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Really, just throwing it out there. I wasn't thinking tall tall. 300 feet kinda tall would be more like it if they could make it stand up beautiful. I don't think it would be wet lab space. It sounded more like classrooms, auditorium(s) and some common areas on the lower levels and lab...

Are the bus tunnels at capacity? If not, then buy more buses.

Interesting looking at some of their other work. Something I hadn't thought of before.... it is somewhat of a constrained location. I know campus buildings don't lend themselves to being tall with ten minutes to get between classes sometimes. But looking at some of their tall designs...

Call this for what it is... getting some free press to announce lower prices for what is going to be undoubtedly their slower season. At this point they/we are just getting a glimpse of the monthly and seasonal variation in the Boston casino/entertainment market. However, the state (beyond...

Then hopefully the project gets killed and we can get new people to run it twenty years from now... Keeping everything open throughout the project is a monumental waste of money. People can and will adapt to an extended closure. Just knock it all down and build it all at ground level and it...

I think in all the plans they are assuming that minimizing the closures is a much higher priority than overall project time and overall cost. In which case you probably have to build temporary elevated highways because there isn't enough room to build a permanent structure. I disagree with...

Just going to address the part that involves this project. Not eliminating the road, but eliminating a lane in either direction would help with the space limitations. Throw in an on and off ramp to a newly grounded Mass pike and I think you can divert traffic away from Soldiers Field Rd. Just...

They did it for a short period of time in August for the overpass replacement. I would like to see some data on how bad that was. People adapt and the planning could help with additional commuter options.

For an affordable cost of living we need an affordable transportation system, not just more transportation at higher and higher costs.

Up to a decade... Seems these projects are designed under the pretense that we must minimize disruption at the expense of, well, everything else. And we still end up with loads of disruption comparable to just shutting down the road for a few years and getting the damn thing done faster at less...

Perhaps we need to rethink the procurement then. Pooling our needs with other cities would give us the buying power to kick start the market. Make it a multi-city procurement for say 2 winners for 100 units each. Or three winners 100 units, 100 units and 50 units. I expect there is...

Good to see our DMU estimates are in the same range... 5 to 7 years. Which is nearer term than electrification unless you think electrification can practically happen in the next ten years? I mean realistically. Large capital investment and scheduling years of service disruption for...

Yes, all the casinos do the same thing pretty much. Encore drops table prices when demand wanes. I think what was frustrating the first time I went was that there were high prices and some unstaffed tables so they simply hadn't been able to ramp up to meet demand and had unused table capacity...

Just from what I have read so far there is no realistic plan for actually doing this in the next decade. Picking a less expensive option that would have been more doable in the nearer term like DMU service for a few stops would have actually put pressure on the state to pull together the money...

I like the fact that the renders show that they are bringing rowing to Fort Point Channel ;) Seriously though, better than the original GE headquarters proposal is a good consensus. I agree it could look like it is trying to do a bit less, but overall a good looking building.

Waiting for electrification seems like another kick the can down the road plan.

It certainly doesn't preclude people talking about Blue Line extension to Lynn for the next 30 years. Either way it isn't happening. And I seriously hope nobody spends money on another "study".

Is exelon saying they can't sell or are they saying they won't sell as leverage against the city? ... I bet the latter is closer to the truth. Their waterfront eyesore is both very valuable now and holding back the city. As a taxpayer I hope the city plays hardball too and holds excelon to...

You might be right. Although a good portion of the Vope site doesn't have any buildings so I could see one or two buildings starting early 2023 or even late 2022 depending on what the agreement with DoT is for parking. If anything I think it would be pre-Fed industrial that might be a...

Good stuff. I would be all for redeveloping the old inefficient and unused portions of the power plant... but as you say the newer part of the LNG plant should be up and running until 2030 at least. Any proposal to shut the newer power plant earlier should be viewed as a fraudulent shakedown...