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Ari Osfevit's blogpost below also references the 300 ft number. It seems to be between northbound OL DTX and southbound OL State platforms, the latter of which extends a little bit beyond the Old South Meeting House entrance...

Arguably, I think it might make sense to combine Sullivan and Lechmere as one entity for this thought exercise (especially for those who interpret it as an alternative reality situation), similar to Ruggles/Nubian. Even in the real world, the two pairs of bus hubs are each sufficiently close to...

Definitely an interesting challenge! To clarify: Are you suggesting additional lines and extensions based on the current rapid transit network, or an alternative universe in which there are no existing Red, Orange, Blue and Green lines and we start everything from scratch?

Great analysis! One note about Stoughton: I think it was mentioned here that a lot of Canton Center's weekday ridership shifts to Canton Junction on weekends. IIRC, this may even have resulted in Canton Junction having higher weekend ridership than weekday; but even if I misremembered, it's...

Orange and Blue lines will have service levels exceeding pre-Covid when fall schedule starts next week: https://x.com/friendchristoph/status/1826712550756811003?t=1WPeRXvEjZrqUToOGdNRTQ&s=19

I have been wondering about this for a while: It looks like MBTA laid out several Rail Vision alternatives in 2019, and the most aggressive one, Alternative 6, aims for much more service than you suggested here. In fact, if I'm reading this right, it has 15-min frequency for every single branch...

I was on the 1 bus from Nubian to Cambridge about an hour ago. Because the bus was 7 minutes late upon departure (and I'm not sure if there was a missed trip before then), it was packed throughout every single part of the trip with high passenger turnover at various bus stops. By the time I got...

https://commonwealthbeacon.org/housing/milton-makes-interesting-case-on-mbta-communities-act/ TL;DR: Milton says the state law can only fine them (in terms of being eligible for state grants) and can't force them to comply with the zoning rules.

I didn't say the redevelopment should focus primarily on parking and/or suburban riders. I'm simply saying we should give them some secondary consideration, rather than the little or no consideration that some have suggested (either recently or in the past). Also, planning your transit systems...

Great analysis, but I actually meant Quincy Center, not Quincy Adams and Braintree. Even though QC is not a P&R station, its ridership recovery ratio is still much worse than Wonderland, and not much better than the other Quincy stations. If bus ridership was the primary reason driving...

Quincy and Wellington do have plenty of bus connections (and even Alewife has some), yet their ridership recovery ratios underperformed dramatically compared to Wonderland during that time frame. Someone should probably do an analysis of bus ridership at these stations, but my gut instinct is...

I mean, a few factors are at play here: While every 30 minutes is a huge improvement from before, it still doesn't seem frequent enough to be relied on as a show-up-and-go service. Every Fairmount Line station has an alternative bus service, many of which are Key Bus Routes that still run more...

To support this further, in a very preliminary comparison of 2019 vs. 2023 ridership that I did a while ago, the Red and Orange lines consistently showed worse recovery than the Green and Blue lines, and I suspected slow zones and reduced frequency were likely the culprit. The effect was...

Especially in a WFH world, where they may be more likely to go to offices outside of traditional commute times (e.g. for in-person meetings or a last-minute appointment).

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/08/19/alewife-redevelopment-could-convert-obsolete-garage-into-thousands-of-new-transit-oriented-homes In particular, the City of Cambridge expressed interest in a commuter rail infill: Somewhat unrelated to the above, but a question that I've always had...

Questions: 1. Folks on this forum typically think South Coast Rail Phase 1 is too long and too infrequent for the "economic boost" to Fall River and New Bedford to be worth it, and it's often assumed that ridership will be low before Phase 2. Greenfield seems similar, with comparable travel...

Heck, why are we even talking about needing to be profitable (i.e. generating more revenue than the cost of bridge openings) for commuter rail operations? Transit is supposed to be a public good.

https://commonwealthbeacon.org/government/state-government/proposals-would-boost-cost-of-parking-package-delivery-rideshares/

Service improvements are coming to every heavy rail line: (Also credits to Chemical Glove on Reddit) Line Before After Red Weekend 8-11 Weekend 8 Orange Weekday Peak 7-8 Weekday Midday 7-10 Saturday 10-11 Sunday 13-15 Weekday Peak 6-7 Weekday Midday 6-9 Saturday 9-10 Sunday 12-14 Blue...

Or, as an even cheaper intermediate option, is it possible to install a switch south of Boylston Outer (either in the tunnel or near the former Pleasant St portal), and turn trains around from there without a Bay Village station and a platform?