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Hence why I included Hersey there as well. I feel like if we're going as far as West Roxbury we'll eventually add a +1 to something accessible from 128/abandoned Needham Line riders. I don't imagine such a station would actually be at the current Hersey location, but there's a good amount of...

Orange to Westwood is probably a no-go. F-Line has a huge number of comments scattered around about why, but basically there's only so much room, and Amtrak wants as much of it as possible. Orange to West Roxbury/Needham is far more likely. I think increasing Fairmount service and extending that...

In the spirit of the new tollway Boston will soon be getting, I thought I'd offer a look at the vast possibility space of using that ROW for something far more useful than providing better road access for thousands of people an hour: Infrequent commuter rail service that doesn't go where people...

Oh, I'm absolutely in agreement that it makes no sense to consider such a thing. But we're so far out in the potential future at the point where we've built the Blue Line to Longwood that I don't know if we can make real proposals anyway. But in the possibility space of where to send the Blue...

I'm not sure of how this connects to my post (other than the first paragraph). Which potential routing involves more hilly-tunnelling? This is part of why I'm not a fan of the Kenmore tunnel (let me rephrase, I think it's a better implementation of the idea but potentially far more expensive)...

I believe that GLT is supposed to greatly help the B Line, but I don't think it's going to meaningfully drop the 45 minute number (helping more with reliability). People are always talking about how we should bury the B Line out to at least the BU Bridge, and I think that would do wonders for...

But how much more does that cost versus simply continuing along the shoreline (with the flood mitigation needed) and building a concourse connecting the two? I'm aware a concourse would limit ridership, but if we're talking the savings of a few billion dollars from not needing to bore the Blue...

As much as it would kill connections, I've always been a fan of keeping the Blue Line closer to the Charles on it's way past Kenmore and then shoving it off onto the B&A once you get past the BU Bridge. I know the opportunity for any sort of ROW preservation is quickly leaving even as far as...

I'm curious as to why BC is the destination here. I feel like their transit needs are fairly well met by the B line (and potential C line extension if Chestnut Hill Ave is returned to revenue service) if the B Line can be saved. I'm not saying it's a bad proposal, just that I've never heard BC...

And eventual service levels will require double tracking of the entire length.I'm not talking about double tracking Columbia Junction, I'm talking about double-tracking the entire single-track segment from Neponset to South Station. Of course we need to solve other single-tracked areas, but to...

Fine. I'll grant that if redundancy is the utmost goal beyond usable CR service levels for the entire south of Boston, then trimming the Red Line's rail allocation is not the optimal method for doing so, and that there is literally no mitigation that will ever alleviate the problem. However, I...

But surely there are ways around this. Maintain three tracks for the Red Line as an extended yard lead to the Clayton St. junction and ensure the interlockings are designed for redundancy (basically replicate the X but with three tracks. It's basically a flying junction). Redo how cars are...

It seems topical, so let's talk about the Red Line. I feel like we could combine both branches down to a single pair of tracks with a flying junction south of Savin Hill and restore double-tracking of the Old Colony lines from there to all the way to South Station. This has the benefit of...

"You know what I'm talking about" was in reference to the Blue Line Door Buttons, which was clearly "There are buttons, like the blue line" not "The buttons are in the exact same locations and operate exactly like the Blue Line ones down to the wiring schematics" And you and they are saying...

Other than (admittedly alleged) personal issues keeping him away from the site for a few days, he does seem to have been reaching out to community members here. I'm more concerned with what potential rules will be put in place. I feel like this site has flourished under minimal moderation for...

Such a clause is what allows things like banning theMagicMan or deleting users posts if they post inappropriate content. It's legalese, but it's not some boot stomping on the face of humanity. It's not just the corporate internet that has things like this. It's literally every website, even this...

I don't see the issue. These are absolutely standard terms of service on literally every website on the internet that allows user-generated content. They might sound grandiose, but they basically amount to "We can display content you upload to others" and "We can ban users if they break the rules."

Can't take a screenshot now, but if you try to register as a user and click the "Terms and Rules" link it expands out to a modest set of terms. Honestly one of the shorter ones I've seen on a site. SkyriseCities seems to have a similar one. The content link is probably just something from the...

Urban Toronto currently has a pretty standard "You give us the rights to show your content, but you keep the copyright" in its user terms. Given that they didn't even bother to fill out the "{age}" field in the thing, I don't think they're going to create anything more intrusive. I do want to...

Any chance of meaningful upgrades happening while they're sourcing replacements?