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I would say burn the T down and start from scratch, but in light of recent events it seems like the T is already trying.

(Actual Crazy transit pitch) Was Stephanie Pollack actually competent? During her tenure it seemed as though the T was (very) gradually improving. Maybe its rose colored glasses / pandemic brain fog, but it if l recall correctly the MBTA wasn’t lurching from crisis to crisis with major service...

The part where l was still in college so l could laugh at the incompetence from afar instead of having to rely on the OL to get me to my god-forsaken cube everyday.

Great so can’t even use the commuter rail as an alternative and this will make traffic even more apocalyptic now that everyone on a northside CR line will be encouraged to drive. The T only had two years to do this when no one was riding; instead it will overlap with the start of fall semester...

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/07/19/metro/photo-shows-deteriorated-column-haymarket-station-that-caused-chaotic-shutdown-subway-service-june/#bgmp-comments The Globe posted an article showing a picture of the damaged column that shut down Green and OL service last month. According to the...

That press release is titled Lynn Station to Temporarily Close on July 25 for Upgrades and Improvements However this paragraph is at the end, “The project is currently at 75% design. The specific length of time for the station closure will be determined when the design is fully complete, and...

First point is 100% correct. Unfortunately conveying the magnitude (geographically AND economically) of our flooding risk is something that doesn’t fit on a poster or in a slogan. People need to know the cost of doing nothing before they can even write their state rep. I had no idea how...

Agreed. Probably should have said working lifetime. Unfortunate that you are probably right about your ‘optimistic’ scenario. That flooding would make the impact caused by covid to the core look like child's play. The Ted, artery, and Calahan tunnels would be closed for weeks to months, the T...

That tool also drives the point home that either a barrier around the Harbor islands is built or Boston does not exist in 100 years. Too many of our cultural institutions and prized neighborhoods, the things that make Boston ‘Boston’ (in addition to a bleep ton of critical infrastructure) are...

Per Bigemans link; it really is a remarkably sharp cutoff at 5’ above MHHW. 4’ is almost unscathed and everyone would go into work the next day if some small scale defenses are implemented. But at 5’ the Charles and Mystic dams are overtopped and its Katrina level inundation. (Green represents...

https://www.wcvb.com/article/mbta-cutting-weekday-service-on-subways-in-response-to-federal-safety-directives/40323456 MBTA cutting heavy rail service to Saturday headways for the remainder of summer to comply with FTA safety directives. Green line unaffected. The MBTA states that this is due...

Pretty hideous but l’m hoping all these units next to the station will be the catalyst for a couple new restaurants to go in downtown and on Albion Street. Downtown Wakefield has good bones but only has 3, maybe 4 establishments open past 8 worth going to.

Permanently deleting the 136 and modifying the 137 to run the long way via 136’s old route to Reading. 137 is downgraded from 30 to 60 min service and no longer stops at Oak Grove, lengthening transfers to the OL. Significant downgrade between Malden and Wakefield center from 2019 when 136/137...

4/17 from I-93 in Andover. Pru and 1 Dalton.

This is why best practice is to have those overhead variable message signs blank unless there is a specific message worth displaying. Every one from 495 in was probably displaying a “Road Work Leveret Connecter, Seek Alt Route” message, but since they usually only display “Use ya blinka” or a...

If differential settlement is expected to be over a foot, we have wayyy bigger problems than sloppy looking poles :). Since l dont see baseplates, l would put money on all the piles being the same length, but with varying depths below grade. If they’re driven, makes sense to hit refusal at...

Green line service is back between Government Center and N. Station. Still skipping Haymarket stop.

Otherside of the same coin, the Pike would be much faster for those heading to 93 S by avoiding the light at Leveret and the Tip tunnel. That’s why a real traffic study would be needed to determine the trip distribution, effect on Pike/ Southbay interchange operations, and induced demand...

The justification for a ramp here is that Storrow is 1) serving a high percentage of traffic exiting the city in addition to inter neighborhood trips and 2) is a lower capacity facility than the Pike. The Charlesgate-Storrow interchange serves long distance traffic from Longwood and the...

Out of curiosity, I looked at the MVRTA bus routing from Haverhill to Lowell. Yikes. This is why the sterotype that only poor/desperate people take the bus exists. 2 hours with a long diversion to the Loop in Methuen and a transfer at Lawrence. For comparison, this is about a 30 minute...