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In terms of getting a handle on "what's next" for T expansion projects, it's probably a good time to get reacquainted with priorities identified in Go Boston 2030 since much of it was developed when Finadaca was BTD Commissioner. Much of that plan was put together assuming there would be a...

Don't forget to add something running from Ruggles to Mattapan Square. With the Columbus Ave center-running extension and Blue Hill Ave moving forward, it's probably the least "crazy" in terms of a transit pitch.

I feel like there would be a lot more support for development if most of it looked as good as this project. Fits in well while adding density and contributing to the urban fabric. Excited to see it done.

Yeah, we definitely need camera-based enforcement, which many other transit systems have (NY, AC Transit in the East Bay, SF, etc.), but it's also about design. I've gotten to ride the Columbus Ave lanes a lot in the last year, and there's noticeably less driving / parking in the bus lanes given...

The Mass Ave bus lanes are already striped (red markings haven't gone down yet - probably too cold at this point). They're at both sides of the bridge approaching Boston and Cambridge - probably a couple hundred feet long each). For other BRT projects, I think BostonBRT has a decent tracker...

This? Available on the project webpage, for reference.

I've heard that this was definitely more of a priority under Walsh, when it got a lot of criticism given the cost relative to other citywide priorities (and Mayor Wu is definitely thinking citywide with other transportation projects and programs).

I think he could do a good job, but his expertise is mostly project delivery (albeit, big, complicated projects) and not necessarily day-to-day operations, the latter the T sorely needs. I think there's been talk of him staying on to work on Red-Blue or Allston I-90, either of which (or both -...

Are we reaching the point where we need to have light rail on Revere Beach Parkway? This is a lot of density coming virtually overnight.

In that case, I feel like this is another sad instance of MassDOT skating toward the puck - the goal ten years from now should be no cars on Storrow Drive. It's really aggravating to see small-mindedness and reactiveness guiding projects like these.

MBTA board just voted in favor of this new bus network map, which would be implemented in annual phases over the next five years, starting next year. More info online here.

It's officially scheduled to open the 18th:

Revised map for the T's network redesign coming out later today - some sneak peaks like restoring the 39 to Copley Sq included in this article: https://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/2022/10/27/mbta-redesigns-its-bus-route-redesign-after-onslaught-of-critiques

Sorry if this has been asked / discussed recently, but it seems based on the activity on the ground that they're (fingers crossed / knocking on every piece of wood available, etc.) nearing completion and almost ready to start service for the Medford Branch. I've heard some whispers from some...

Bus lane with cones apparently happening on Brookline Ave - anyone seen it in action?

There has been sooooo much research that counters the conception that helmets (and other biking apparel) = cycling safety, and the majority of evidence (not people shaking fists at clouds) I've seen points to better street design, getting a greater diversity of people riding, and getting more...

Bus lanes going down on Huntington Ave near Brigham Circle, LMA, and Northeastern:

I really think that chasing after driverless buses is terrible for addressing the short-term crisis. Why would you want to work somewhere (or be invested working somewhere) when the goal is to make your job obsolete? For the foreseeable future, we are going to need human operators, and the...

It's retirements, but also lots of other things - lack of bathroom access, crap working conditions, bad schedules, assaults on operators, bad pay for junior employees, all the stress and strain of the pandemic, fears of privatization, lack of affordable housing that allows for a decent commute...

Having a service that connects Montreal, the White Mountains, Portland, and Boston would be a win-win-win-win from all perspectives. It is insanely hard to get to the White Mountains today without a car for a hiking / camping trip (you can make it happen with Concord Coach and the AMC shuttle...