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Charles St. is allegedly part of a “separate, ongoing planning process” which sounds fishy to me.

That’s mostly true, but the bridge over the MBTA yard will be most useful for bikes and ebikes. The high incline, lack of sitting areas, and lack of shelter in the middle of the air makes it seem pretty undesirable for pedestrians. From where the community path ends now there aren’t any great...

I wish they had set the light posts a few feet back so it could be easily widened in the future. The 10ft width of this path means it’s going to be at capacity the day it opens. The Minuteman at 12 feet wide already needs widening.

Has anyone tried to stick a housing tower on top of a lab yet? This could be difficult with the mechanicals on the roof, but as long as they have separate entrances I don’t see why you can‘t put 20 floors of housing on top of a 4 floor lab.

With the recently passed e-bike legalization in the Transportation Bond Bill, do we expect more communities to allow dockless e-scooters like Bird and Lime? Massachusetts seems to be an outlier in how few of its cities allow dockless vehicles. A google search is showing only P-town and...

Appears they might have cut down some trees they shouldn’t have:

I’m confident that the operating speed on the viaduct was supposed to be up to 50mph. I can’t believe their ”fix” is implying it will only ever run at half that speed. Will the entire GLX be speed limited to 25?

So this theoretically could help the dispatcher staffing issues identified by the FTA?

Does the new signal system streamline dispatching? As in, when the new system is complete would the T be able to have more trains running per dispatcher? I imagine that fully automated systems would have less of a need for dispatchers, but maybe I just don’t know what exactly the dispatchers do.

I know the Healey campaign has been pretty light on specifics, but are there any ideas of who would (or should) be picked for Sec. of Transportation? Jim Aloisi again?

You’re right, on second thought I might be recalling the idea of using CX as a staging area. Maybe they could use a lot in Brickbottom. Since the name of the last study was ”NSRL reassessment“ maybe they’ll call this one the “rereassessment”.

$1 million for NSRL design study in latest transportation bond bill. Anyone know what this study would uncover that previous studies haven’t? Or is it just a chance to un-sandbag the previous study? I’m pretty sure the last study proposed the Northside portal to be where Cambridge Crossing is...

I did this, there’s nothing at the Encore side to indicate that the path is closed where the path starts and I wasn’t inclined to double back. The footing is a bit treacherous but it still felt safer and faster than crossing the Revere Beach Parkway.

A new theater for the Seaport: Alamo Drafthouse Cinema will open in former ShowPlace Movie fanatics, rejoice: A snazzy cinema will take over the former home of the ShowPlace Icon Theater in the Seaport District starting early 2023. That’s when Austin-based chain Alamo Drafthouse Cinema plans...

I’m really not following what about the Union Square to Lechmere service precludes them working on the tunnel? Are they loading their equipment into a construction car at Union Square and riding it back and forth to GC?

Don't forget the B Branch is also closed until July 1st.

Any ideas why GLX service is ending at Lechmere instead of North Station? The last time they shut down service for the Haymarket garage the shuttle busses began at North Station, much more convenient for commuter rail transfers.

I heard from an employee that after the move they are turning their old place into a wine bar, very excited.

Is a Shore Line East extension to Providence possible or planned? It would be great for the gap between MBTA and SLE to be closed. I imagine it would enable a cheaper Boston > NYC option than the Northeast Regional.

I imagine an air rights project would be immensely easier and cheaper if completed while the highway and tracks beneath it are also under construction right?