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    Biking in Boston

    Medford. Vagabond was referring to the Winthrop Street Rotary in Medford.
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    Infrastructure to Nowhere (The Vestigial Infrastructure Thread)

    I wouldn't call that abandoned, poorly maintained, yes. It's in use today to connect the two sides of the state forest, which was bisected by I-95. It's even shown on the DCR's official map.
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    Logan Airport Capital Projects

    I am so glad that they've finally replaced those awful terminals at KMCI, last time I was there visiting family (about ten years ago), once I got beyond security in one of the old ring terminals, there was almost nothing in the form of amenities. At that time I was flying to DFW on AA and at the...
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    Freight and General New England RR News

    I know it's moot here now, but I wonder if Amtrak is exempt from New Hampshire's (and other states) licensing rules, since it runs food service on its own on most trains, as opposed to the Downeaster, where food service is contracted out to a private operator.
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    Better MBTA Station Names

    I would keep Tufts Medical Center as is, it's useful to note where the major hospitals are on the system. I would advocate a change from Medford/Tufts to Medford Hillside, since that's the neighborhood it serves.
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    Green Line Extension to Medford & Union Sq

    More like Design Insultants Building, amirite?
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    MBTA Buses & Infrastructure

    Does that include fleets from the private commuter bus companies (Hudson, Vocell, Brush Hill, Metropolitan Coach, Hart, Michaud, etc.) that have either gone out of business or have had their service absorbed by the MBTA since 1972?
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    State Street HQ | One Congress | Bulfinch Crossing | West End

    Per a quick search of the Boston Globe archive, it's been called that since at least 1928.
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    I-90 Interchange Improvement Project & West Station | Allston

    My aunt and late uncle were professors at UNO and UNL, respectively (she social work, he plant genetics and biology), and raised their six kids on the eastern edge of Lincoln. On several occasions, I went on "vacation" to Lincoln. I always found Nebraska to be exotic, at least it was to this kid...
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    DCR Allston-Brighton Riverfront Parks and Parkways

    Article 97 of the Massachusetts Constitution more or less prohibits development or sale of park, recreation, conservation and most other open space. Any changes require a supermajority of the legislature to approve, and exceptional circumstances to remove Article 97 protection should be cited in...
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    Green Line Extension to Medford & Union Sq

    It looks like an old-timey construction site from like an Our Gang or Tom and Jerry short.
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    State to take closer look at tolls on I-93

    A parking space tax in both retail and residential garages and lots, maybe $2 or $3 per use in retail garages, and maybe a flat yearly for residential garages, which would go towards transportation. Retail garages (IE hourly) to help collect on the expenses imposed by daily drivers, and...
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    Crazy Highway Pitches

    Go to the Mass GIS map here, pan in on Blandford, and on the options menu on the right, dropdown the Conservation/Recreation line item and choose "Openspace Article 97", and all parcels that are protected by Article 97 of the Massachusetts Constitution (the Constitutional amendment that protects...
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    Logan Airport Flights and Airlines Discussion

    Having family in KC, Lincoln, and Omaha, I know exactly what you mean. The last time I flew out of MCI in 2012 (I had just read McCullough's biography on Harry Truman and used the opportunity to stop in and see if everything was up to date and visit the Truman Library and NPS sites in...
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    MGM Music Hall (née Fenway Theater) | 12 Lansdowne St | Fenway

    On the plus side, Annie Lennox will be there. Now THAT'S royalty.
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    Green Line Extension to Medford & Union Sq

    It's not opening on December 12th, it's opening on November 42nd.
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    Other People's Rail: Amtrak, commuter rail, rapid transit news & views outside New England

    I wonder if this will spur a schedule change on either the Vermonter or Ethan Allen, maybe pushing one to leave the Burlington area later in the day to spread the schedule a little bit.
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    MBTA Buses & Infrastructure

    A couple of tweaks in the northern suburbs that I would make to the new bus proposals: 1) Add service to Market St in Lynnfield. The May proposal had relatively frequent service on the 426 bus, the October proposal has none. The lack of service there makes no sense, considering this is a job...
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    City Hall Plaza Revamp | Government Center

    I think that may be a false alarm, the only people I've seen going through are all in hardhats, some in hi-viz vests... There's also still construction equipment left along the edges of the plaza.
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    Bunker Hill Community College Redevelopment

    Might BHCC have a long term transferable lease that allows development rights? There has been some construction activity off on the west side of the building in the past few months. I thought this was going to be about that (does anyone know what it is?) Edit: I didn't scroll past an ad...

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