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To be fair, the main reason why areas around Kendall seem rather pale on the map is that those blocks are used by offices, and I suspect an analogous map showing job density would have the area as extremely dense. Housing does exist around Kendall - they just extend further out. And while we...

I downloaded the data from NHGIS. This tutorial explains it pretty well; the actual data can be downloaded here. One advantage of NHGIS (compared to other channels for accessing US Census data) is that not only does it guide you to the appropriate shapefiles for your selected dataset, but both...

I had always been bothered by how hard it is to find a good population density map of Boston. Even though it has obvious value in understanding our transit system and suggesting our own amateur proposals, most existing tools out there are either not well-suited for high-density areas or...

https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/399-to-1400-daily-brightline-commuters-will-have-to-pay-251-more-after-price-increase/amp/

Mass. Senate budget looks to invest $250M into transportation fund, source says: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/mass-senate-budget-looks-to-invest-250m-into-transportation-fund-source-says/ar-BB1lYeaA?ocid=socialshare&pc=SMTS&cvid=6d6aef4b69e1480dad7ec4b2f353df5f&ei=31

To be fair, I think a new extension (even just by 1-2 stops) will need to go through a lot more processes than replacing infrastructure on an existing route.

That's not how it works though. From the OMNY fare capping explanations: So if you visit NYC on Wednesday, May 8 and tap for the first time on that day, the 12-trip fare cap period lasts until Tuesday, May 14. If your next tap after the period is on May 18, it starts a new 7-day period that...

Let's also not forget that allowing riders of the Green Line (at surface stops) and buses to pay from the back of the vehicles is likely to provide a huge boost in revenue.

FYI, "XXX Loop" isn't without precedent in Boston either: The 36 bus has a stop that's officially named "Charles River Loop".

I got the same newsletter as @Koopzilla24, and a few of the bus priority updates sound very interesting: In February, Mayor Michelle Wu and GM Eng announced plans to redesign Blue Hill Avenue between Warren Street and Mattapan Station as a new multimodal corridor. The project will add a...

This data was produced using US Census OnTheMap, a rather specialized but easy-to-use interactive tool with employment data. Its most unique feature, one that I didn't use in the analysis above, is that it shows origin-destination employment data. For example, here's the distribution of workers...

Welcome to archBoston, @Hooledeli! I'll respond to the overall discussion on heavy rail conversion of GL later (I'm putting my thoughts in a blogpost, and I hope it won't disappoint). But I want to address one point quickly: Strong disagree. I analyzed job numbers in various employment...

The title looks like it's straight out of The Onion:

The E in 34E stands for East Walpole. That was its original terminus before the extension to Walpole Center: I do think it would have been much nicer if the former 616 route was renamed 34W upon the MBTA transfer, which can also stand for East Walpole, especially since no other MBTA bus...

The 101 bus in the Bus Network Redesign does this exact thing you mentioned:

https://www.cambridgeday.com/2024/04/26/mbta-says-it-cant-do-a-fare-free-no-1-bus-route-cambridge-staff-says-it-might-be-fundable-in-2026/

MBTA 2023 systemwide passenger survey is now live! Interactive tool: https://mbta-massdot.opendata.arcgis.com/apps/61aa97a6a4a64a179bc44df3ae75b6f3/explore Unfortunately, there seems to be a bug in the full spreadsheet, where no entries have any numerical data.

BEMUs probably don't need track upgrades (as mentioned in the description), though? Unless that item is just an umbrella term for generic improvements, which remains a possibility.

It appears that the latest CIP (released today) has an entry for "early action items" of what's essentially electrification, for Fairmount, Providence/Stoughton, Newburyport/Rockport, Haverhill, Fitchburg and Lowell lines:

Yeah, this is the point where I have to disagree with the "advocates", and I wonder if they ever take the 66 bus. For a heavily utilized transit corridors like this, the ideal should be 2 travel lanes, 2 bus lanes and 2 (hopefully protected) bike lanes, for a total of 55-60 ft wide. The section...