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Are any of the HRT tracks rated for 50-60mph? Seems like even Red tops out at 40-45mph on the straightaways between kendall/central. Speaking of which, is the same thing going to happen for the Red Line in october? It really is a lose-lose.. if the maintenance isn't as "dire" to require a full...

Aug 19 to Sept 18 - official dates are out for the shutdown. We're fortunate that the two ends of the OL run parallel to CR trains that pull into Back Bay and North Station, with the Green Line providing train service through the core. The NEC is probably running at capacity but is there any...

Thanks for sharing some of that data - I was speaking from anecdotes in that stretch of SFR always seems less congested (compared to east of fenway, etc) and free flowing even during peak periods. However, it seems that dropping lanes either from the pike or SFR will reduce capacity to some...

The design of this thing just seems all-in-all car centric with the #1 priority being to preserve all road capacity. Given that the project won't be completed well into next decade anyway (when climate mandates to reduce carbon footprint will near their deadlines), it seems highly reasonable to...

I'm surprised that they were able to resume service so quickly after this incident - trains already running on their usual 10min headways now, suggesting that there's zero damage to the third rail or power systems.

http://archboston.com/community/threads/general-mbta-topics-multi-modal-budget-massdot.971/post-432696 see discussion in the general topics thread here..

Wow - had no idea they were publishing this data. 5-6 mins lost per red/orange line trip is >10% loss in system capacity (a 45-min end to end trip taking 50 minutes). If headways are limited by lack of rolling stock (as in the case of orange at times) doing track work will literally be the...

MBTA twitter posted about this track work that lifted a speed restriction which has been in place since 2016. This may be related to the FRA investigation into the T. Mind-numbing that track work isn't prioritized for making trip times faster. I have a feeling that if a stretch of I-90 had...

While we're on this topic, it'd be great to see the city use more raised intersections/brick intersections where cars are forced to slow down and yield, and eliminate traffic signals entirely. This is feasible in areas where car traffic is low enough and speeds are reduced. With the build-out of...

Sadly Sun Country scrapped the route along with several others after running flights for 2-3 weeks. Seems like there hasn't been demand to support it ever since.

I didn't see any press release about this, but I'm seeing a couple BOS-MSN (Madison, WI) direct trips on Aug 21 and Aug 24. Looks like both AA and Delta are offering them. Not sure if this is some one-time back-to-school flight or some one-off repositioning of aircraft, but I do hope someone can...

I know I'm ranting a bit, but this kind of makes me lose faith in the MBTA adopting true EMU regional rail in our lifetimes. As if they are just saying "here you can have your electric train so the transit and climate advocates can stop bothering us" rather than an actual consideration of making...

https://www.transit.dot.gov/sites/fta.dot.gov/files/2022-06/FTA-Special-Directive-22-4_0.pdf As frustrating as this is, the T is aggressively hiring to try and bring back dispatchers earlier to restore service. This now has to be one of the highest ROI-investments the state can make.. the...

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2022/04/29/city-of-boston-reboots-plans-for-bus-priority-corridor-between-north-south-stations/ North-to-South Station high frequency bus was rebooted with initial designs due next year. This feels like a temporary solution to NSRL but I feel this needs some...

For those who have been following, Cambridge is pushing forward with putting up protected bike lanes across Mass Ave (they added quick-build separated lanes between Central and Harvard last fall) and will do Porter Square next in short order. As a resident that bikes to work these lanes have...

This is painful to read. These NIMBY surburbanites are probably the same folks with their massive SUV's and complaining about how much worse traffic has gotten. If we don't allow more living near the train (which by-design would predominantly be taking the train and boosting CR ridership)...

Do the existence of tail tracks (pushing the platform further away from the street) allow the trains to approach at a higher speed? Or are they forced down to 10mph along the entire length of the platform anyway? And I absolutely cannot believe the location of the bike cage. Do we really need...

Despite the safety culture there sure still seem to be a lot of Green Line incidents. Sure, some derailments are due to ancient rolling stock on Red/Orange, but the last few Green Line incidents I can remember seem to be operator error..

hopefully this is just temporary to let the new ballast settle? The stop sign is troubling however.

Such a relief that they are re-opening the Berkeley St exits. Never made much sense to me why they kept these closed when the pathways are already there (at least as an exit-only egress or something). I work on Berkeley St and having to double-back from the train to Arlington St, then walk back...