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    Logan Airport Capital Projects

    PORTSMOUTH — C&J Bus Lines announced Thursday it is expanding the frequency of its daily service from its New Hampshire Seacoast stations to Logan International Airport in Boston. Every 30 minutes - during peak hours.
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    Logan Airport Capital Projects

    As a family of 5, we used off airport parking till we started using Logan Express - Havent gone back, but we also try not to book itenaries that would come in too late. It does work for families. Locations on 495 would be good too, maybe one in Lowell? Have taken the Boston Express from...
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    Massachusetts Turnpike/I-90 (Current Projects, Conceptual Improvements, & Long Term)

    There are Applegreens on I-90 in upstate NY that have Chick-Fil-A and Panera. I once waited more than an hour on a weekday evening at that Panera. That place on a Sunday would not be fun.
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    Multi-Family Zoning Requirements for MBTA Communities

    I always thought that once the ADU rule was law, I would build a detached ADU in my lot, and rent it out. It makes a lot of sense - It would cost me maybe 200 K, but the rent would easily be > 2000. An economical no brainer, if I decide to stay put in Groton. But part of me wants to bolt to a...
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    Regional New England Rail (Amtrak & State DOT & NEC)

    How much money goes down the drain in studies like this where the outcome is pre-ordained? Not asking rhetorically - would we know?
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    General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT)

    What if the state plans to increase income tax if the feds have significant cuts, and match the timelines of the cuts? For example, if the Feds cut the rate by 5%, the state has a 2% increase?
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    Multi-Family Zoning Requirements for MBTA Communities

    This is less then 5 miles from Littleton station,
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    Logan Airport Capital Projects

    Flying out of Logan today, and was purchasing Logan Express Tickets: FRAMINGHAM - Parking is full BRAINTREE - Parking is full WOBURN - Overflow parking in effect. This is the one I use, so Im fine. This is not a busy travel weekend - not sure what gives.
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    Brainstorming Infrastructure Improvements

    IMHO, on the line I am most familiar with, the Fitchburg line, Parking should be increased at Littleton - as the station is already in the middle of nowhere, non-drivers arent going to get there, and it used to get full before the first express pre-pandemic. Ayer and Shirley, which are the...
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    Brainstorming Infrastructure Improvements

    Personally, I would think that better and also cheaper parking on the 495 belt would provide more bang for the buck, esp lowering parking cost for people who are anyways buying a CR ticket. Most of these towns have unlimited free parking for other purposes, so the parking fees feels more onerous.
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    Fall River/New Bedford Commuter Rail (South Coast Rail)

    For Newport, I dont think people drive around once they get there, the shuttle service is pretty nice, and free during summer.
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    Crazy Highway Pitches

    Maybe not additional lanes, but make highways more efficient? Most highways in eastern - central Massachusetts are fine, IMHO, EXCEPT at intersections. It is the backup at intersections that leads to the increase in travel times. And the fixes, at least to a civil engineering layman like me...
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    Logan Airport Capital Projects

    I use Woburn location frequently, and it is starting to fill up a bit. Do we know how many people transfer from CR to Silver Line to Airport at South Station? I could see other use cases where the CR to NS to Airport link would be helpful: for employees at the airport and airlines, and also for...
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    Logan Airport Flights and Airlines Discussion

    ^^ The school spring break.
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    Crazy Highway Pitches

    Another "always busy" section, sometimes even at 1 AM is I90 between I290 and I84.
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    Crazy Highway Pitches

    Wasnt there a blurb about generally being unconcerned about highway expansions if the intent was to support smoother intestate commerce? Its not just this piece, but traffic from northern New England that goes down all the way to Washington DC area currently has to flow through a bunch of...
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    Logan Airport Capital Projects

    Wouldnt a North Station one be helpful for Commuter Rail transfers?
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    Crazy Highway Pitches

    This is the case with every highway merge in this area - 495 intersection with Rte 3, 95 intersection with 3 etc. I think it would also make sense to drop the main highway by a lane so that the merging traffic can stay segregated for a while. For example, where Rte 3 leaves 495, make 495 2 lanes...
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    Alewife T Station, Garage, Bus, & Trails

    With Ayer - after the construction of the parking garage, town residents can still park on the surrounding streets, but those now need resident stickers, and that is free. The parking garage has a fee. If parking is readily available in Littleton, there is not much point in increasing it in...
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    MassDOT Rail: Springfield Hub (East-West, NNERI, Berkshires, CT-Valley-VT-Quebec)

    Having taken the Fitchburg line trains for a while, I think there is a reason why the ridership of the outer stations is higher on this line (except Waltham) - Once you are past Concord rotary, it might be much more convenient to just drive till Alewife. Rte 2, past Concord rotary, has few...

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