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Sorry if I just kept missing this, but what specifically are the changes made due to community input? I still think $91M sounds fine for fixing up the park, building new sports facilities for students, and creating a public events space. But the jump in price really isn't good. If the community...

Hey @TheRatmeister , I just remembered this thing that might be useful for some of your map designs, or at least interesting. Have you ever come across any of these old "mental map" studies from the 60's and 70's? (Maybe they still do them.) Basically, lots of people were asked to describe or...

I'm not sure what you're getting at here. If the TransitMatters conclusions only really work for intercity-style trains east of Framingham.... perfect. That's what the original question was. Amtrak running through Newton. So I don't know why we shouldn't accept TM's conclusions here. Yes, I...

Coming back to this, I thought to check the TransitMatters report for the Worcester Line. They talk (partially) about the section of track you're asking about (page 16): If all that is correct, then your suggestion for the Newton section looks even better. If the curves around Riverside could...

For an interactive map showing compliance status for each town, there's this from the Globe. It was first published a while ago, but looks like they keep it roughly updated https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/05/07/business/boston-housing-mbta-communities-law-towns/

Yes, it would save some time, but on the order of tens of seconds. Looking at it again, there might be a cost effective improvement to made here, though. Here's a map of speed limits according to openrailwaymap, which (I think) keeps things relatively up to date and accurate. Most of the...

Yeah, eyeballing it, it looks as straight or straighter than the Providence Line from Forest Hills to Back Bay. And that's rated for 120mph. But I too would love it if anyone here has some resources for measuring curves more accurately, or otherwise figuring out max possible speeds in existing...

What @TheRatmeister said. And also, MassPort has this information on ground access to Logan (page 235). 16% of passengers are getting a rental car while 1% take the Blue Line. So yeah, the shuttles probably overwhelmingly are used to get to the rental car center. One of the shuttles, the 88...

That sounds overly optimistic. Today it's 40 minutes for the 8 miles from Park Street to Newton Highlands (averaging 12 mph). From there to Millis adds another 13 miles, far more than doubling the length of the line. It would be faster in that section, but averaging 30mph doesn't sound...

Yeah, I can see some problems, but a neat idea. Any details you'd like to share? My first though is just that green line trains are slow, so this trip would take a long time for that long distance. The current allowed top speed is what? 35 mph? With trains designed to max out at 50? Those...

Super off topic, but there's a new, updated edition of this book. I haven't read either edition. Does anyone know if they are substantially different? There's a waitlist at the library to get the new one.

^^^ This is the correct answer. The top priority should be to get people en mass to where they are going. If the 104 were actually an important and useful route for lots of people to get to Logan, then yes, it should do the the full loop around the terminals. And if the loop would cause...

I totally disagree. It's kitty corner to this square. It's a bunch of restaurants and other businesses. It's been a busy, pedestrian heavy spot for a long, long time. It's a near-ish the train and a nice place to hang out before or after a movie at the theater a block away. There are also shops...

Hard to say. That looks like vents for mechanicals on the ground floor on the right. Do they make sure that's good and loud? Blast damp exhaust on pedestrians? Lots of new buildings do that as an extra FU to passersby.

This a little bit reminds me of Market Central in Central Square, which turned out really nice. It's an 18(?) story tower on top of small-ish food and retail spaces. The businesses that moved in are almost all local chains, founded nearby, with just a few other locations (a coffee shop from...

BERY ran comfort stations, basically public restrooms, like this one in Uphams Corner. This sat abandoned for almost 50 years until it opened as Comfort Kitchen restaurant just last year. (BTW, everyone I know who's been says this is the best restaurant in Boston. I've heard so many positive...

I'm not sure what this part of the plan means. You mean reopening the abandoned train tunnel in Providence? Is this something that's been proposed before?

So, this turnaround is incredible. It's really a cause for celebration. My partner and I are already planning some little trips around the city for the long weekend. Neighborhoods we like but have been a pain to get to. Fixing the slow zones is making our lives bigger. But I'm constitutionally...

Today, the Red Line has no speed restrictions for the first time in 20 years. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/11/25/metro/red-line-no-speed-restrictions-first-time-15-years/ Here's the slow zone map from a year ago today, and then today

Along those lines, I'll point out that the 47 has terrible transfers to the B and C. At the C, it's a long-ish walk, but at least relatively nice. And it would be hard to fix that without building an expensive underground station. At the B, though, the 47 southbound drops people off on the wrong...