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Re: Driven By Customer 'Service' Parte Dos Why should a Neponset stop exist? From Boston Bowl to the Neponset River, the Red Line row is on the wrong side of Morrissey Blvd and has little hope of drawing large numbers of riders across it. The only neighborhood on that side of Morrissey is Port...

The problem with that idea is that less than 1/3 of the bus trips in and out of Forest Hills are heading south on Washington Street towards Roslindale. The majority of trips in and out of Forest Hills either cross under the overpass in both directions (37, 38, 39) or on their inbound trip (16...

Remember when Boston had pedestrians and we didn't have one-story buildings in the heart of downtown? Whoops--I just realized the sepia-toned shots were the "then"...

Did the professor think they should be longer for the sake of being longer? DC's system works like a hybrid urban rail/suburban commuter rail system (which fills a need given DC's relatively poor commuter rail network). Did he criticize NYC subway lines for being too short? Although they are a...

Re: FBI moving to Chelsea But isn't this encouraging urbanization? The location in Chelsea is more urban than South Boston Waterfront locations are where the FBI could have gone.

The population density necessary to support rapid transit drops off quite a bit beyond West Medford. Is it really such a good idea to extend rapid transit service 7 miles (W Med to Anderson) beyond where the density can support it? In order to get there you'd need to pass through tony...

Question for the board: Would the brainstorming ideas that have been floated in this sub forum be more appropriately placed in the Design a Better Boston forum? When it comes to the New Development forum, most threads are centered around projects that have some grounding in reality, whereas a...

Maybe start with a bus to gauge interest?

Re: Green Line to Medford to start in 2011 But why invest to transform places that are already relatively vibrant (Union, Porter, Belmont Center, Walthem Central Sq) but demonstrate relatively little current demand for the existing transit services that link them, before investing in places...

Re: Green Line to Medford to start in 2011 The two bus routes that serve Belmont Center rank 101st and 135th out of the MBTA's 191 bus routes for daily ridership. The Belmont commuter rail station ranks 114th out of 131 commuter rail stations for daily ridership. Do you really believe that a...

Re: Green Line to Medford to start in 2011 Sorry to be a pain, but does the board view a Union to Porter Green Line link to be critical b/c it will 1) provide Union Sq tourists with an easier trip to Porter, or 2) b/c it will somehow facilitate a level of urban development that hosting a...

Re: Green Line to Medford to start in 2011 I'd be surprised if your comments about Winter Hill are true. And for Union people trying to get to Porter--isn't the bus service sufficient to serve what must be a relatively small number of people traveling there for work or entertainment? To get...

Re: Green Line to Medford to start in 2011 Who is asking for a Green Line extension to Porter?

Admittedly I'm a newcomer (7 years in Eastie) but to me the neighborhood consists of two very distinct sections--the areas between the harbor and Day Sq, and everything beyond Day Sq and Wood Island Station. The former is as walkable as any area outside of Boston Proper with relatively few scars...

There is one triple decker left from this old neighborhood, but it sits a few doors off Neptune Road on Frankfort Street.

Pardon me if I'm missing some double-sarcasm, but - aren't the 4 or 5 buildings in the center of Briv's photo all still there? - haven't the first two buildings on the left been replaced by 40 story buildings (likely 8x the height of those shown in the photo) that also include street level...

SEPTA regional rail also serves NJ and DE. And MARC serves West Virginia.

I don't think these two points can be supported. Using a standard of a 1/2 mile walk, Metro misses Georgetown, Adams-Morgan, and downtown Alexandria (three of its most active urban neighborhoods), as well as some key national-level tourist attractions (Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials). You...

Re: Verizon Building Tower I know this is an old thread, and czsz's post predates the work (and probably is well aware), but Bansky reportedly did two back in the spring (Essex Street and Chinatown and Essex in Cambridge).