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On an unrelated note, it seems like Medford/Tufts trains never start any further south than Park (or maybe even Govy). Northbound trains south of Park all seem to terminate either at Govy or Union Sq. Does anyone know why? Is it to deal with bunching that happens on the southern E branch?

I didn't read it as "GLX is untouchable", I read it as (a) the corridor needs to continue supporting mainline rail so using a non-FRA-compliant vehicle would kneecap service, and (b) we can't count on McGrath Overpass being deleted any time soon, and it poses a major obstacle to adding another...

I skimmed the project notifation form hoping to find some justification for why they're doing a full demo of all three buildings. All I found was this weak semi-justification: the Central Artery cut the Triangle into two, and most of the remaining historic buildings are in the west part of the...

Didn't Cambridge just finish making Right on Red illegal city-wide? Or does that not apply to state roads?

https://www.medfordma.org/about/news/details/~board/city-news/post/medford-soliciting-bids-for-development-of-medford-square-lots

OK, so if you're in favor of it, then what are we actually disagreeing about? The term "pedestrian-centric"? Fine, whatever. All I'm saying is that if you consider all the ways in which this specific Route 9 parcel could be redeveloped, the proposed one is a relative win for urbanists.

A minor point against a LRT/HRT connection (rather than a RUR+APM connection) is that general rapid transit vehicles kinda suck to carry luggage on, especially if it's crowded and you can't politely take up 2 seats for yourself and all your stuff.

No True Scotsman much? This is more ped-centric and less auto-centric than it would be if had a 2:1 parking ratio, roads between each building, no retail, and zero rapid transit access. That's worth something. Do you really dream of cities that are ped/bike/transit centric? If so, how would...

If there wasn't a market for this kind of housing, they wouldn't build it, unless (a) they're dumb or (b) there's some weird incentive for them to lose money on this project, which I'm not aware of. People aren't born car-centric or non-car-centric. Yes, people have habits, but those can change...

Honestly, I like it. I think it juxtaposes and highlights both the Grain Exchange and 88 Broad St in a way that is very Boston. I only wish it were taller.

Downtown Boston also gets an absurd number of visitors every day. Downtown has far more visitors than it does permanent residents. People visit awesome places, it's a fact of life--the only way to stop them is to make the place less awesome. It's better to capitalize on the tourism and buiId...

Ped-oriented housing, hotel, and green space, a 12 minute walk from the D line?? This is a no-brainer. To the Brookliners opposing this as "out of place in the neighborhood"... f off, this is not a neighboorhood, it's a goddamn stroad with parking lots on one side and a cemetery on the other...

Do you mean the former? Or, if you mean the latter, how does NSRL open up space?

Alernatively, if there were a nice wide shared path along Alewife Brook Parkway between Alewife and Mass Ave, as well as a great sidewalk-level cycletrack up Mass Ave to Arlington Heights, then cyclists would have an alternative high-quality route to use during construction. This something we...

Instead of RLX, what if the GL-D was extended to Porter and then in center-running transit lanes (shared with the 77) along Mass Ave up to Arlington Center?

NIMBYism aside, @Charlie_mta , if you were Supreme Dictator of the Commonwealth, are there any Boston-area highway expansions that you think would be worth doing? Or would all your highway pitches be road diets and transit/bike conversions?

That's cool, dude. I would like that, and personally, I would also like a rail tunnel under the Atlantic. But, please come back to our real world where MassDOT has a total of $16B to spend over the next five years and $12B (!!!!) of that is already going to roads. Your 8-mile...

Just for nerdy reasons I really really wish there was an objective way to measure "urban population size". Basically what you're doing here (manually drawing polygons based around areas dense-enough to warrant trams, I assume) but with an objective formula. I'd love to be able to compare and...

Wait, you want to spend SEVERAL BILLION dollars tunneling under Cambridge so that people can... drive their cars into Boston more easily? I thought we were past this on aB, but, this is straight up one more lane bro territory. I drive through Concord Turnpike / Alewife Brook Parkway interchange...

Based on this guy's posts in other threads I recommend ignoring him rather than engaging.