Search results

I think you misunderstood. It's the lack of funding that likely contributed to the fact that they didn't buy new vehicles to replace their current fleet that is over 40 years old earlier. As a result, a battery explodes and now you have this bruhaha over having to run vehicles on their last...

Better that they have discovered this now than finding out after a collapse a la ceiling panel falling and crushing a car like the Tip o'Neill tunnel. Honestly more bad discoveries right now is a good thing. It forces the politicians to actually do something about it and spend on infrastructure

There isn't a failure mode. It's referring to the fact that the batteries failed and exploded. You can Google up "electric bus battery explode" and you'll see cases like this. This is why you're not allowed to bring lithium batteries on planes because they can fail, ignite, and explode very...

Mmmmm I think it has to a lot more to do with money, or the lack thereof...yes it's that

The day of reckoning has finally arrived for the MBTA. Years of mismanagement and underfunding have finally come to a head and forced the issue. This series of unfortunate events needed to happen before things change

Nice video on Toronto's changing skyline and future developments I'm hoping that this densification strategy will take hold in LA as well. There's been a lot of proposed high rises and skyscrapers in the pipeline here but at a rate far below Toronto

Honestly, the rollout isn't much different than the rollout of the Hyundai Rotem commuter rails trains in the early 2010s. I think Henry Alan is probably correct in that there is just better communication of issues than there were in past rollouts

It's ok to make comparisons with Miami. Each city in the world have something to offer/redeeming qualities

I honestly sympathize for the people living in the Greater Boston area. With views like this obstructing residential development, more and more residents will struggle to afford goods or contribute to their retirements because more of their income will go into rising rents or mortgages.

And that's what makes you different from me; I don't empathize with a condition. I acknowledge the discrimination and oppression that Jewish people face, alongside every other people that have been discriminated. I don't invalidate their experience. I don't say nor believe in problematic things...

Nope my other Asian colleague who is also of fair height and made important contribution was also not promoted (he's the same height as many of the white colleagues here who not every single one of them are over 6 ft) and the moment he left, his team was in shambles which unsurprisingly I was...

Please stop using Asians in your attempt to "blow a hole" on the oppression that other non-white race face. Asians immigrants were not brought here as slaves, denied education, and then had their town burned down because they became too successful (Tulsa Race Massacre). Many Asian immigrants...

Bangkok did it a year earlier than the one in NYC. This one is 1050 ft

This is behind a paywall but the latest article on it states that the project is in doubt due to the funding issue as a result of the pandemic. I haven't heard anything since from MP about any progress on the affordable housing piece and wouldn't be surprised if they scrap it given that no one...

The mistake was choosing Millennium Partners in the first place who won because they offered the highest bid then backtracked on the requirements including the affordable housing piece. They got their goodwill from filling the crater in dtx, they should get none going forward.

Probably infeasible. You're just as likely to slam into a nearby high rise by the wind.

In case you're wondering, here's the fire evacuation plan for the Burj Khalifa. There's probably something similar in place for these towers. https://global.ctbuh.org/resources/papers/download/1300-burj-dubai-life-safety-and-crisis-response-planning-enhancements.pdf

I would say, had WT been less of a box shape or wasn't all glass then it could be more distinctive. Minneapolis is a good example of having 3 towers of similar height as their tallests but each being able to stand out on it's own thanks to the difference in material and shape of the towers. So...

It's been discussed earlier. The different in height between MT and WT is 6 ft which in itself wouldn't be noticeable and WT sits somewhere between 15-30 ft below MT. Given that information, regardless of where in that grade range WT sits, there will be no instance where WT would look...