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If anyone is interested in the options considered in the Major Rehabilitation Evaluation Report, here's the link: FinalMRERDocument.pdf (army.mil)

Both the Bourne and the Sagamore bridges are structurally deficient, which is not surprising since they are nearly 90 years old. In addition to the regular repairs, repainting, deck work, and resurfacing, bridges like these require major overhauls every 45 years. In preparation the Army Corp...

Fenway Park is an historic venue, the most significant in New England if not the entire Northeast -- arguably in the country -- and its most prominent and unique feature is that imposing green wall. This new building is going to change the perceived scale of everything in the ballpark. I don't...

This is from a March 16 article, but I'm not sure how new tracks constructed on the base would connect to the existing line. "State Rep. David Vieira, R-Falmouth, meanwhile, said the Legislature is already considering a new rail-spur option for Otis Air Base on Joint Base Cape Cod that would...

Boring, utilitarian, and lifeless design right in front of the Zakim bridge.

The obvious solution is for the vendor to purchase a proportionate amount of alcohol from New Hampshire. It is not a dry state.

This is a number that's going to startle a lot of people in the legislature, but it's not clear how much the Federal government would pick up. I'm curious how much this would cost if the line only went so far as the two Nashua stops. The state already operates stations for intercity buses; I...

I wish I had written this because it captures the NH anti-rail sentiment so succinctly. One additional point I would add is that the MBTA is perceived as dysfunctional. Bad news travels quicker and further than good, and whether it's snow disruptions, braking issues, deferred maintenance, or...

Let me clarify my statement about voters using and prioritizing the highways over rail. I am trying to explain how we got to where we are at the moment and emphasize that people have been making rational self-interested decisions albeit shortsighted. To some extent people support highways...

New Hampshire has decided to prioritize modernizing the southern portion of Rte. 93 and the Everette Turnpike not from lack of imagination but for obvious political reasons: far more people will use the highways than the rail. People living north of Concord have an economic stake in the...

The F.E. Everette Turnpike has just begun a five-year $160,000,000 improvement project which will widen the existing two-lane sections to three lanes and a breakdown lane where appropriate. After these three projects are complete, exits 6 and 7 on 293, currently the most hellish in the state...