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And the NSRL is already future-proofed to some extent; not obstructing the hoped-for northern portals of the tunnel was one of the criteria for locating the GLX maintenance facility.

Interesting concept, but none of them are reasonable walking distance while carrying a guitar from me. And the nearest Red Line station is a 15-minute walk from both my teacher and I, which would make it at least a 45-minute commute in each direction. It is a 15-minute bike ride, however (and...

Welp, that's going to suck for me. My guitar teacher is on Broadway, and while I usually don't have a problem finding a parking place (I use his guest permit), there's not a whole lot of margin. And riding a bike carrying an acoustic guitar is kind of difficult.

I noticed that too. It's one of the sections with wheels, so the seats are pushed to the inside in order to make room for them. Someone who apparently works in disability access was complaining that those sections were too narrow for a wheelchair or even a stroller, and that disability access...

The reason the Encore ferries are so small is they have to fit under the Alford St bridge, so they don't have to raise it for every ferry run. A ferry to the stadium would presumably dock on the east side of the bridge and could be a lot larger. (Not taking a position here on how useful such a...

MV is eminently bikeable; I've gone there with just bikes a few times (though it's been a few decades). It's hillier than Nantucket, but many of the roads have separate bike paths next to them. Oak Bluffs to Edgartown is a very pretty ride.

The FRA would have some things to say about it too. For example, "what the shrieking bloody f*ck are you people thinking?!"

This is part of why the GLX maintenance facility and yard are located where they are; several of the other options were rejected specifically because they conflicted with the NSRL portal locations. So it's definitely a thing that is being actively planned around.

Huh? This drawbridge doesn't interfere with NSRL in the slightest; the portals are going to be way back near the maintenance facility. Keeping the surface North Station is a necessary part of NSRL, because not all northside trains are going to run through.

That's a really interesting idea, though it has the problem of any extension through Porter Square of having to squeeze a GL station under the CR station. It looks from an examination of the GLX route that you can get away with 20' for the ROW, and most of the corridor is 40' wide or wider. But...

Yeah, the bit about the state law prohibiting a T station near Arlington Catholic is about the most 1970s Arlington thing I've ever heard. (I grew up in Lexington, so my anti-Arlington snobbery is well-rooted.)

Both tunnels run under the North Station platform tracks, well away from the TD Garden and the Green Line ROW. https://maps.app.goo.gl/94cNVUxt2Sst9EeY9

The tunnel where the yard is was built as part of the TD Garden construction all the way back in 1995. So planning for it took place well before even the original 1994 study of the GLX, and early in the Big Dig planning process. So I'm not sure what the space constraints would have been, other...

While you're revising, can the number be larger? It's nearly illegible at screen resolution.

Someone please explain to me how it could be even remotely that expensive. At nearly all of the stations, the "vestibule" at the top of the stairs is plenty wide enough for a row of gates. East Somerville might be tricky, but the entrance is at ground level so it's easy to fix. Might have to...

Biggest problem with extending to West Medford, other than Medford people hate nice things, will be the bridge over the Mystic. Though if they can build a new bridge next to the old one, that would presumably be less expensive. The other issue is that extending GLX past West Medford will require...

It might have to continue to be a drawbridge. From 33 CFR § 117.591: Of course, the same regulations say of the East Cambridge Viaduct drawbridge, "the operating machinery of the draw shall be maintained in an operable condition" and I'm pretty sure it's not even before they laid continuous...

No it's not. A navigable waterway is a navigable waterway, and building a bridge over it that obstructs marine traffic is just as illegal as filling it in. And, the canal was built for a reason, which is that navigating around the Cape was dangerous and lots of ships got wrecked. That's still...

30 miles of tunnel between Palmdale and Burbank. That ain't gonna be cheap.

Friend of mine reported on a mishap with the trackless trolley overhead near Harvard Square this morning: That would have been even more dramatic if the overhead was still live.