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Since the recent weekend Orange Line closures between Ruggles and Forest Hills, it seems as though most if not all of the slow orders on the south side of the line have been cleared up. The approach to/from FH is noticeably faster and some crawling through the Ruggles area has gone away. Still...

How many hours of service does a normal Orange Line train car log per day? As things progress, how many hours per day should we expect a new Orange Line train to run?

Tomorrow, apparently!

TransitMatters has put out a detailed document advocating for next steps for Regional Rail. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/533b9a24e4b01d79d0ae4376/t/5d79bba143abe87e302375ae/1568258980819/TransitMatters+Regional+Rail+Proof+of+Concept+V1.pdf

I was heading south past Wellington a little before 5pm today and saw a four-car set of 1400, 1401, 1410, and 1411 rolling out the yard onto the test track.

The MBTA confirms that the Blue Hill Ave station will open tomorrow. https://twitter.com/JoePesaturo/status/1099783476516147201

Yesterday, someone from the Dorchester Reporter said there could be a soft opening on Monday with an official ribbon cutting on March 6. https://twitter.com/JennDotSmith/status/1098689353713373186

Apologies if this was posted yet, but the extremely detailed commuter rail passenger count data has been released here: https://www.mass.gov/lists/2018-commuter-rail-counts It's broken down to the granularity of each stop of each train.

The Forest Hills upper busway is now open.

Does Praia count?

Progress on the Bruce Freeman trail in Sudbury: https://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/20181016/sudbury-town-meeting-oks-650k-for-bruce-freeman-trail-design

Two minor notes on DCR pet peeves that have been addressed recently. 1. The Curb of Doom near the Veterans Memorial Pool on the Paul Dudley White path in Cambridge just upstream of the BU Bridge has finally been fixed. Was that so hard??? 2. The desire line from the Emerald Necklace to the...

FMCB to vote on Monday whether to approve $4m for the Worcester center island platform project. http://www.telegram.com/news/20180928/mbta-board-to-vote-on-contract-for-4m-center-platform-project-at-union-station

Update on the Natick station redesign. http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/20180812/redesign-on-way-for-natick-center-station Full high-level platforms, elevators, and a third track.

Re: NSRL It seems like the only rail projects included in the Focus 2040 report are the ones they'd like to do regardless of what happens with the ongoing Rail Vision study.

https://twitter.com/adamtvaccaro/status/998613671474597888 MBTA to test out a $10 weekend commuter rail pass this summer.

So the single-platform approach is still the "MBTA preferred approach" to reconstructing all three Newton stations? Why bother spending the money if there's only going to be a single platform serving one track...

What would be the easiest way to just switch the lanes for the afternoon/evening? Convert the inbound bus lane into the normal inbound lane, the inbound lane into the outbound lane and the outbound lane into the outbound bus lane.

Does DCR have any plans to repave and widen the Paul Dudley White path in Cambridge between the BU Bridge and the River St Bridge?

Re: North-South Rail Link All of Metro Boston needs a NSRL FAQ, really. And for that matter, the NSRL project really needs a new name that better communicates what it would do and why it is important.