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Violating the ADA would be another way of approaching this, yes. Or we could build mini-highs and limit boarding to 1 door per 6 car train. There are a range of bad options, all of which combine with the high operating costs of the Acela Is and crappy rolling stock design to make this a...

Acela cars do not (and cannot due to carbody issues) have traps for boarding at low platforms. Your proposal to have all riders do a muscle-up before boarding is unlikely to be popular with everyone, but it would certainly be an effective PR move!

The GLX design was locked in before the Type 10s, so it was unclear if far future would demand 4 sets of existing cars, which would require 300ft. But now it’s totally irrelevant.

There was no active "site" for excavation, and the was being placed on top of the line near Rogers Foam (which was the original target for the work), so I believe the critical path has advanced.

The special permit to change Q1 from hotel to office and permit occupancy of both Q1 and R before all Phase 1A/B buildings have been completes was approved on Dec 17. This allows two more office buildings very near GLX which will potentially be the next projects.

Great thread premise. For some basic data, Portland ME (municipal boundaries) had 66,090 residents in July 2010 and 66,417 in July 2018. So no decline (which is the norm for postindustrial cities in northern New England), but very slow growth.

Thanks for the consolidated thread. For the B branch stop rebuild/removal, do we have any updates on construction?

Spec office with low parking ratios near transit - for a certain definition I think that counts as innovative

I'm happy to hear requests for photos, it's not like Whigh is obligating anyone. Anyway here's today, although I didn't get the standard downward facing shot to show foundation progress.

Really starting to come together, with the parking lots becoming isolated and streetwalls beginning to form. Even then, it’s remarkable how many parcels haven’t opened (and so aren’t contributing activity) and how many lots are left to go. In particular, there are two large parcels along Summer...

Median is finished (with nothing in the way of plantings, sadly) and building appears to be open

Crane is up (making 4 total in the Seaport right now)

Fence is up and parking ticket booths have been removed, this is U/C

North Station infill is happening (the hotel expansion proposed in the triangle, obviously Hub on Causeway). I think you're right but in a slightly different sense - parking lots are so under-utilized everywhere that we're primarily seeing large parking lots devleoped as the 1st wave, then...

Excavators on the premises. The dewatering permit application states that the garage and back of house space will be constructed for both N and P simultaneously, so the whole site will be active soon https://www3.epa.gov/region1/npdes/remediation/noi/2019/seaport-sq-parcel-n-p-boston-mag910894.pdf

Just want to say that @Arlington has done a great job making this point re both MOS and Aquarium, and as someone who was very skeptical of the value of these garages I've been convinced both of their necessity and their limited downside (due to high rates of carpooling). My only question would...