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Wouldn't the removal of one spur be considered a large change of scope, potentially endangering the Federal Funding? New Start grants include economic development as part of the evaluation process.

I assume he was referring to the whole $125million seaport improvement fund...

Commonwealth Magazine has a write up about those GLX documents they FOIA'd: Basically, the MBTA didn't really know what it was doing with the new contracting process and didn't have enough safeguards in place to prevent WSK from taking them for a ride.

Isn't part of it also the slopes of the bridges? If you look at the site plans for the Union Square station, they indicate that the sidewalks along Prospect Street are too steep for ADA compliance: In the case of Union Square, removing the upper entrance effectively makes the station ADA...

I'll take pedantry for $200 Alex. If you want an example, just look at any of the underground Silver Line station stops. Arguably, the customer experience at South Station would be much improved with a way to get from one platform to the other without having to go either up or down a level, and...

You'd still need to get up and over the inbound tracks as the MBTA will not build new stations with track crossings. The bridge is the preferred drop-off location for the ride as it removes an elevator from on/off-boarding a handicapped passenger. As for shifting the station closer to the...

I think that slides released in December stated that stations (even at the vastly inflated costs) accounted for $270million total of the overall budget. Redesigning stations and dropping them to platforms still doesn't fill the hole.

Steel is going up for the condo project at the corner of Webster and Prospect. I think this is the first building going up that actually falls within the Union Square redevelopment parcels. Hopefully the planned retail spaces won't end up sitting empty like the one at the corner of Hampshire...

Are folks saying that moving one of the CR tracks would save 40%? Or are they saying that a combination of design changes including changing track layout could save up to 40%? Arup design docs From what I can tell, they're saying that the current track work on the Lowell line accounts for...

There are buses that run in all directions from Inman, the most frequent (91) runs to Central. It's not super viable for the evening commute given Centrals lack of shelter for terminating buses and Prospect's propensity to back up to high heavens. There's also the 69 which runs between Harvard...

Somervillians are nothing if not outspoken and involved. You can bet your ass that the folks who get burned by a cancellation will turn out in force come voting time, although I'm not sure we'd turn our ire on our reps, given how they've basically all been outspoken advocates for GLX. I'd be...

By full build, do you mean E-Line to Union and D-Line to Tufts built? Or do you mean just the majority of the project gets built? I just can't imagine how anybody thought a shuttle from Union Square or Commuter Rail access would be a viable alternative here.

So basically, it comes down to two options: 1) Cancellation: New cars, 51 parcels of "little to no resale value", ~$750Million in sunk cost, not including possible cost of litigation, sunk political careers all around 2) Cost Reductions through value engineering/scope, hitting up...

Assuming worst case scenario: cancellation, would there be enough space to keep the new cars alongside the 7's and 8's?

There's been some activity in the lot at Somerville and Prospect: lots of new gravel piles popping up everywhere.

So, I know that station construction contracts are on hold, but in the big construction area where the Union Square stop is going, they've had heavy dump trucks going in and out all week with loads of gravel. Perhaps they're getting ready to lay the rail bed?

More street running rail on the north end of the system would just serve to make the entire Green Line worse. Could you imagine? Half of the D and E lines completely borked due to an accident? No thanks, not a solution at all. Build it right even if its stripped down, but don't build something...

Some not-so-great pics of a proposal for the old post office in Union Square have found their way online: http://somerville.wickedlocal.com/article/20151203/NEWS/151208873

Re: One Seaport Square | Parcels B-C@Seaport Sq. | Seaport If they are going to relocate it, it's not going to happen for at least another year or two, until after Yotel is finished. Doing it any earlier would force the MBTA to close the station.

Whoa, seriously? That's some impressive foresight, but I wonder if we'll ever see any of that extra width put to use.