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In early December, the Belmont Board of Selectmen approved a design for the Belmont Community Path. It'll cost $27.9m. http://belmontonian.com/news/a-quarter-century-in-the-making-selectmen-ok-recommended-community-path/ The design starts south of the Fitchburg line just west of Waverley and...

Somerville has painted contraflow lanes on Hancock St and painted neckdowns at its intersections with Elm, Summer, and Highland. Hancock is one way in multiple directions. It's been one-way SB from Summer to Elm and one-way NB from Summer to Charnwood. Both one-way segments have seen heavy...

Maybe I've missed it before, but is this new? https://commonwealthmagazine.org/transportation/t-notes-rivera-says-riders-dont-think-mbta-cares/

Rail trail update in Swampscott

Input wanted on new Weston rail trail The article has no mention of NIMBY opposition, but given that it's Weston there must be some grumbling about this, no? Given the progress of Waltham's Wayside trail and possibly the Belmont Community Path, this could be a really long and nifty corridor.

What, you guys don't think if Waltham builds the train to the city limits, Weston will spring into action on their segment of Mass Central? (just kidding)

I agree with you. All the management skill, transit expertise, and political skills in the world aren't as useful as they could be if there isn't a clear goal to which they can be applied. I think the MBTA could really use a clear and far-ranging long-term vision. It won't be easy to achieve...

Re: North-South Rail Link I think it's telling that even in this sort of NSRL study, they don't address the fact that the NSRL is necessary to RUN MORE TRAINS. The executive summary mentions the complexity and lack of efficiency of stub-end stations, but doesn't follow through on what that...

https://twitter.com/adamtvaccaro/status/897475064152690688 Seems promising!

There's now a bike traffic light and green paint where the Cambridge Linear Park crosses Mass Ave in North Cambridge. You can now go from one end of the path to the other crossing Mass Ave directly without having to cross Mass Ave and then Cedar St. I believe they have added an extra phase to...

In terms of crime? There will be no impact on the Seaport.

Once you start building up passenger numbers, you're going to have a group of people with different origins and destinations. You could try an UberPool type system, but we know that UberPool involves a lot of deadhead miles today. Or you start using large vehicles and a fixed route....so, we'd...

I don't see autonomous vehicles having a huge impact on the mode share of urban areas. AVs will suffer from the same geometric inefficiencies that regular cars do. AVs may be even less efficient because they will inevitably travel a considerable number of deadhead/"zero occupancy" miles. How...

Re: Amtrak / Regional Rail Discussion Thread Senate approves study of Boston to Springfield high-speed rail Is this duplicative of the work done in the NNEIRI study or a deeper dive into the Boston-Springfield segment?

A few months ago, Poftak broached the subject of buying electric locomotives. http://brookline.wickedlocal.com/news/20170320/mbtas-green-line-trolleys-could-be-totally-replaced

Re: Amtrak / Regional Rail Discussion Thread It's hard to imagine Northampton getting more than the 3-per-day Amtrak service prescribed in the NNEIRI (Vermonter, BOS-MTL, NHV-MTL). It shouldn't be totally unrealistic for MA to work something out with CT after the NHHS initial launch to extend...

Re: Amtrak / Regional Rail Discussion Thread Amherst-Northampton PVTA bus service runs frequently, further obviating the need to provide direct rail service to Amherst.

Re: North-South Rail Link Thanks. I wasn't sure if the idea was to have a layover yard right next to the station where the parking lot is or to build it some place farther up the line.

Re: North-South Rail Link Where exactly is the yard space near Anderson RTC?

In the most recent FMCB meeting PDF dump, there was an item called "Rail Vision". http://www.mbta.com/uploadedfiles/About_the_T/Board_Meetings/I.%20%20Rail%20Vision.pdf They are doing a 2-2.5 year, $2m study to model different service scenarios. It pays lip service to looking at RER, S-Bahn...