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Taken from the Hull Ferry:

Here's an (old, but still accurate) video about the O-Bahn busway system in Adelaide, South Australia (link below). The system uses regular, rubber-tired busses that run on a special guideway; on the guideway steering is mechanical and automatic. Currently, busses in the silver line transitway...

@bigeman312 , could I shoot you a DM about the ridership graphs you've been posting? I want to do a deeper dive into some of the data and would like to know how you're getting it/turning it into graphs.

The Harvard Upper Busway is closed again for renovations. Currently, several men and a jackhammer are forcibly lowering the level of the concrete approach to the upper busway. Cursory conversations with people in high-vis vests suggest the upper busway will exit this second round of renovations...

I was going to make a joke about how relentlessly dour Alon's blog is, but since reading it I cannot remember ever experiencing joy.

Another "New Heavy Rail Subway in Boston" pitch: this time blue-line related. How about Blue-Everett? Branch off the existing blue line tunnel under Maverick Square. Cut-and cover under Meridian street to a new station at Eagle Hill, then under Chelsea Creek to Chelsea Under. Portal up from...

Wouldn't the easiest way to unfuck all of this be to just go ahead and fix the Quincy Bottleneck?

Good news: a pair (edit: Transitmatters' New Train Tracker says two pairs!) of type 9's were running today. Whatever issue was present that kept them from running in two-car trains seems to have been resolved.

Even in this heat, work continues on the new Lechemere station.

Just outbound of the Medford Street bridge on the Union Square branch, the hanging of overhead wires looks nearly complete. (Picture taken from the Target parking lot)

Looking inbound from the current end of the Somerville Community Path, it's easier than ever to see the direction of things to come.

Yes; just looking at the site it's hard to tell.

8: Cross St. Bridge, looking inbound. East Somerville station is visible in the far distance. This is another place where track hasn't been laid yet, probably to allow construction equipment to access the ROW. 9: From the route 28 bridge, looking inbound again. The community path ramp is...

5: !!! Again, looking at the Union Square branch from McGrath. Is that...a catenary support? Wow, they grow up so fast, don't they. New project phase, here we come. 6: Same location, as an inbound Fitchburg Line train crawls towards North Station. The project ain't over until the speed...

Stopped by some of the project sites a few days ago and took some good pictures. 1: Looking inbound along O'Brien Highway just south of Lechemere station. A hi-rail truck and crew is installing catenary poles on the viaduct. I waved at them. They waved back. Please excuse any squished cars...

Picture three: What looks to be the base for a flight of stairs/an elevator at the far edge of the platform near the bridge.

Picture one: Taken from the Ball Square Bridge looking inbound along the line. They've certainly laid a lot of track since I was here last. Picture Two: Looking outbound along the platform. Presumably, the gap in the laid track here (along the inbound side of the platform) is there to allow...

No. CRRC has another factory in Illinois where these (and future cars for the CTA) are built. https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-cta-test-new-rail-cars-20210421-rr63up2vhveqdnrh6zeg5hsboi-story.html

Is there any reason they can't use the express track to help trains pass each other?

Ball Square is looking pretty swish