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Plus, it's possible that NYP-ALB riders bought all the seats on the train out from under potential NYP-PIT riders.

I wish the Zachim Bridge had been designed in such a way that a Green Line branch could swing under it's foundations and plug into a dedicated reservation on the Tobin Bridge.

How about a supercomputer "Train to the Game" to Boston/New York when the Yankees and Red Sox are playing? Lots of fans make the trip up/down already. Here's the fun part: the trains will arrive at Penn/South Station, but depart from Landsdowne/Yankees E. 153rd street, on the assumption that...

If anything, I've noticed that Boston drivers are *more* willing to yield to pedestrians than drivers in other cities. Possibly this is because Boston pedestrians cross against the light all the time.

Except they were also running reduced service on the orange line the previous day as well, so something else may be going on.

Precisely. "Why should I clean my room if it's only going to get dirty again"?

I think they're beautiful. They mean quit, zero emissions transportation for millions of people.

No, they're claiming that they could run the TT schedule with just 28 BEBs, and the seven additional ones will be for additional service.

T officials are on the record stating that they expect the BEBs to provide an equal number of service hours per day as the TTs, but that's... probably not happening.

Well, that's not happening on the federal level, so states and cities will have to find their own solutions.

According to the article linked below: 1) Jack shit. The STB said that what the T and MassDot wanted was already covered by other agreements. 2) No, but it does give them trackage rights on it. Their daily train to Ayer will shift from the B&M to the B&A+the branch between Worcester and Ayer...

Do airlines get into fare wars when they share a market like this?

If the plan is to eliminate engine changes, why not extend wires to Richmond? Or Albany? The dual-modes are Amtrak waving the white flag, and saying that they don't believe the NEC electrified zone will expand for the next fifty years. I'm in my early 20s now; by the time the last of those...

Floating slabs are, at least in theory, vibration dampening. If there's any sensitive lab or medical equipment around the tunnels, vibrations could be an issue. Also, ties and ballast are bulkier than floating slabs. Every platform would have to be modified. And, while ballast is easier to...

Honestly, with the blue line harbor tunnel closed ferries from East Boston to Rowes Warf might be faster than tunnel traffic at rush hour.

The Neighborhood Restaurant (Portuguese diner) in Union Square is delicious and opens at 7.

Just called the T and got official confirmation that you are exactly right. Departure #1 is a 4:50 AM train to Heath Street.

Looks that way.

Among other places, yes.

Again, we need to bite the bullet and double-track the Quincy bottleneck already. It's a difficult project, but it solves so many of the problems with the old colony lines at once.