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Btw, today is the Somerville Planning Board Meeting. Including the hearing for the lab is on the agenda. It starts at 6 PM. It is virtual. https://www.somervillema.gov/events/2022/08/04/planning-board-meeting

I noticed that too. If you go back to Sneijder's post back on July 12, the linked MBTA Tweet announced they replaced 500 ft of tracks - FTA mandated tracks, but 500 ft and thus lifted the speed limit back to 25 mph and will be 40 mph "once completed" Our subsequent comments back then that it...

That meeting was petty short. They presented these main points The bus contract A response to a comment that pass holders can use the commuter rail within zone 1A and zone 2 A follow-up question to look into a solution to fare-only users which Poftak says he'll look with but says he think the...

Do you like, only follow this thread or something, Javon? You are aware there’s a general MBTA thread (which everyone else been lamenting in it) and others have informed you before, right?

Not sure if you're just trying to lighten the mood or trying to meme away the increasing recognition in the debacle of the conflict between Scott and Baker that Scott is looking increasingly prescient and Baker has failed (or you can't say his policy look like he did any real good) to the 7...

A 30-day shutdown. The justification is to make a massive dent in the deferred maintenance backlog with the lynchpin to be completing the tasklist of the FTA mandates. There's two contradictory interpretations of this: The more generous interpretation is this is "real" rip-the-band-aid. For...

I have to say that's speculative. Isn't the typical stereotype of the community meeting with 80 year old senior citizens is they are against absolutely any development? Though your likely rebuttal is this the one case that's different because killing off bars is desirable than development, it's...

I am annoyed at this piece of info - https://digboston.com/davis-square-developer-plans-lab-space-as-small-businesses-await-unknown-fate/ Particularly at this quote On the Davis SQ FB, I would describe it as outright hostile (and it is notable I think Davis Sq FB group is more supportive for...

It is risk of sterilization of the streets is not from the façade or uniformity of the storefronts, it's rents. All the nicest façade and greatest pain for preserving storefronts does not help when the biggest factor why the most likable businesses exists in a sweet spot of rent prices...

I'm not sure that's the lesson. By that lesson, the Zakim bridge was a mistake as its design was also unnecessary for its purpose. And was a bunch of other bridges that used novel designs at the time it was built. Granted this is just a local bridge and not a cornerstone of a massive project, a...

In theory, the capital projects should provide some relief. Like the Orange Line fire wouldn't have happened if the New Orange Line Trains already arrived. Also events like like repeated runaway Red Line trains. Of course, without a competent/capable/able Operations, the best case is we'll...

To post more MBTA news that have recently developed but I don't see any post here. First, it seems more repurcussion of the Orange Line Train Fire debacle has pulled in the lawyers that we've see on a bunch of billboards - including on the Orange Line at some point...

If a turnaround is dependent on state politics and there's no "rock bottom" where dysfunction finally forces action or somehow a system can't decline past, then I think logic says the only place we can go is ultimately collapse. As in train line is shut down, train can't run, tunnel is closed...

I think the people who are speculating the heavy rail spur is imaging the spur goes beyond the stadium area but into the areas that should have heavy rail. I mean ones who are making maps and list out speculative stations are listing stations more than just Encore/Stadium.

Talking about MBTA GMs is making me think about to the GMs we had in the past - particularly the ones that was active while this forum been existing and thus we commentated and discussed about them. Ordered by Most Recent (interim omitted) Steve Poftak Luis Ramírez Beverly Scott Rich Davey...

I believe the Orange line has only 1 train driver per train. Over a decade ago there used to be 2 but it was redundant long before then. 1 person evacuating hundred of passengers is going to have a delayed response. It's not like there's place to stand on a platform to give directions. This is...

My typical understanding is systems under active investigation usually try to show their best side. Yet here we are, the train is on fire in the most visible and dramatic possible fashion. I'm guessing this is an incident that having the new trains come in would resolve it. But the old trains...

A major reason why some cites like Hong Kong is able to run, but also run profitably is air rights. As long the MBTA gets a good cut, this would be a good way for the MBTA to get some sorely needed fund. Though why does it feel like the MBTA is dragging its feet to this possible source of money...

I don't have any answer about Yaboo Fence. But here some photos of some late night rail work. Hopefully it's final stretch stuff.

Personally, I really like Sam Adams Field because it actually sounds like we named the field after the our local Founding Father rather than the modern norm of corporate advertisement. If naming rights is going to be sold, I hope Sam Adams bids.