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While MBTA upkeep of things is....suspect, I feel like these are likely related to the level of extreme abuse these facilities are often subject to. It doesn't take too many times of someone smashing up the sink or otherwise ruining it before you just decide to put the ugliest, cheapest...

Am I missing something here, or is it impossible to go from Rt 16/MVP East to Middlesex/Fellsway North/9th? Or is the plan that the only way to make that movement in the future is to loop at River's Edge or something?

This seems absurdly inefficient. They really went to all this trouble to build a bus that could switch between both diesel + electric and couldn't be bothered to put in a redundant interlock/fully automatic system so the operator doesn't have to get out of the bus and manually tie them down...

If we were actually doing that, there would probably be fewer frustrations among all parties. Instead, we're basically just not doing either, as far as I can tell. We've got a white elephant being built in South Coast Rail that is going to (impressively) manage to cost billions while not...

Is NYC actually planning on doing full-height/solid platform screen doors? Because I'd expect them to just do the cheaper/easier/simpler half-height ones - but those aren't going to do anything fro climate control.

I mean, I don't think what you want is legal to build here. This is still in the Marine Industrial Park. Usage is AFAIK required to be industrial/adjacent. It's specifically called out in the planning documents for the entire area that any retail expansions should only be to serve the unmet...

The severity of BART's ridership problems appear to be heavily crime related. Their recent survey indicates only 17% of riders feel safe riding it, 53% say they know someone who's been the victim of a crime on it, 46% have personally witnessed a crime on it. 85% of those who've...

Or if the transit actually ran early/late enough to be usable. As someone usually going West not South, most of the time I fly out of Logan, I've either got a 5-7AM departure or a >11PM return. (or both). There were ~76 flights this morning that left before 7:15AM. (ignoring UPS/Fedex/charter)...

Probably not, but with a giant pile of asterisks about the word "appropriate". - If the turn lanes aren't sized appropriately, a turning queue backup now stops all thru-traffic. - Away from the intersections, if there isn't a constant center turn lane + there's anything at all to make a left...

Large outdoor amphitheaters tend to be built in the middle of nothing and not near transit - often not even great road infrastructure. Noise complaints are I think a big factor. You really don't want to have much of anything in the direction of the speakers for a mile or so. Pretty sure it's...

Cubic also built/operated the original Metrocard system for the NYC MTA. Which likely makes it a much simpler project - they're upgrading their own system, vs having to upgrade/transition from another vendor's system (which is what's happening at the MBTA).

~3/4 mile (including the bridge) or so to really get to Downtown, but should be just a mellow walk over the bridge and the sidewalks. The Purchase/Hillman intersection could probably use pedestrian improvements but that's the only spot that looks questionable to my perspective. Some possibility...

It's where the line goes + the closest they can easily get it to downtown. SCR isn't creating a new right of way. That said, there are plans to road diet/redesign MA-18 in the area as well, that's just out of scope of this and years off...

I agree with your general point. With that said, Dot Ave is going through redev pretty fast and pretty much none of that industrial on the east side of the tracks is likely to stay long-term. Much of what's industrial/vacant there now already has active redev plans. Still doesn't provide any...

Theoretically I think that's supposed to eventually connect to the (currently unbuilt) South Bank Bridge and a new pedestrian crossing of the Charles either on or next to the drawbridge (which is in progress for a replacement - unclear on if that project still includes the pedestrian walkway or...

Huh? Neptune Rd was/is directly in the line of the centerline of one of Logan's primary runways, which needed to be extended for the modern era. If the homes hadn't been demolished they'd have an absolutely terrible quality of life. How the eminent domain was handled was terrible by all...

That's wild. Looks like it's been like that for over 10 years. And like the only thing they've changed on it in that time is to....put up no parking signs. Even though this seems you might as well use it for parking if you are going to leave it that way.

That stop was still on the books + still had a sign posted until within the past 5-10 years or so. If you're looking at Street View note that the stop/signpost was in that little pull-off about 250ft back from the bridge itself, was still there through the Aug 2015 streetview, gone by the Sept...

Skimming the 3/23/23 board presentation, I found the numbers presented in a curious manner, that IMO seemed to take some pains to avoid noting anything about historical actual operating headcounts. The MBTA indicates it currently has approximately 5,600 (operating) workers as of Feb 2023 in...

Not sure looking at "since 1946" numbers and imagining safety standards in 1946 + 2006 were the same makes for a very fair average. Looking at the article, I see: "Since 2000, nine have been killed, according to the tally." So that would suggest a rate of 1.28/yr for 2000-06. I'm not sure the...