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    Infrastructure to Nowhere (The Vestigial Infrastructure Thread)

    I grew up in Arlington and remember sometime in the 60's or 70's I heard the reason the overpass was built was that kids were getting hit by cars running across the road to get to the bowladrome.
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    General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT)

    Getting off topic but OSHA has no jurisdiction over accidents or work rules involving employees of state governments , only if it was a worker employed by a private contractor can they step in.
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    General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT)

    Back in the 80's or 90's they used to run shuttle buses 9pm to 1am giving a much more productive 8 hr window. Any reason they can't do this again?
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    General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT)

    Working with live 3rd rail next to you, live catenary above you, in a restricted right of way or tunnel also creates time and access constraints that are not as big an issue on commuter rail. Productive work can not be accomplished in the 1:30 to 4:30 non-service hours.
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    Commuter Rail to New Hampshire?

    Yes sorry I was wrong but he said DT to Ayer.
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    Commuter Rail to New Hampshire?

    Lowell to Ayer is single track, except for a a passing/set out track at Westford that is about 1 1/2 miles long.
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    Commuter Rail to New Hampshire?

    Are you saying the existing line is 60 mph? I drive by it frequently in Tyngsboro and Nashua, it's looks like 10mph track.
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    New Red and Orange Line Cars

    I still say the condition of the bridge deck that truck had just gone over is horrible, like speed bumps on an Interstate Highway. https://goo.gl/maps/srnbvGi8Y7P1yif37
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    New Red and Orange Line Cars

    The bridge decks on 495 in that area are in very poor shape it's a rough ride even in a car, lots of debris on the shoulders after being ejected from trucks, etc.
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    MBTA Construction Projects

    How do you design a sewer drain into a device that moves vertically up and down?
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    General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT)

    It's not just any road it's in WESTON. One of the biggest NIMBY communities in the Commonwealth.
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    General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT)

    Can we talk proper english here. What is an ER Down Easter? What is pax rail? Ayer west and the last 10 ish miles to Haverhill? ( its about 35 miles Haverhill to Ayer) What route is Worcester-Ayer -Fitchburg Secondary? Can we construct a complete sentence ????
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    Unbuilt Highways in Massachusetts

    After the very well designed reconstruction of the Crosby Corner intersection there was hope this trend would continue west. The Taylor Rd/ Piper Rd. intersection with the large available land would so easily be converted to a overpass for relatively little money.
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    Unbuilt Highways in Massachusetts

    Agreed but at some point they are going to get tired of seeing gridlocked traffic blocking the roads and driveways of Concord.
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    Unbuilt Highways in Massachusetts

    Five MPH EB in the morning, five MPH WB in evening for 1 to 1.5 miles either side of this roundabout, Barrett's Mill Rd. ,Commonwealth Ave., Rt 2A from Acton, Lowell Rd Concord all a mess. The Commonwealth owns 98% of the property around the roundabout and has been doing preliminary designs for...
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    Transit history/trivia quiz

    Picture #2 is RT 9 EB at J-Way, Brookline -Boston line.
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    Transit history/trivia quiz

    I like trying to read the ad posters in these pictures, on the right there is one for a Charlie Chaplin show at the Boston Theatre. I'm interested in the one at the end of the stub track, can anybody read it?
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    Green Line Extension to Medford & Union Sq

    OK I missed the sarcasm in your post, I understand. We still need an explanation from a railway traction control expert involved in this project.
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    Green Line Extension to Medford & Union Sq

    I was hoping someone with more knowledge about traction power than me would have responded by now but your are so totally wrong. This is what is known as a "negative return cable" . Search google if you wish but good luck.
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    Green Line Extension to Medford & Union Sq

    I'm not sure my links will work correctly but here is an answer to the elevator question, they are performing the proper safety procedures required by law. 556 pages for you guys to read if you want to...

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