips a day direct to NYC (Flixbus current schedule), the built out version of this area probably can too. That said, a single digit number of discount buses per day...

Not quite true as the road has traditionally been marked. If you're on Cambridge EB from the driveway before the piercing place forward to the light, it's not parking (or bus stop) anymore and that's a second queue lane that holds probably 4-5 cars. If utilized correctly you'd flush more cars...

If we're talking about general motor vehicle usage, I suspect BU would be the far more vehement opposition than the "boomers" to turning the quiet back of their campus into a busy and frequently congested area with non-BU travel. I'm not disagreeing about the many reasons why our current...

Perhaps I didn't follow the initial phases of the design closely enough, but were those actual objections raised that got us to our current design? My impression is that Malvern is the only low-impact choice with current built environment for a bus connection. If you're not trenching the rail...

Don't take this as more than vague speculation but: - I don't think the wear is anywhere near as significant on most of it - wider radius curves + far less volume on much of it. - A lot of it has some other entity that's got legal rights to use it and does, and will probably cry foul if the...

No-ish. There's a plan to add a lane on Route 6 EB out to Route 130. (and of course, the Mid-Cape Connector exit does take some of the volume). Going WB, they plan to get rid of the Cranberry Highway ramps for a new access road on the utility cut, accessed by a whole new roundabout @ Tupper...

Where are we doing that here, though? Orient Heights seems to be placeholder for Blue Line operations flexibility/future planning and they've knocked out rows of parking to expand MBTA functions in recent memory. Beachmont + Wonderland are next to vast expanses of currently outright vacant...

Pre-Covid utilization was better for most with Beverly + Lynn being the big underperformers for garages. Average occupancy in 6/2018 (before some parking price changes intended to improve utilization/distribution) was: Wonderland Garage: 91% Salem Garage: 76% Beverly Garage: 56% Newburyport...

Maybe they're just advocating for the Montreal Metro. I'd take those trains, they're pretty nice.

I'll push back slightly just in the sense that for jobs that are hard on the body (which is by no means all of them), you can expect a large % of workers will have trouble keeping up with the work by their 60s. Physical ailments tend to crop up in labor jobs. While some can of course move to a...

Re: Wellington Circle: I'm not particularly interested in what someone 80 years ago expected, or that the vision of "parkway" as destination for some kind of relaxing scenic cruise panned out just about nowhere and is never going to. - all true things, but I don't see how it informs the present...