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My complaint is with how they describe the different groups or rankings on a continuum from walking to car-dependent. As an Eastie resident, I can accept that the neighborhood might lack some of the business types used to calculate the walk score (my house gets a 68), but since I'm a 3 minute...

The airport predates Airport Station, and I believe when Airport Station opened it represented the best airport/rapid transit connection in the nation. One could argue that siting a major international aiport within 2 miles of the downtown of a dense centuries-old city represents some pretty...

I think some of the concern about going down to one travel lane has to do with emergency vehicle access to MGH. If there's no barrier between the generous bike lane and the auto lane, an amulance could squeeze past auto traffic.

Shepard - I agree that testing out a bus route along the Greenway makes sense. It's the only reasonable first step in determing the true market for trolleys. If you start to see overcrowding comparable to routes serving Blue Hill Ave or Chelsea, then it would be appropriate to think about higher...

The MBTA runs a bus route (#4) between North Station and South Station that also extends into the Seaport. It provides direct service into the heart of the Financial Dist from the two CR hubs. This route only runs during the peak periods, and its frequency is only every 12-15 minutes. Like a...

I can't think of any trip currently utlizing Park Street that would be diverted by a Greenway trolley. Heavily used...I'm not so sure. People complain about the Green Line, but it at least has a grade-separated exclusive tunnel once it enters central Boston. If I'm coming from Everett, I'd...

I'm not saying its a bad gimic, but let's call a Greenway trolley what it really would be--a gimic. The walk from South Station to North Station through the Financial District is a mile--a 15 to 20 minute walk. The existing transit travel time between the two is probably 12 minutes or so...

Re: South Boston Seaport Article on 21 story apt building in Fort Point in today's Globe. Sorry--I'm not sure how to post articles appropriately. Here's a link that includes a rendering: http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2010/07/22/fort_point_building_plan_scaled_back/ Fort Point...

I'd always thought it was that 6 story building on the southwest corner of Pleasant and Main, but I can't remember where I heard that.

Good read in the latest New York magazine on the future of mass transit investment in NYC (hint: no LRTs). MTA's focus going forward will, for better or worse, not feature the trolleys along the waterfront model so in vogue on this forum. Article is here: http://nymag.com/news/features/67027/...

At worst it will be as accessible to the subway as Fenway Park. The walk to the track's front door from the T is currently about as far as Fenway from Kenmore station.

It doesn't matter if its in Boston or not...the MBTA is a regional authority serving both Somerville and Boston.

I'm pretty sure this was the location of a colonial era ferry crossing of the Mystic. At that time, both sides of the river were part of Charlestown. Maybe when Malden (which at the time included Everett) seceded from Charlestown, Charlestown retained the ferry landing on the north side of the...

There doesn't appear to be a big market for a station there. If you sited the station near Redfield Street to best serve Port Norfolk (which appears to have fewer than 300 households), it would be difficult to access for anyone on the other side of 93. If you put it just across 93, it would be...

I know you're a lifer in Eastie, so I'd be interested to hear your take on this, but to me the neighborhood functions as two distinct places--everything from Day Square back to the harbor (Eagle Hill, Maverick, Jeffries Point, etc), and everything beyond Day Square (including the Heights) where...

Well, I'm not suggesting its the greatest place on earth. But it does meet many of the access to city center/nightlife criteria and is more affordable than the areas Ron mentions. If one was priced out of those areas and was willing to make the tradeoff on biking/walking access to downtown and...

Re: South Boston Seaport I know its not for everyone (and I'm biased), but the sections of Eastie that are within walking distance of Maverick Station have quite a bit better access to "the city" and the younger hip vibe" than the others listed by Rifleman above. While lacking its own...

Re: Border Street Project, East Boston Waterfront It's slow around here of late, so here's some recent news on a waterfront development in Eastie. Don't know where the money would come from, and I'm disappointed that more of the existing 9 story warehouse won't be preserved (see rendering...

Forgot about Cornwalls. The old location (downstairs from the street) was definitely better than the current one across Kenmore.

What nightlife businesses were displaced by the hotel? Other than the Rat, I can't remember anything else in the 10 years leading up to HC's construction. And although I would prefer to have the Rat still there, one could argue that Eastern Standard fills the void (albeit by catering to a...