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I think things were even more dire back then. But I also think it suggests that the MBTA hasn't really made the same (or any?) kind of progress with "routine maintenance" that they have with capital projects.

I was scrolling some Massport board minutes (slide 71 - https://www.massport.com/media/edyfyaay/website_march-board-meeting_03-17-22.pdf), and noticed they've also picked up a bi-weekly SE Asia service from "ZIM". Vietnam + Southern China (Yantian) stops. Doesn't look like particularly big...

A February article suggested late summer: https://www.valleybreeze.com/townnews/building_industry/finer-details-tied-to-access-at-train-station-being-sorted-out/article_1e5b6794-8e54-11ec-9cd9-cb413244c6cf.html Haven't seen more since.

Boston's rooms tax is 16.45% at a typical hotel, so that sounds like a bargain.... (5.7% state, 6.5% city, 1.5% "tourism assessment", 2.75% "convention tax") And the 7% on meals isn't a whole lot lower.

Different toll rates are generally done by giving a discount to EZ-Pass transponders from a certain state, NOT to residents from a certain state. There's no residency requirement for a transponder. If you enact significantly different rates, you'll just have all regular NH commuters pick up a...

As an ex-Jerseyan - A big hurricane or two does have a way of changing minds and removing political opposition to protection projects, though. I'm sure there will be someone that requires eminent domain in court, but that's the case for every project.

Not saying these are good answers, but: 1. Why do they care? The water has no abutters and they put the more pleasant looking buildings near Sullivan/actual neighborhood frontage. Swapping the E&M MOW building with the bus garage would be even uglier if that's what you're saying, it'd be like a...

A brief skim of the recording (1hr59min mark, roughly) is Mar 2022 still listed for Union Sq, Medford Branch is listed just as "in the coming months (schedule under review)" I did not listen to the remarks made in depth to know if there was more schedule insight offered than in the presented...

This was reported yesterday: https://www.argusmedia.com/en/news/2292484-us-northeast-gateway-lng-terminal-resumes-operations

Well, the answer looks to be....burning a lot of oil. ISO-NE tracker was up to >3GW of oil-fired generation running yesterday and it's generally been running at high levels throughout last few days (today's been over 1.5GW all day, 2.7GW peak). The one coal plant left in NH looks to be...

For the alternatively controversial opinion - as far as I'm concerned, that someone named it a "parkway" 80 years ago or whatever instead of a "highway" has no influence on my assessment of what it is/or "should be". From 1A to Downtown Medford, it looks a lot like a major highway to me, and...

I think the obvious questions to my mind (that I can't answer) are: - What's the canopy cost? - What's the incremental cost of a better canopy and how much more weather protection does that buy you? - For that matter, what's the incremental cost of a canopy with as coverage as extensive as...

Well, I'm not sure they'll look as nice as these, but major renovation may not be as far off as you think. Per the 5/24/21 accessibility update - https://cdn.mbta.com/sites/default/files/2021-06/2021-05-24-swa-initiatives.pdf

The basic summary of my objection is rather simple - Does anyone know what the legal agreements involved actually say? I find it unlikely BSG would have agreed to a "temporary" perk as you describe with some kind of sunset date. It seems much more likely that the state agreed to give them an...

The state decided to cut off other routes to get around their property, and the state now pays for the mile long driveway they have to use to get into it by road instead, is the gist of what I know of this. That seems reasonable in perpetuity? Especially since the state needs access to it for...

I'm certainly not the expert here so feel free to correct me - Isn't the general story that it's part of the deals for building the Big Dig over much of what was BSG's land? "That you're paying for" feels like odd framing for something that I've understood to be a piece of modest...

You can make multiple quotes in a single post, FYI. A lot easier to read. Went looking some more, found this: https://cdn.mbta.com/sites/default/files/2021-04/2021-04-26-fmcb-bus-transformation-update.pdf Looks like Quincy is budgeted at $305m for a stated capacity of 150 buses. $400m for...

Uh, how? They're getting 8 acres of land that's currently parking lot to redevelop and should make Washington St a vastly more coherent place, a better street grid, and a wider natural buffer for the sidewalk/bike path than currently exists. What exactly were you expecting here? They don't...

Legal (IMO) - It's a crossing without a crosswalk or signal, same as if you were to cross some street in a random town. There is no crosswalk or signal a pedestrian should be using instead, so as far as I understand - they can cross legally, but don't have right of way vs traffic. While I...

If the issue is "minor part to finish thing is delayed due to production/supply chain chaos" - then pretty much indefinitely. I do some tech ordering in my professional life. There's been plenty of orders flat-out canceled, sometimes even entire product lines are outright discontinued - even...