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Anyone want to give an idea here of what is the resistance towards the connector? I can imagine reasons: NIMBY-ism, ideology, or budget constraints. But none of that explains it because the GM doesn't live next to the construction zone, probably doesn't operate on some secret kill transit...

To remind everyone, before Uber and Lyft first arrived in Boston, people my age (so Millennials in a time when Millennial was still the "youngest" demographic versus "Gen Z" now) did not use taxis. It was just too expensive while also too inconvenient to access. It was a last resort, as in like...

These are questions I hope we can get an answer. If the answers really are like "we're only working 16 a weekend" or "it cost too much to truck in floating slabs and do it Fast-14 style", then we finally (to my knowledge) have something tangible "answer". I have seen plenty of calls for increase...

So lurking around, I found this guy who seem to did some back-of-the-napkin math. If this guy is right, we'll need 5-6 years of weekend downtown shutdowns. Is this what we're looking at? Shutting down whole weekends in the Downtown core to replace ~300'-~500' feet of track against 58,000' of...

I'm not talking about creating Minneapolis, Cinci, or Atalanta. I'm talking a single pedestrian bridge going over the O'Brien. You just argued all pedestrian overpass are losers. So the pedestrian overpass at Charles MGH should just be curbing and paint? Same for the one at the Hatch Shell...

Like I said, even in a road dieted version, it is still inherently less safe than a bridge. You can't beat with just not being there at all. And there's something to be said of the single street crossing of the current Lechmere to reach the Galleria. But since it's a island platform, you're...

I can see from the renders that the answer is "no". But I do recall people taking issue and I hoped that it would be accounted in the future. Is there any plans for a pedestrian bridge over O'Brien Highway? With the volume Lechmere gets and particularly the number that goes to Cambridge...

If you're talking about the "I don't really know" style of my recent posts, deal with it. It's an acknowledgement when I state stuff that I know that I don't really know. One of those things are that I have noticed recently is that I am learning a lot more now from official mouthpieces. I pick...

Maybe it is just because I just didn't know where to look before. But the existence of the FMCB is acting like a regular press release of information. Also seems like is acting like a force making the MBTA constantly posts projects and updates on them. I'm not sure on the truthfullness of that...

I heard plenty of time of "signal issue" or "mechanical issue". I can categorize the issue myself, sometimes hearing the exact issue means I can get a guess on the severity of the issue too. Meanwhile telling me the vague "signal issue" means a whole larger level of vagueness that leaves me...

It sounds like the MBTA has been taking a super cautious approach. They found every damn possible angle to test the train and then tested it some more. And even though they have released the train, they are still testing by letting her ride only between rush hours. Essentially creating a test...

I'll take the "malicious compliance". Does the additional information truly change the situation, I guess it won't. But information and transparency has value in-and-of itself. Weren't y'all annoyed back then when the delays happens and all we get the exact same vague statements? How they will...

I remember they announced they need to shut down the Viaduct years ago. Why haven't they finished the design back then and have the timing prepared already rather than rushing to finish the design now? They knew it back then, there was even a panic back then at the first announcement. MBTA...

I'm glad to hear that. Let's make sure they put that on blast so everyone knows so we can hold it to them. I'm so tired of previous weekend shutdowns where the only thing we know are "signal upgrades" or "winter resiliency". If that was just a few times, I would accept that. But when it is done...

That is good, but I would like more specifics. At least they are saying the completion of the project will see palpable results. But if they can say something like "decrease travel time by 2 minutes", "increase speed limit in this section from 30 mph to 40 mph", "decommission the slow zone...

Thank god. I was about to panic. Then the announcement of weekend shutdowns is severely tempering morale. This is a much needed morale boost. I was only imagining a delay announcement and its morale effects. Imagine if they announce a delay AND the weekend shutdowns.

These 4 are particularly inter-related to me. Is this the start of a big push to fix things. To kill off a huge backlog so we return to actually decent service. Or the start of a new, even worse normal. Transit Matters apparently trying to persuade the MBTA to sell the weekend shutdowns as a...

That actually depends. They are selling this as a "rip the bandaid" type of thing. That should mean the payoff should be something noticeable. We should see less slow zones, service disruptions from power outages, service disruptions from trash fires, and service disruptions from signal issues...

That's a debatable claim. One can argument that the existing examples in the world says yes. But then there's NYC where they are in a similar state disrepair. But they are essentially implementing a congestion charge with a promise to see transit repair back to a state of good repair. Though...

With a more serious tone, I am really hoping that the OL get the new train started already. I have been forgiving based on their reasons they gave. I even see an ironic gain where since the software issue doesn't stop delivery of more train sets, the release of the new trains will have a more...