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I think it's more on the technical development and implementation they will be asking Keolis/the future operator related to electrification. I agree to an extent you should have in-house staff for this, but if they're going to keep outsourcing commuter rail, actually expanding the outsourcing to...

Maybe there's another thread for this, but the MBTA is more vocally/officially discussing an Alewife TOD RFP in the coming weeks. It's a shame this wasn't a few years earlier, they'd probably have developers piling on their door steps to put some labs up. Link Also notable:

New MBTA job posting: Rail Modernization Commercial Strategy Director Notably, the posting includes "primary responsibility for managing the development of the procurement strategy and documents for the 2027 Operator re-procurement, coordinating inputs to them from consultants and other...

It's the part of Cambridge/Greater Boston that I always get the feeling that it's the most proper urban neighborhood. I'll gladly accept it as a copy + paste for the rest of the region (though, nit-picking, the strip-malls and surface parking at and around Memorial Drive, and Memorial Dr itself...

Curious if you could qualify what constitutes a nice thing here... There are some good projects going up in NY and elsewhere that force some jealousy out of me, but NYC can have this one...

https://www.construction-physics.com/

Would requesting the project budget breakdown be an FOIA request?

They are leasing office space in various downtown office buildings.

^Lowell's quite grey in the off-months, and those buildings rendered are a lot of grey. Hopefully they get a splash of color in the next year.

Yes, these costs are high. However, note the presentation is specific about the scope in that these are full accessibility upgrades, specifically noting appropriate vertical circulation. In some cases this could mean at least 2 elevators, extensive ramps and extensive stairs squeezed within the...

I haven't personally been, but a friend went and had those exact complaints. It's definitely a temporary stage for a few extra hundred thousand in the meantime. They showed up and were confused where they were supposed to go (turns out - just stand in the mud), then they couldn't really see the...

Is there a term for the mechanical-esque/high-tech style ceiling design?

The people that would be meaningfully contributing a substantial amount of revenue to the state though this tax do not care about pavement quality.

Chances are if they're putting out a bid, they'll hit ADA upgrade requirements, so yes.

Hynes Station is listed as a 2025 construction bid on the MBTA business center website under upcoming construction advertisements.

It doesn't help that their husband flips houses here....

It doesn't look like they listened to the city from the last proposal, so hopefully this once again goes back to the drawing board. Somerville has been dragging their feet on planning around the new stops. They were floating a 5-year development moratorium at Ball Square despite no publicly...

That's a really interesting installation method... Also, I'm coming to like this building in it's form; the facade could be a step up. Something about how shiny it is when you walk by really cheapens it. A matte finish would give a more solid and "natural" look. I also still wish it was green...

T estimate is $4.5B for facilities. Arborway 15% cost estimate for construction was $495M, subject to change at this stage, but they're on track for that $4.5B mark.

Tough to hire and train a population (Springfield area) that doesn't have a recent history/talent for manufacturing. Our state legislature mandated they're assembled here without considering the consequences (or they did, and didn't care). They were also disqualified from bidding by the MBTA...