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Re: North-South Rail Link Yes.... Two pair of tracks is always best. The lack of such is why the MBTA is such a mess today. All it takes is one train breakdown and everything grinds to a halt (in both directions) when there's only 2 tracks. At least if you have 4 tracks and a train...

I'd rather not have my tax dollars filling Amazon's coffers considering it is already one of the largest companies on the planet. Hope they don't pick Cambridge. Amazon can afford to pay for their own HQ.

If Boston makes an offer for Cambridge I'd take 'em up on it. I HATTTE this crap about having to go all the way out to Woburn to do Jury Duty when Suffolk County Court is just across the Charles River and I'm not allowed to just serve there next to me.

Re: The New Office Thread This might be something better for out near Springfield/Western Massachusetts as Amazon I am sure will want ample land to be able to expand distribution warehouses later on as needed around their campus. Plus it could kick start light rail, monorail, commuter rail...

Re: North-South Rail Link Wasn't the cost of the North-South Rail Link supposed to be kept low due to the fact the cement exterior walls of the current MA-I93 tunnel extend down to bedrock? This was supposed to create a natrually forming (pocket) area inbetween those concrete walls that...

It could still be done. Because of the 'third rail' the red line cannot cross streets so it would need to be underground below the bike trail much like it is underground below the bike trail between Alewife and Davis Sq. however given there's not really any heavy structures above, construction...

So wish they could let them cover the Fitchburg Commuter Rail tracks. It would make the neighborhood sooo much more quieter instantly without the sound of commuter rail trains rumbling through.

I don't see how anything would get better unless somethings were pushed underground or you create an 'El'. The Boston College "B" line runs down the center of Comm. Ave. That alone plus the lanes on the either side make it feel like you're crossing a HUGE expense of roadway (punctuated by...

Sidewalks look huge and the re-work doesn't seem to take into consideration where heavy snows will go in relation to bike line traffic. Boston doesn't vacuum up thesnow like they do in Toronto and Montreal.

Re: North-South Rail Link That photo in your Flikr stream of the Blue Line going down (perhaps Storrow Drive.) I'm trying to recall if that was the same concept I heard/vaugly recalled at some point earlier. https://www.flickr.com/photos/47771788@N05/21694571973/in/photostream/

Re: North-South Rail Link Just dawned on me I shouldn't have mentioned that Blue Line point under this thread. Correction. From what I recall I don't believe the person was referring to Back Bay Station itself, Just that instead of the Blue Line turn-around being at Charles MGH (instead of...

Re: North-South Rail Link Is Amtrak actively looking at a transfer point at Woburn? ~D

Re: North-South Rail Link Based on what the Acela did for Boston Southward, I feel the growth could continue northward. As it stands now, the Downeaster Route from Boston to Maine is Amtrak's third shortest route in the country. Coming in at only 145 miles (233 km). The only Amtrak services...

Re: North-South Rail Link Regarding Copley. The two station halves perhaps could be connected if the tunnel is done below the two platforms like Park Street Station does? I once heard someone propose why not have the Blue Line act like a more rapid route to Back Bay instead of stopping at...

Re: North-South Rail Link There's a lot under ground there. You have the Physical basement of South Station and the Federal Reserve Bank which connects to the station. Then below that you have the Silver line level. Then the Red Line level further down, and further down you have I-93...

Re: North-South Rail Link What about a tunnel from Copley to Back Bay Stations below Dartmouth St. over by the Boston Public Library? Then it ties into the Orange Line too?

Re: North-South Rail Link Maybe it will, maybe it won't. If the N/S rail link were built. It might make land in New Hampshire and Maine more valuable since those states would then have one-seat connectivity to New York City, Baltimore, Washington D.C. etc. Right now the separation acts as a...

The boat cannot read what's on your CharlieCard same as the Commuter Rail hence it cannot work there. After Zone 1A the conductors are up trying to verify tickets so after that you're supposed to have your ticket clearly visible for them in the interest of time.

People in different parts of Mass. say they don't want to subsidize the parts of the MBTA that aren't in their area. For example Western Mass. people want none of their tax dollars going to the Turnpike or the MBTA because those agency's costs they claim are all for development on the opposite...

Yep. if cheap is your pal they could of just done a demolition of the whole thing, fished the pieces out of the river, and let a for-profit ferry company fill the void between Cambridge and Kendall. That would have saved taxpayers tons and then they could have just given everyone a rebate on...