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Do you have a link to the previous discussion? I'm having trouble finding and I am curious to read it.

The WW bridge is a moveable bridge. I wonder what differences there are (if any) between the clearance requirements on the Mystic and Potomac Rivers. :unsure:

The Woodrow Wilson Bridge along the Washington DC beltway is another example of a road bridge that was built with extra space for a hypothetical future metrorail line.

Would the cost savings from full integration of high speed line operations with the green line be trivial?

Dedham-Mattapan-Ashmont LRT plus a Needham Green Line Branch would cause endless frustration as amateur urban planners on the internet try to crayon a connection between the two.

Due to the assymmetrical demand, a trainset ideal for Springfield and points south will not be ideal for points north or east. I guess there is the option of having Worcester-Springfield trains continue north to Greenfield and Vermont, but there would still be the desire to do a 3-way timed...

How difficult are the logistics of a 3-way timed transfer between trains going to Vermont/Boston/New York at Springfield?

My takeaway from Alon Levy's blog post is a much narrower point that the Inland Route should not cater to the Boston-NYC end-to-end passenger. The Inland route is all about people with origins or destinations between New Haven and Framingham. Anyone going all the way to Boston from New Haven or...

Wayland is considered an "adjacent community" under the MBTA Communities Act

Too bad Cummins highway is too narrow for LRT or I'd see potential for connecting the Mattapan High Speed Line with LRT running between Needham Junction and Roslindale.

Thank you for your very informative reply! It definitely looks like this particular service pattern isn't happening, but I do appreciate knowing exactly why it won't happen.

Thanks! I wasn't perfectly clear the first time around, but you got the meaning of my question. Certainly, connecting Sullivan to Lechmere is too messy to be a 1st generation build, but when it comes to doing the 2nd generation stuff do you think problems #1 and #2 can be mitigated by taking...

Can someone smarter than me explain the pitfalls of putting a single track surface line up Linwood Street and turning onto the SB track to Lechmere using Poplar street? Could eminent domain make the curve less tight?

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Is Framingham to Mansfield Passenger Rail more likely?

I think we are more likely to see service between Worcester, Lowell and Haverhill long before seeing service between Framingham and Mansfield. That would set up a whole bunch of these junctions.

Did you mean PVD-Mansfield-FRA-WOR?

Nice work! I was wondering, if Worcester-Providence commuter rail ever became a reality, would that be considered an Aldgate junction? It has the same polycentric service pattern that your Metrolink's Inland Empire/Orange County example has, but the orientation of the junction in Worcester is...

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Re: General Electric HQ | TBD | Innovation District According to the brochure sent to GE, water transportation was a big part of the pitch. In particular, there seems to be a proposal for a new ferry running from Lovejoy wharf. I suspect this is the plan to get people from North Station to the...