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Re: Driven By Customer 'Service' Parte Dos I personally don't understand the point of day passes. How many people are really using public transportation more than 4x a day? You'd need to use the T separately six times in 24 hours for it to be cheaper than simply paying the single-ride fare...

You're right, BOS isn't redundant like PHX, but it is largely irrelevant in terms of network connectivity for both the combined AA-US and their Oneworld partners. Don't get me wrong, BOS is a very strong destination; it's just that offering something like BOS-ROC or BOS-MDT does little to...

That looks like a pretty solid list, though I'd tweak a few things: - I don't think we'll see any non-hub routes sticking around (BOS-PIT) or any new ones being added (BOS-SFO/RDU/SEA/SAN). Both AA and US have retrenched to their hubs over the past few years, a huge change in strategy for US...

They will definitely be optimizing the network and cutting where there are any redundancies (e.g. US relies on CLT to cover all of the traffic flows that DFW, MIA and ORD are - 9x daily flights is going to be overkill in a unified network with all four of those hubs). It'll most likely be...

^ That assumes they won't consolidate and transfer traffic flows to the most appropriate hubs, which they most likely will. For instance, US has to route any BOS-Midwest or BOS-West Coast flights through only PHL, PHX or CLT whereas DFW and ORD are equally - if not universally better - suited...

Re: Driven By Customer 'Service' Parte Dos Ironically this morning I saw a 3-car D inbound at Kenmore and this afternoon I was on a 3-car D outbound. Haven't seen a 3-car B since early December. Makes sense, though, based on the extreme cold. They really, really need to figure out something...

Re: Driven By Customer 'Service' Parte Dos Anyone know what happened to 3-car trains on the Green Line? Just realized it has been a few weeks since I've seen one. It shows on the platforms and trains, too; everything seems a LOT more crowded without them.

The final nail in the coffin for BOS-TLV is that El Al has such a tiny widebody fleet that is stretched as it is on routes to Beijing, Toronto, New York-JFK, Newark, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, and Bangkok. But if they're going to add back service to the US, I think they'll go for...

I find it fascinating that no matter which airline or which city people are talking about, when it comes to Israel flights someone inevitably mentions the area's large Jewish population as justification for a nonstop flight to the holy land. It's like saying BOS-FCO is a no-brainer because of...

1. Orange Line to Needham is an absolute waste of everyone's time, energy and money thinking about. Cutler Park is simply too large of a gap in heavy rail serve for any immediate consideration. If Needham were approaching the 100K range in population then maybe just maybe would that work. 2...

Re: Driven By Customer 'Service' Parte Dos According to the 2010 Blue Book, GC and Park saw very similar passenger volumes - 10K at GC and 11K at Park. Considering that they are not extending B and D trains (except Ds during non-peak) past Park and those two lines make up around 60 percent of...

Re: Driven By Customer 'Service' Parte Dos Unsurprisingly, though, it is going to take way, way longer than it actually should. More than two years after the other lines get it? Unacceptable considering Green sees over 30 percent of the T's total ridership. Also interesting that they've...

I think the conclusion is inversed; it's actually the stops west of Packard's Corner that serve much larger demand. The only three stops with significant demand above the stations west of Packard's are BU Central, BU East and Blandford. As much as you decry the lack of an originating market...

Completely agree - love the idea of a public garage (with street-level retail!). I feel like this area is so congested all the time precisely because of all the parking shenanigans. There just isn't enough space to provide parking to meet full demand since there is no reliable public transit...

Dead zone? Seriously? During rush hours every inbound train is pretty crowded - if not overly full - by the time it gets to Harvard Ave, let alone Packard's Corner. Not to mention, every station between Harvard Ave and Washington had an average of over 1,100 boardings per the 2010 blue book...

No need to attend the meeting since one ride on the Green Line will shed some light on just about every possible problem imaginable. :D In all seriousness, though, I'm not sure I get the point; are they insinuating that there are potential upgrades coming down the pipeline or just going to give...

It's pretty fair based on Virgin America's overall business model of going into some of the most competitive, highly-contested markets in the country. They don't have anywhere near a 20 percent market share at SFO - it's more like 8-10 percent overall. That's a much, much larger gap between...

They really do that? Like get off at exit 9 and continue onto the onramp or between 8 and 9? Talk about moronic. I've been saying since I moved to Boston that probably 75 percent of the traffic in the city could be alleviated by smart light synchronization. For freeways the same could be...

In addition to in-flight amenities and frequency mentioned above, the market isn't all one-way and United happens to have a rather large, lucrative hub in SFO with the accompanying massive frequent flier base. No doubt they absolutely dominate SFO-originating traffic. In contrast, I'd suspect...

There's really no way to compare the two since Mexico would never be a suitable connecting point for most of US-Brazil traffic whereas Panama City is well positioned to handle the exact type of traffic flows Miami handles from the US to South America. The fact that Copa can use narrow body...