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I really want to see more outdoor dining in DTX. I think it feels like there aren't many restaurants because they're mostly tucked away on side streets and have no outdoor seating. I can imagine restaurants spilling out into a pedestrian zone. This would really add a lot of life to the street.

The biggest problem I see is that MassDOT has insisted on keeping 12 lanes in the final configuration: 8 on I-90 and 4 on SFR. If they relaxed that requirement, they'd be able to easily fit everything at-grade. Given that the City's GoBoston 2030 plan looks to reduce the percentage of people...

I couldn't believe how many vacant storefronts there are on Bromfield St right now. Clearly the property owners are asking WAY too much for rent. It's like a ghost town while the rest of the area is thriving.

Oh interesting that it has international style running-man EXIT signs.

That's because the slot machines don't pay out. I've played them twice and it was a total waste of time.

Oh? https://www.wbur.org/bostonomix/2016/04/25/boston-traffic-history

News: "Boston is choking on traffic congestion." BPDA: "We just approved ~1000 parking spaces to be built on top of South Station." Ummmm...

The MOS does have rental lockers also, which in my experience are very well used.

It's not historic and it's not particularly attractive either. The ground floor is pretty abysmal to pedestrians.

I really hate that with many park renovations lately the City refuses to put benches in them. I'm guessing they're trying to discourage homeless people, but it seems like a really flawed strategy. People need comfortable places to sit!

I personally get car-sick when I try to read or do something (as a passenger) in stop-and-go-traffic, so I suspect that for many people, working in an autonomous car won't be particularly viable. A train is a much smoother and more comfortable ride.

https://commonwealthmagazine.org/opinion/double-standards-at-the-mbta/

I don't understand why it's necessary to remove a crosswalk in order to give signal priority to the 57. Seems strange to me.

My thought for connecting SL 1/2/3 and SL 4/5 would be to create a portal at South Station and convert Essex St into a two-way bus (and bike)-only roadway.

The biggest issue IMO with transit to the Seaport is that because the SL ends at South Station, it's a 2 seat ride MINIMUM for pretty much everyone. Red Line and SL4 riders can do it in 2 seats. Transfer to every other line require a 3 seat ride. Especially at off-peak times when traffic isn't...

WTF is wrong with architects today?!

I agree with the comments about massing. For me, it's not the total size that's the problem. I'm totally fine with the number of units. We clearly need more housing. I have no worries about the parking situation. It's that the details feel very out of scale with the surrounding buildings. The...

It's mainly an aesthetic thing, I think. Changes in height between buildings tend to look better when they step up rather than having a 2-3 story building directly next to a 7 story building. I also think the massing is a problem. The scale of the details in the new building feels off...

Agreed. Given that most buildings in this area are about 3 stories tall, 7 is a bit much. If anything, I would say that 4 stories should probably be the max at this particular location. It's isolated and not around a transit hub or anything like that either, where pushing the height might be...

Would there be any benefit to subdividing the lot and developing them separately?