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Was tunneling explored as an option?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guided_bus For very minimal cost, this would greatly increase speed/capacity, and would allow both BRT and LRT simultaneously

So I guess all the new buildings being built in downtown Wormtown are all being built by delusional people. I'm going to guess that, baring data from you, the funders dumping a billion or more into Worcester may have data that refutes your feelings.

Worcester County grew by about 8 % between 2000 and 2020

Worcester Line improvements also facilitate "CompassRail" development. Worcester is the fastest growing city in the NE and better transit is needed to continue. The Worcester Line is the 2nd most used line

This is a tragedy

And since the MBTA has nothing to do with it, it is not costing $40 million.

Cost

The solution is RL to Arlington Heights and a single track LRT to Bedford

It would be Boston Glass in that case

The trolleybus expenses are total bs. The T was trying to get rid of the catenary and cooked the numbers to justify it

No, there was no "requirement". There is no "requirement" the Boston use New Flyers. Yet I can't recall the last time I rode anything else

Stadler wasn't offering FLIRTs because the T has made it clear that they are still in Bilevelland. Ask for flats and you will get flats. And the premium for top performance is not that significant

TM profiles based on Stadler FLIRT. I'm unclear as to why the T could not buy them

Worcester Airport is about 3.5 miles from a potential station site, and most of the route is an underutilized 4 lane 45mph boulevard

TMs numbers presume EMU service, not conventional push-pull

Of course, if timed properly, Hartford Line could transplatform transfer onto those eight LSL lites

Significantly larger than Hartford, Providence or Springfield

The tower of the old station lasted until 290 was built, and the postcard towers seem short. There were two bus stations on Madison, one for Trailways and one for Greyhound

Sorry, Newtonville