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I just looked up density of tract around Swampscott station and you’re right it’s 10k pop per mile which means it would absolutely be better served with heavy rail vs locomotive. Hopefully they’d choose that if this scenario BLX-Salem ever happens. East Lynn Station at or south of Chatham...

Agreed there’s not enough room for both a CR and BLX Swampscott station (one or the other proposition). Maybe I’m being too judgmental on the community, but my thought was if East Lynn gets its own BLX station, its proximity to the densest part of Swampscott would allow for the existing CR...

The 2004 PMT has a lot of the same extension projects often discussed throughout the various AB transit threads. Agree that BLX to Salem is a worthy extension as the density and demographic profile (mainly low income, EJ neighborhoods) almost contiguous along ROW (minus Swampscott of course)...

Given the amount of work left on the Medford branch, highly doubt the May opening will remain. However, seems like Union on track for March.

Here’s the official state website to explain the Housing Choice Act implementation: https://www.mass.gov/info-details/multi-family-zoning-requirement-for-mbta-communities And here is the minimum number of housing units that must be zoned by MBTA community...

Does anybody know if the monthly GLX Community Working Group is done? They haven’t held one since November and none have been scheduled. Kinda funny they celebrated 48 months of consecutive meetings at the November one, then canceled the December one and apparently aren’t having more meetings.

If you can get through Winchester Center (and with the Aberjona surrounding l’d be worried about any cut through there), then sure getting all the way through to Anderson with all the developable industry / warehouse parcels to stop at along the way makes sense. It would be a huge investment...

I agree the only viable solution is to close Canal Street and two track CR tunnel under High. North of High, build the station in some sort of open cut center island or side platform setup ala Waverly. Ideally, Playstead Road would be relocated to jog southwest across the tunnel to meet Harvard...

The Lowell Line handles express trains multiple times a day Wilmington to Boston, most notably Downeaster service but also one (two prepandemic) Haverhill Wildcat Branch express train each rush hour. Often times (again prepandemic) saw Downeaster running opposite (east side) track inbound...

I agree the Needham discussion should be its own thread. Sorry to derail (pun intended) from the new infrastructure topic. On topic, the only consideration of using funds from the infrastructure bill towards a Needham reconfiguration would be (and should be) to address South Station / NEC...

Thanks. I’m fully aware of the South Station/ NEC capacity constraints and how the Needham Line is low hanging fruit in terms of solving that particular issue. This is why I didn’t outright eliminate fixed rail transit service to the town of Needham. My point absent the density / development...

First aB post so let’s give it a go. Extending the OL to Needham makes no sense to me. Needham neither has the density to support or justify heavy rail investment and operations nor does the town (emphasis on town) want it. To resolve: Branch GL off D to Needham Center (eliminating Junction...