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Does anyone know if they are building with future OL conversion in mind? The Needham line by Millenium Park is fortunately grade separated, but unfortunately single-tracked. It'd be a shame if they build CR platforms that weren't also compatible with a double-tracked, third-rail-powered OLX.

Architecture opinions are so funny. I found the old building oppressive and depressing. I think the new building is A-OK... while tall, its unremarkability lets it take a back seat to the beauty of East Cambridge's brick courthouses and old townhouses. That said, I think the brutalist concrete...

Yeah, it seems entirely pedantic 🙄

If we're extra unlucky, the asteroid crater will be redeveloped as single family housing.

You mean Orange -> Blue -> Shuttle? 🙂 The power of SL1 and the hypothetical SL0 is that they will bring you right to your terminal. Transfers are extra brutal when you're lugging around suitcases.

While we're extending SL1 to Back Bay, how about an SL0 that would start at North Station, follow T7's route to South Station, and continue with SL1 to the airport? That'd give northern CR riders a 2-seat ride to the airport, and also provide a one-leg "rapid transit" link between the two halves...

I am also upset about hear about places like Sligo in Davis Sq closing (although I'm not even sure that lab is still happening...?) but I disagree that it always goes this way. Lyndell's in Ball Sq is being rebuilt as a 5-over-1, and they plan to remain open during construction and eventually...

I had proposed something like that in the context of Green Line Reconfiguration, and @Riverside had some interestimg analysis of the impact of turning those roads into a transit-only corridor (assuming you mean that and not tunneling--tunneling under those roads has its own set of expensive...

Providence's housing situation affects Boston's. So does Portland's, Hartford's, and even Burlington VT's. That because there are plenty of people who live in/near Boston, struggling with housing prices, who would (and do) consider moving to those places because they are cities that don't...

I'd give Gov Center (4) a bit more credit, especially Union St and Faneuil, which as far as I can tell is bustling with both locals & tourists every Friday and Saturday night year-round. It seems like a lot of people go out to eat in the North End and then walk over to Gov Center for the...

At risk of a tangent, I'm curious what makes you view Fairmount rather than NEC as the clear mainline for Franklin/Foxboro in a regional rail future. Transitmatters' Fairmount report frames it as an open question. They have a table of pros and cons, which focuses on Frankling Line impact oddly...

Definitely a fun watch, lots of cool info. There were a couple things that raised my eyebrows though, particularly the idea that Porter is as deep as it is because... they accidentally bored the tunnel deeper than they were supposed to?

What gets me, though, is that they don't declare a distinct higher service level for SL routes. It's still "Every 15 minutes or better", just like "T" bus routes. That's good bus service, but it's not rapid transit. The political part of it... yeah, I know. 🙃

Following up on my semi-obvious question here, the new "T" prefix does indeed indicate high-frequency routes. Specifically, from this map: What was confusing me was that there are other corridors that are part of the new navy-blue-denoted "high frequency" network, but without the "T" prefix. I...

Without any data to back this up, I'd wager that Hartford, Worcester, Springfield, etc building up and becoming more vibrant would make them more attractive to young professionals and help relax the huge demand on Boston housing.

It's wonky, colorful, mismatched, and kinda ridiculous-looking. And IMHO that's totally on-brand for Somerville 😎 ...I just hope the area keeps filling out so that the bacon building isn't the tallest thing forever.

So I read the BNRD and executive summary, and I skimmed the BNRD final report, and for the life of me I can't figure out: what exactly does the "T" prefix on some the new bus routes mean? I get the sense that it means they're imprtant and frequent, but it doesn't seem to exactly map to that...

Makes sense @Codman89 . You weren't implying that they were shared-use paths in this design. My thinking was that if they *could* be widened into shared-use paths, then eliminating the sidewalks would lead to a net savings in width, thus allowing for bus lanes. Regardless, from what...

That makes sense. If they're proper shared-use paths, though, then are the sidewalks necessary?

Even as someone who bikes in Somerville a lot... does anyone know what warrants two two-way cycletracks, rather than one two-way or two one-way tracks? I would rather one of those tracks and some green space be traded in for median bus lanes.