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Calling this a report is generous - this is a 50 page presentation!

Tolls on 93, 95 & 128 etc. solves a lot of this.

Yes - by no means meant to suggest you could reconfigure the routes out of the current situation or that this would near the amount of improvement you'd see from improved signaling. Just was thinking on Alon's comment that few - by my calculation 15% - cars are 3 car trains and a lot of...

I'm not sure how any of that relates to posting a few numbers from the financials. Operational inefficiency and insufficient capital funding are two different animals. I don't think anyone is saying that if the T trims down its operations they could come up with the money needed for capital...

Most recent MBTA financials had around $200M-$300M in unrestricted cash. Closers to $1B adding in debt restricted cash and short term investments if I recall. Either way - they aren't sitting on a couple Billion.

Fewer 2 car trains in the tunnel, more 3 car trains in the tunnel. There's only so many cars available to run and only so many trains that can fit in the tunnel at any one time. Working within the constraint of 146 cars that currently run each day, it looks like there's room to do this. They...

I'd like to see the T work to resolve the backlog in the Boylston tunnel using the existing infrastructure. The T only runs 10 3 car trains (from the last Blue Book). The problem is they are on the B and D and most of the time are nowhere near the tunnel. Some ideas:keep the C line out of the...

The numbers don't add up - If you are missing 10% of your people but only cancel 1.4% of your service, something is off. Possible explanations are that they are building in a high rate of employee absenteeism into their schedules or they are calling people in for overtime work. Neither of which...

Throwing good money after bad is not a good strategy either. It's going to take a combined approach of cost discipline, new revenue and a balanced state-wide transit approach that stops encouraging people to drive.

Re: Driven By Customer 'Service' Parte Dos It was poorly signed. A bunch of signs saying Bolyston Street wth a giant arrow, but none saying Anime convention, Hynes Convention Center, Etc. This probably even conflicted with the normal Hynes Convention center signs directing everyone to Mass...

I get the sense that the current political leadership would oppose it on two fronts. First the rail and then opposing any development along the rail.

The ParkBoston rollout and the smart meter rollout are two distinct projects - Correct? The timing and similarity make it seem like one.

the Roche Brothers is scheduled to open in April according to a post on their FB page

Re: The Merano It's been up since at least before the winter. The site has been host to a pile of snow, a bunch of trash and a marriage proposal since then. I think at one point this site was controlled by Boston Development Group and Related Beal Co, but it seems like BDG is no longer...

I'm not sure it's accurate to say there isn't existing demand. The Silver Line is top of the T's bus route fare recovery tables, segments of which are positive. The amount of people it moves a meager 1-2 miles is pretty high. Not to mention the amount of development in the area served is set to...

Ask and you shall receive - thanks for the info.

It's tough with the major transit lines intersecting at perpendicular angles in close proximity. The only subway one that comes close is the dual Orange/Green lines inbound from North Station. I'd like to know the story behind the Orange in Bound to State Eastbound transfer - I feel like It...

If possible, I'd recommend forcing a merge prior to the entry of any HOT lanes that are built. Otherwise, you simply merge into existing traffic and this backs up the express lane. Think of the difference between the exit from the 93 South HOV onto the Zakim and the SExpy HOV into the split. If...

Perhaps they can move the meters to East Broadway.

I love this move by the city. Anything that gets closer to demand pricing is a step in the right direction. I'm less than optimistic they will go all the way though. I know Brookline implemented the Red Sox pricing near St Marys a few years ago (as mentioned in the article), but I thought they...