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Re: Dr. Beverly Scott resigns So that would make this corridor similar to chelsea, roxbury, dorchester, and mattapan. But actually not so similar, because in those other places there are multiple bus routes operating over capacity, whereas in Somerville there are not. Check out the t spider...

Re: Dr. Beverly Scott resigns If they're able to kill GLX even though it's a legal commitment wouldn't that be a sign of competence, not stupidity?

I can think of two-- 1) where would all of the buses layover that would presumably now be using Roslindale as a terminus? 2) since the majority of passengers using a Roslindale station would probably be people transferring off of buses from the south, why not try the more affordable option...

I've never understood why it is such an important thing. If in fact the South Station expansion is going to solve much of the foreseeable capacity issues that NSRL was to have solved (at a fraction of the cost) then NSRL should only be pursued if the other benefits are worth the added $5B or so...

OK--its morning and I have a little more energy now. My only statement on Wollaston was included in this point: there's plenty of redevelopment opportunities around the downstream stations (Broadway, Andrew, JFK) and upstream stations (N Quincy, Wollaston, Quincy Ctr) that already exist...

I give up. Your distortions of what I've written keep multiplying with each post, to the point where it is no longer worth it to counter them. I now agree that the Braintree Line "very much needs an infill station in Neponset" where 1/3 of the market area is Atlantic Ocean, another third is...

That would be $8,000/day, assuming a) 2,000 riders (unlikely) b) all users of the station are not finding their way to Fields Corner or Ashmont today ("I'd take the T, but its 3/4 mile away, so I'm going drive downtown and pay $30 to park") c) all users would be paying per trip and not using a...

The only deep, dark blue on the density map around Neponset and Adams is a block or two of Train Street and Agawam Street. That area is only about 1/10 mile closer to your proposed Neponset Station than it is to Fields Corner Station. I don't think anyone would propose rapid transit here if...

I'm not joking. One side of the right of way is either ocean or uninhabited wasteland. Since there would be little opportunity to have local buses feed a station at your proposed location, you're really looking at a walk-in market consisting of the area bound by Adams, Victory, Neponset and...

By "very much needs an infill station at Neponset Circle" you mean in crazy transit land right? Because there's definitely not enough people living w/in 1/2 mile to support a rapid transit station (no matter where you sited it) and there's plenty of redevelopment opportunities around the...

Isn't Worcester a relatively cheap place to park? I also don't remember traffic congestion (other than heading to/from the highways) being a big problem. Not sure if a subway could ever be justified as long as parking is plentiful, cheap and easy to access. Even if you were thinking about...

It's definitely a negative, and I admittedly didn't start riding a bike again until after I had moved here 10 years ago (maybe bike access to downtown would've factored into my decision if I had already been biking). I do think that sometimes too much can be made of the lack of a bike/ped...

Have any been built where there was parrallel rapid transit service? It's a serious question (my knowledge of recent bike/ped bridges is limited).

Living in Eastie, I would love a pedestrian/bike connection across the harbor. But it would be very hard to make the numbers work. Since people already on the Blue Line traveling inbound would be unlikely to get off at Maverick and finish their trip on foot, you're probably looking at a market...

Re: Dudley Sq's Ferdinand Building to be Restored/ Renovated I agree on the uselessness of the measure within municipalities like Somerville (which are really just independently governed subsets of a larger city). But LA city's density is below both NY and Boston's. On a metro level LA's is...

Re: Dudley Sq's Ferdinand Building to be Restored/ Renovated Sorry--you used ppl/km. Brooklyn's density is 36k/sq mile. And the Somerville density stat is bogus. If you consult this density map from bostonography: http://bostonography.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/density2.jpg you'll see...

Re: Dudley Sq's Ferdinand Building to be Restored/ Renovated Somerville's too low-density to be compared to Brooklyn. You have to go about 5 miles inland from the East River bridges before you start seeing detached multi family or single family housing (and these lower-density Brooklyn...

That 50k/day number must include everyone who spends time in Faneuil Hall over the course of the day, which would mean a signficant portion of folks are downtown office workers on lunch break or after work drinks. Since the majority of employees in downtown Boston are accessing work via...

Re: Green Line to Medford to start in 2011 It seems like a lot of the arguments make two assumptions: 1) The Green Line from Porter to downtown will be more comfortable and less crowded. 2) That people will choose a trip that takes longer over a less comfortable one. Question: If a...

Re: Green Line to Medford to start in 2011 Is the thinking on a Union to Porter Green Line extension that the 87 can't handle the demand along the Somerville Ave corridor? Or is that the current two seat 17 minute trip from Porter to Government Center would be better served by a one seat 17...