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While I don't know much about Orlando travel patterns, these do sound like good trips to serve with transit (although most people going to Disney are part of families/groups, for whom the on-demand $50 cab ride from the airport would be tough to beat for an infrequent train that would likely...

Are there any examples internationally of high quality rail service being provided between lower density, auto-oriented cities of the type the represent many of our largest metro areas (Houston, Dallas, Phoenix, Tampa, Orlando, etc.)? It seems like rail's chief advantage is that it takes you...

Are the dull comments directed at Stuart Street (which is pictured) or St James? I'll second Ron's nominations for dullest.

When you go, be sure to check out Harris Park (Harold Street about 10 blocks nw), Elm Hill Park (5 blocks north on the east side of Warren) and the "W" streets on the west side of Warren. The residential built environment here is at least on par with its gentrified cousins north of the river...

Inexpensive? You'd need to add two new tracks beyond Forest Hills (there's currently only one carrying the Needham CR line). Buses could just turn at Adams Park, but that would make this the only terminal transfer point where passengers were required to walk 3 blocks to access their connecting...

Getting huge numbers of buses off of Washington Street would only be accomplished by turning Roslindale Station into the new bus terminal for the 7 or 8 routes that use that stretch of Washington. And you'd probably need a layover space in Roslindale for a few Orange Line trainsets. Not clear...

The Big Dig was brought home in an era when 90% federal funding was available for highway projects. The current federal match for transit capital projects is 50%. If MA pursued federal funding for a $10 billion transit project it would be the most expensive proposal in the country. At a time...

We can always dream. But if you are to accept the findings of this independent review of the T's financial state: (http://www.mbtareview.com/) our dreams probably need to be something more realistic than the construction of multiple heavy rail lines. Perhaps getting the buses to run more...

Paris is the most densely populated large city in the western world. Do posters on message boards in Fitchburg wonder why their city doesn't implement Boston's "3 heavy rail subway line rule"? Nobody in Boston seems to think its odd that the majority of our downtown jobs would be accessed by...

Re: T construction news Still big, and still easy to read. Also covers the entire line (the old one only went as far out as Orient Heights).

Re: T construction news There are displays at several Blue Line stations showing where all trians are (GC, Airport, Orient Heights, and a big easy to read one at Maverick).

I've attended a few meetings in the library and community center (although not the Burke's auditorium, which looked great in the photo). The library space is terrific. Although there's nothing much to look at across the street, the Grove Hall Mecca Mall is a recent development diagonally across...

South End perhaps, but the need on Tremont Street is not great. The street is already essentially built out with attractive buildings between the Pike and Mass Ave, and it already claims an upmarket, vibrant collection of shops and dining establishments. There doesn't seem to be much to improve...

If he meant "buses" instead of "subways" it may not have been intended as sarcasm. Although even that corrected statement would best be read as sarcasm in light of this: http://www.mbtareview.com/ (coupled with the fact that Tremont Street south of the tunnel portal is not an area crying out...

First one is Cortes Street with the Tremont House Hotel in the background.

I think its that elevated parkspace between WTC West and Seaport Hotel

WTC complex in Southie

^ Would have to be the original Hancock, no? Or the Clarendon.

Inside the Trinity Church steeple?

Do residents of housing projects really vote consistently? I would think turnout would be among the lowest.