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    General Infrastructure

    I wouldnt trust a US agency to be able to maintain something like that past 18 months
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    Biking in Boston

    Whoever sells the black chain link fence is ready to retire in the Caribbean after this contract
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    General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT)

    DC was also built fully with elevators pre-ADA. But thats because they cared about rider comfort. It was all about attracting people to transit. Padded seats. Carpets. Air conditioned stations. Escalators. We've completely reverted back to hating transit riders
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    Logan Airport Flights and Airlines Discussion

    Heathrow has incredibly high taxes/fees so a rock bottom fare still ends up costing around $400
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    Other People's Rail: Amtrak, commuter rail, rapid transit news & views outside New England

    Yeah they did a whole big thing last year about adding the sleepers...and then 6 months later the entire train was pulled from the schedule with no announcement and no info.
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    Green Line Extension to Medford & Union Sq

    Yeah way too much chain link fence everywhere.
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    MBTA "Transformation" (Green Line, Red Line, & Orange Line Transformation Projects)

    Is this just going to be a yearly thing? I swear they started this shit 10 years ago
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    Green Line Extension to Medford & Union Sq

    I underestimated. Approximately $31 billion in new defense spending, which will bring total national defense spending up to $813 billion. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/28/bidens-2023-budget-would-hike-taxes-on-the-ultra-rich-and-corporations-boost-defense-spending.html
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    MBTA Commuter Rail (Operations, Keolis, & Short Term)

    The app needs a MY TRAIN WAS CANCELLED REFUND ME BITCH option
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    MBTA Commuter Rail (Operations, Keolis, & Short Term)

    I wonder if the retail tenants are happy they are being gated away from potential customers
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    Green Line Extension to Medford & Union Sq

    The bike path is necessary for the inevitable 2 week maintenence shutdowns
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    Green Line Extension to Medford & Union Sq

    IMO the only failure of the extension, aside from being 10+ years late, is the lack of escalators to Lechmere. Everything else looks good. Alon is pretty obsessed with costs, and in some cases, thats important, but the political reality these days is that money is made up. Every single year...
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    MBTA "Transformation" (Green Line, Red Line, & Orange Line Transformation Projects)

    "Governor Baker announces free Tesla rides to and from VA Hospital"
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    MBTA "Transformation" (Green Line, Red Line, & Orange Line Transformation Projects)

    Any E line reconstruction will involve electric wires over a public street and we've been told that just doesnt work. Curious.
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    Green Line Extension to Medford & Union Sq

    Lechmere had a bunch of fare gates right? Where did they go?
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    MBTA "Transformation" (Green Line, Red Line, & Orange Line Transformation Projects)

    I said this in the beginning. I lived in DC. They started "ripping off the band-aid" with extended closures after the 2009 crash. A decade later and it has never stopped. Horrendous weekends. Extended closures. It's now the new norm.
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    Green Line Extension to Medford & Union Sq

    Heavy, heavy, sigh
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    Green Line Extension to Medford & Union Sq

    Someone said theyre on the Fairmount line these days
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    Green Line Extension to Medford & Union Sq

    Nothing to do with coins, it would just be a place to tap that isnt the same place where you do other transactions
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    Other People's Rail: Amtrak, commuter rail, rapid transit news & views outside New England

    I found the guy who needs the Albany-Boston commuter service ASAP

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