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There are a few questions I've been thinking about at Government Center: 1. Has anyone here on the board looked into the feasibility of reintroducing Cornhill and Hanover through the plaza? It's been mentioned time and time again, but both alignments are terraced with stairs and viewing...

Well done! These are always fun to view, and since this is the internet, critique. Overall I think this is going in the right direction, but the Green Line trunk is just overwhelming. There has to be a better way to present the routing in a more straightforward manner than shades of green. What...

Operationally, what about branching the Orange Line just south of Jackson Square and tunneling to Ashmont via Atherton, Columbus, Seaver, Washington, and Talbot? Totally crazy, indeed, and expensive! But you'd get stops at Egleston Square, Grove Hall, Four Corners/Geneva (connecting to Fairmount...

Obviously. My original question still stands. Does this development preclude E branch realignment discussed in this thread?

http://archboston.org/community/showpost.php?p=258232&postcount=330 Does the new Back Bay/South End Gateway project preclude the construction of a new Green Line station as part of the E Branch realignment discussed in this thread?Constructing the station under the garage footprint as part of a...

While visiting London last year I was surprised that their regional/commuter rail system used faregates (they also had ticket checkers on board). What's our hold-up here in implementing a similar system here in Boston (though not sure if you need manual ticket validation on board)? It would work...

They have closed off the Water Street sidewalk and are currently having fun smashing windows. Does flickr work for posting images? Couldn't get the images to show up.

Thank you for clarifying my intent with this thread. I was trying to ask these questions: what is a portfolio of projects that the T should sell to the public as a 30-year investment plan for SOGR and expansion? What is the most critical portfolio to sustain regional growth and fix key...

Apologies if this has been discussed elsewhere, but I've been following the transit discussions on this board for a while and while we all love to debate the merits and technical feasibility of transit expansion plans, we only somewhat get into the realm of what's feasible from a funding and...

The payback is that you have an unobstructed Green Line platform to better handle pedestrian flows and peak platform loading. It's more comfortable for customers. No one has built heavy rail stations like this since the mid 20th century because they cramp platforms and are a nuisance. Perhaps I...

Riding through the station I'm again struck by the number of columns in the platform. Would it have been feasible to wholesale replace the station roof/plaza floor with new steel that could bear greater loads and subsequently reduce the number of columns? I wonder this for many of the T...

I was thinking over the weekend about the bizarre configuration of the JFK/UMass station, and how potentially incredible it could be. The rapid transit portion of the station is split into two platforms, each serving a separate branch of the Red Line. This forces inbound passengers to wait in...

Interesting read about leftover money from old FHWA earmarks. Maybe the state could direct MA's $111 million portion of unobligated funds toward narrowing the Green Line funding gap? http://www.citylab.com/commute/2016/01/us-state-dot-highway-funding-earmark-fhwa-congress/431568/ The money has...

Re: Government Center I like this, but would only make Hanover open to vehicles. The other streets should all stay as pedestrian and bicycle only and building heights should be scaled appropriately for a "human" environment (probably no taller than City Hall itself). I wonder if the...

How technically, operationally and politically feasible would it be to realign the Orange Line between its Charles River portal to Assembly? I'm imagining cut and cover subway in the middle of Rutherford Avenue. There would be few, if any, real impacts to property in this scenario. Rutherford...

I've been wondering lately why the T doesn't pursue low-floor light rail vehicles, like those that are common throughout Europe? The Type 8s are half low floor, half high floor, which is fairly awkward, particularly because of the Ts font-door boarding policy. Type 9s seem to double down on this...

Re: North-South Rail Link How feasible is this? Is the ROW between College Ave and Winchester wide enough? I get that you'd have to lose some trees, but the elevated portion in Winchester looks like a potential NIMBY nightmare. I imagine you'd want to put both a GL and CR station at Winchester...

I think orienting the tracks to run down Comm Ave and to Watertown makes the most sense. Expensive, but that's why this is the "crazy" pitch thread. I'm also curious about the Fairmount Line. I think the lack of rapid transit service through this section of the region is criminal. Would it...

Nice post. An important piece was missing, though. Where would you point the stub tracks after Kenmore: Brookline Ave or Commonwealth Ave?

Blue Line to Kenmore I may be new to posting, but I've been observing this board for a while. It seems that extending the Blue Line to Kenmore via Storrow is most posters' preferred routing in various transit discussions. I'm curious how you think it should be done, and what would it look like...