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Well that's because I was intentionally looking to serve areas that would not be covered by Regional Rail. You're right that Commuter Rail would be inadequate, that's why I'm saying we need Regional Rail. Complete with EMUs, one seat rides to downtown, Back Bay, the South Side, and transfers to...

Right down the middle of the McGrath and Fellsway would be a good one. Go out to least to Rt 60, maybe further. But almost anything would be fine. Ban cars on Cambridge St from Lechmere to Harvard and lay tracks. Or have a Cambridge St GLX be mixed traffic in one direction only and alternate...

I'll start off with a simple one: an express bus from Wachusett Station to Greenfield Station with stops in Gardner, Baldwinville, Athol, Orange, Millers Falls, and Turners Falls...

Developer plans to convert downtown Halifax office space into housing Rent on 38 of 100 apartments will be subsidized by the province https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/halifax-nova-scotia-affordable-housing-downtown-office-conversion-sidewalk-developer-1.6266068

West End Mall proposal includes plans for apartments, townhouses It could mean 5,500 apartment units for 12,500 people https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/west-end-mall-apartment-proposal-1.6281324 Phase One: Phase Two:

I love how the map in the original post on this thread is just a snapshot of the construction scene from 10 years ago. If I ever catch up with what's going on again, I promise I'll try to overhaul the map and update it. It'll probably take a while to get acquainted with all the new projects...

GLX never should have been built within the same ROW as a viable Regional Rail line to begin with, so now especially I don't see why we need to bend over backwards to accommodate GLX through West Medford. Anyway, the New Hampshire Main Line bridges over the parkway and Mystic River are...

Great questions that I do not know the answer to, unfortunately. I'll see if I can get more details. That would be the ideal situation for sure.

You might be right, but I'm not sure. There's definitely an old garbage dump somewhere near the southwest corner, but I thought it was just a small section. I would love to see the whole thing removed and fully restored to marshland. 😞

I'm not sure if you're familiar with Centre St in Malden, but it doesn't really make sense for people to park in the Centre St bus lanes. Most of the road is lined with strip malls set way back from the street. I don't think it will be much of an issue. A grant that only provides enough for...

MBTA bike and bus lanes have been striped on Centre St in downtown Malden, with more markings going down. Here's a page showing the final layout with the grants they received: https://www.cityofmalden.org/853/Lane-Changes-and-Signal-Improvements-on- Hopefully this paint-only project will be...

I'd love to plop a multi-use trail on the abandoned I-95 roadbed, but in reality the roadbed needs to go. Completely. It cuts off Diamond Creek (approx 42.439259, -70.993974) and the Pines River cannot properly drain out between tides during a surge, not to mention all the acreage of marshland...

They're currently not planning anything for Wedgemere or West Medford because there's no funding to start planning yet. Once funding for those stations comes up, they will absolutely build them as full-highs. Most likely, the T is going to pursue full high platforms on everything that is not...

The only place where double tracking to Reading is truly tricky would be Malden station. That station has inadequate passenger circulation anyway, and should probably just be blown up and redesigned to allow for a total of four tracks and two islands between the two modes, and add/improve the...

I'm guessing you meant the BU Bridge. The BU Bridge has one of (perhaps the) most restrictive clearances on the commuter rail network. Lowering the Grand Jct doesn't really work unless you eliminate Storrow Drive (please do!), and raising the Grand Jct would require blowing up the BU Bridge and...

Basically the T told Pan Am that they will pay for the cost of transloading and transporting wide loads that would rely on getting through Winchester. So the gauntlet track is no longer happening. It has been a couple years since Pan Am has run a wide load through, and the last wide move was...

No, Gloucester Draw was 100% a risk and everyone knew it. But the politicians kicked and screamed to replace only half the bridge at a time to maintain service to Glocuester and Rockport throughout the project. The pilings from the approach trestle were set in a old underwater causeway of muck...

I think Datadyne said that they were going with a terrazzo surface instead of tiles.

Not even of hint of work yet.