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Looks like there's been some updates on the Blue Hill Ave project, including this rendering video: The open houses start tomorrow night - if you like this, show up and speak out cause you know the haters will be in full force! Here are the dates: November 19, 2024, 5:30 PM Open House | Blue...

I did not but Boston.com has this right-up; sounds like the main changes are re-shuffling the lane assignments and including signal separation to mitigate conflicts with cyclists and drivers. That's according to Boston's traffic planner, but I'm assuming they'll try to do it on both sides of the...

Def re: Morton St. MassDOT should be getting hell for not having a sidewalk along it for a good portion between Harvard St and Arborway. Completely unacceptable for a major road in a city.

And there seems to be some behind-the-scenes reasons for that gap in Mattapan Square in the northbound direction. This start to the bike lane south of Babson is angled such that it might be connecting through the parcel at 1590 Blue Hill Ave (which happens to be under review for redevelopment -...

Need to back up this hunch a bit more but if this is all done as a single construction project (which seems to be the plan), this would be the single biggest expansion in safe, separated bike facilities in Boston (just shy of 6 miles if you count both directions). That's no small thing when you...

Was just poking around the MBTA's project page and there's some more information including this rendering of Walk Hill St that I've never seen before: There's also a like to a website that walks through the design and asks you to weigh in on the alternatives at different sections. There's...

I like this idea, but it sounds like fare-capping is what's in the cards (and seems to be an equitable, well-worn policy approach used in other transit systems like Portland, OR). I think fare-capping essentially gets at your idea but not quite. In general, the MBTA needs to be providing a lot...

McGee is a solid new chairman. If ever there was a time for Blue Line to Lynn to happen, it'd be now - former state senator and Lynn mayor with solid political clout who's made a career out of getting transit investments to Lynn and the North Shore.

Very fair point to add. I just find it funny that 4-5 years ago under Baker, so many transit-minded advocates and electeds were pushing for NSRL but it seems nowhere now on the agenda. Disappointed to see it fade at a moment when we should be asking "how do we do this project?" rather than...

I'm honestly surprised that there's been a lack of reference to North-South Rail Link as a potential solution to this very clear and present operational problem. I worry that this is just another instance of highway project costs taking precedent over transit ones. It can not only transform...

Maine DOT and the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority taking another go at extending Downeaster service between Brunswick and Rockland with another RFP: https://www.pressherald.com/2024/10/10/maine-seeks-new-operator-to-revive-rockland-branch-rail-line/

If Arlington wants the Red Line, they are going to need a political champion to persistently fight for it for at least 10+ years. The Green Line Extension and South Coast Rail are both good case studies for how transit expansion projects can get done in our political system (I'm not defending...

I definitely don't disagree with Providence deserving a light rail / streetcar system, but I don't think that means that Worcester isn't worth a comparable investment. Across state lines, it's not necessarily a zero sum game. If local and state leaders in Worcester were serious about advocating...

yeah, my thought exactly. they make it a point to say that the current one-trip-per-day service currently isn't great (without acknowledging one trip more ain't great either). based on the investment, we better be getting at least five trips per day out of this - that's what the Downeaster has...

MBTA plans them and recommends them to the right of way owner, so either the municipality or the state agency that owns the roadway, for final approval.

That's largely up to Swampscott and / or Lynn really! BlueBikes is a publicly-owned bike-share with each of the service area municipalities paying into it. The ten cities and towns BlueBikes serves have bought into the system. Sometimes MassDOT and the MPO provide capital funding for buying new...

I wouldn't read too much into this graphic as a complete representation of this specific project. The rendering matches their separated bus lane graphic from the MBTA's BRT toolkit (page 25/77), which MBTA released last year. They probably didn't have a rendering or good illustration for this...

The general answer is that it depends on the roadway jurisdiction, whether that is municipal (Boston or Cambridge or Brookline, etc.) or state agency (DCR parkway, MassDOT highway, etc.). Even among municipalities, the enforcement entity can vary depending on the situation (in Boston, if it's a...

Really nice to see the new Fairmount Line spring / summer schedule take effect today with service every 30-mins for most of the service day. I know the rest of the system has a long way to go until the Regional Rail vision is achieved, but still this is a good step worth celebrating (especially...

some updates on some JP projects in construction around the Washington St area: 1595-1599 Columbus Avenue: 3368 Washington Street - Pine Street Inn site looks like it's wrapping up: 3371 Washington Street - site has been demolished and getting ready for construction: Couple smaller...