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https://www.wcvb.com/article/who-is-eligible-for-mbta-low-income-fares-march-2024/60336510

A detailed analysis of changes in commute patterns in various parts of the world: https://www.ft.com/content/0e9c8cfe-6d31-4201-b807-8d304e1e4fa9

A problem is that in a Regional Rail world, rerouting Franklin (and thus Foxboro) trains to Fairmount Line is a near certainty, as the line's flat junctions affect operations too much. The question is how many trains will go there. I think people like @F-Line to Dudley have been pretty insistent...

Definitely fair points. To be clear, my concern was entirely with local traffic. I don't see why through-traffic that do not interfere with JP would use this corridor, rather than the parallel Arborway-Pond St-Jamaicaway to the west, which is way more auto-friendly. (Indeed, Google Maps' current...

Assuming the 39 corridor is turned into either one-way traffic or entirely car-free, how would you redesign the street grid to ensure that the 80-94% of car owners in Jamaica Plain don't get totally screwed over? By this, I'm not saying "we're losing parking lots" or "our trip will get slowed...

One more comment for tonight, that's very much disconnected from all of the above -- just a food for thought. In other words... How many other blocks of about 9,000 jobs/mi^2 are out there, needing better transit service, and yet not getting any calls for an LRT of any route (or occasionally an...

(continued) Fact using a different methodology: Using the Census OnTheMap job takers counts as a proxy for population, I found that the C's walkshed has 98% more job takers than the 39's unique walkshed (i.e. not covered by the E). This matches pretty well with my own calculations of...

Given the conversation has now grown substantially in all directions, I will first address very specific points mentioned above. Most of this is intended as fact-checking, whereas any opinions will be explicitly labeled. Further opinions will come later. (Also, this is not intended to take...

Neither the pre-1985 Arborway branch nor today's 39 had dedicated transit lanes, nor did they have to face the political challenges of either removing bike lanes (a really, really bad look) or turning the street one-way (much bigger issue than removing parking). South Huntington Ave is notably...

I've had some thoughts on Huntington Ave's stop spacing as well, though I came to slightly varied conclusions. Due to busy IRL matters, I'll share my thoughts in pieces across various comments over the next several days. Stop spacing First, a soft disagree on this: In addition to density...

Changes: Red Line frequency increases all day due to reduced slow zones Green Line will operate more 2-car trains on weekends (unsure if they're entirely 2 cars, or if there are still some 1-car trains) Green Line weekday frequency increases for all branches: B and D during rush hours, C and E...

https://itemlive.com/2024/03/24/lynn-mayor-discusses-riverworks-station/

The Red Line was planned to be bustituted south of Broadway today, but now trains are turning back at Park St due to a derailment at Broadway: This is still ongoing as of writing. Nobody was injured in the derailment, as the train was empty.

To me, the biggest issue with readability of fare zones on your current map is Franklin Line. One possibility is to replicate another 1-10 scale to the southwest between Franklin and Needham. Or you can perhaps flatten out Franklin Line in the east-west direction, making Dedham Corporate Center...

Why on earth can't they just make SCR (at least one of its branches) a straight line, instead of the ugly turns at Middleborough? This is clearly a case where attempting to show some geographical accuracy does more harm than good.

I was surprised! Indeed, the Boston MPO's TSP Guidebook in December 2018 mentions this: -------------------------------------------- As an unintended finding from Googling this, I also found a Route 57 Transit Priority Corridor Project that the the City of Boston launched in August 2023...

While I do think you have a good point here, I'll first make a (somewhat minor) correction: In 2019, the D branch ran 9 tph (6-7 mins) during rush hours, and in 2022 it still ran 7 tph (8-9 mins) despite the slow zones. (I also checked the current schedules, and while the D particularly seems to...

Accessibility: Convenience and transfers I think there are two different considerations here: (a) From residents' homes to rapid transit (including a Nubian "subway"); and (b) From the said rapid transit station to their destination. For (a), I think one of @TheRatmeister's implicit...

Speed While I very much appreciate the insights of real-world LRT/BRT routes that can run fast through urban neighborhoods, I think it's worth being cautious about ideal vs. reality. Unless I'm mistaken, these seem like best-case scenarios, and just because they're achievable somewhere else...

Great thoughts from @TheRatmeister and @Riverside all around. Capacity: One or two branches to Nubian? My response to @TheRatmeister's (very valid) point is in line with @Riverside's comment above: Why not both? All three of us seem to agree on the usefulness of some rail service down Warren...