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On page 15, it mentions the possibility of extending the line to Woonsocket, and that has something to do with the T's recent purchase of the Milford Secondary. Anyone know what that's about? That line doesn't go to Woonsocket, right? Revitalizing some abandoned line? (To be clear, TM isn't...

Roxbury Crossing I've got no explanation for why I like this photo. I just do.

@HenryAlan mentioned the Southwest Expressway, and the details there are pretty astounding. The plans were ready. The state started clearing the land for the highway. People were evicted from their homes and businesses. Over 500 buildings were razed in Roxbury and JP. Ramps and part of the...

Is it flood-prone? Some of the area around it is for sure, but a the archives and the UMass campus are all up on a hill. I don't see that spot on current flood maps. Projections for 2070 flooding show the Harbor Point neighborhood flooded, but the archives are safe...

Your Porter comparison seems about right. That depth isn't ideal, but it's still an incredibly useful station. The same would be true for NSRL stations. A more modern example would be the Grand Central Madison terminal, which is similarly deep. I haven't been yet, but it looks nice, and is an...

Oh yeah, that's fair. The initial predictions for the tax cuts and the millionaires tax had them both at about $1 billion. It looked like that would be a wash, and I still had that in my head. But you're right, In reality, the millionaires tax is bringing in more than predicted. I haven't seen...

Thanks, @stefal, for that breakdown Also, at the same time the millionaires tax went into effect, Healey pushed through ~$1B tax cut that seems to have mostly gone to the rich. The exact taxes paid for each household has changed, but on average, this is basically a wash. That tax cut seems to...

You seem to think that because more people are working from home, no one is commuting into the city. Actually, hundreds of thousands of people are trying to get downtown Boston every day. The commuter rail ridership is roughly back to pre-covid levels and the highways are similarly packed with...

If 10x the benefits sounds absurd, what number sounds plausible to you? Double the benefits? Quadruple? NSRL clearly has a lot more benefits over SSX, right? In his interview, Moulton said SSX is expected to fix South Station's capacity problem for a couple decades, but quad-tracked NSRL fixes...

I generally agree with you. I also have a lot of questions about the methodology of the study, and I want to see a good apple-to-apples comparison. But is there some reason you already think they're screwing up the SSX cost estimates? We don't have the report, so we don't really know what they...

Yup, he's saying some dumb stuff. He's sticking to some bad talking points. However, being really generous, a lot of what you're pointing out seems kind of unrelated to his main point. He's saying that South Station is at capacity and is due for some multi-billion dollar investment. And...

Springfield is another city that doesn't quite match your criteria, but could be interesting to consider. It's at the end of Connecticut's Hartford commuter line, which goes all the way to New Haven. I don't know what studies have already been done on this, but it seems plausible to extend that...

It's not specific to the MBTA, but https://www.openrailwaymap.org is an excellent resource. Zoom in anywhere and you can see what sections are single tracked, if that's what you're looking for.

Booooooo! Thanks for calling his office. But this is weird. I wonder why Moulton is trying to get press for it now.

So this mentions that the full NSRL report would be released Monday, but has anyone seen that? Know where to find it? I've only seen some slides and press release.

I think better yet: "One seat ride from Salem to Fenway! Braintree straight to the Garden!" Not the most practical. But people might care more.

He commissioned this report from the Kennedy School. The thin details released so far make it seem like a direct refutation of the 2019 Reassessment's cost estimates. Moulton's report puts quad-tracked NSRL at $7.6 billion, instead of ~$18 billion. It's explicitly calling out the misleading way...

... and it's already being blocked by a delivery van in that picture... Either way, that's great! Finally!

Absolutely, the Harborwalk is great. And 20 times larger sounds high, but I take your point. And that size disparity makes it kind of hard to even compare a large-ish development to a whole new neighborhood. But my point, in part, is this: If Seaport is 20 times bigger, then hopefully it would...

I don't want to sound to hard on the Seaport, but I can think of a few reasons Assembly has been turning out nicer, in my opinion. Assembly feels a lot more pedestrian friendly. Basically everything is tree-lined. It's mostly wide sidewalks. There's narrow space for cars, so cars go slow...