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One of the slides explains the mileage number, which was 650. That is all track miles, not route miles (388). So they are saying $30 billion to string 650 miles of wire, which is what would be required for a non-hybrid approach. But the main reason that the cost per mile looks off is because you...

There are at least two. Two Providence Line trains stop at Forest Hills in the late evening for a transfer to a Forest Hills to Needham service. I'm not sure how long a buffer there is, and they are much closer to South Station. It may or may not be a comparable ops situation, but it does mean...

Good, the plan is decent and it annoys NIMBYs while also breaking some of their power. I just wish the plan geography was larger. I'd like to see this zoning extend all the way down Washington from at least Metropolitan Ave through Forest Hills, Cummins as far as American Legion, and Belgrade as...

It serves as a nice companion with the so-called jenga building. One is free form, the other draws inside the lines, but both have something to catch the eye and reward the viewer.

Some really great, classic buildings going through this process. I wonder how these will price out when they come on the market. I'd love to live in a space like this one or the building on the corner of Winter and Tremont streets, for example, but will others see these as desirable if they...

Yeah, that was my immediate thought, too. They won't get somebody who can do all of that for $90K to $100K. If that's all they can afford, they should consider re-structuring it as a 0.6FTE position.

I passed by there on Sunday around 5:30 and the stairs were packed. It definitely has a certain vibe going for it.

I like it, probably would have enjoyed this building as an International Relations student when I was at BU. But alas, we only got a brownstone in those days. Doesn't a lot of timber come from Canada, though? :(

It's an interesting read, but I'm not sure I agree with the general thesis -- that mobility is impaired by a moribund society (as illustrated by housing cost). Reading the section on the fabled moving day, I immediately thought about September 1 in Boston, and how it is still very much like what...

I'm a bit unclear on how quickly they can turn one of these BEB trains and whether there is any time savings to be found on the currently scheduled 30 minute run. If they can get a train to leave Readville 40 minutes after it previously left South Station, 20 minute headways would require 4...

Right, Essaibi-George was legit from Boston, and while plenty of Wu's detractors complain that she is a carpet-bagger, the claims don't hold up well against somebody who has never lived here at all. Of course, that might not be the reason behind people using that label for Wu, in which case...

This guy is looking at an incomplete network and saying it makes no sense. The logical next step would be completing the disconnected parts, but no, he wants to just stop or even roll them back. At least be honest, don't pretend you are for them, then propose doing something that will make them...

Boston has been getting a lot of pushback on this idea for its municipal lots. Hopefully Brookline can lead by example and get this done.

It's very ambitious, requiring construction of 22,000 units per year, when we usually don't even license half that number. It is absolutely what we need, but the question of how to stimulate such an expansion is not well answered so far. Hopefully we get more details soon.

Legislative transparency is good. I wonder to what extent this is a response to the efforts by state auditor Diana DiZoglio to review activities in the General Court.

It is being upgraded to full LRT in the next 10-15 years. I doubt we'll see more than that anytime soon.

I would agree with you if it were just the Mattapan Line, but the act also defines the Silver Line as rapid transit. So basically, everything that is better than local bus service. It's not just signaling out Milton.

It's maddening that this pandering will likely get him some votes. Cities with strong bike infrastructure tend to be far more vibrant and livable. Boston is getting close to having a solid network, this is absolutely not time for a pause.

Thanks! I think this is in fact the same data source used by the study authors, they just limited themselves to publishing the rapid transit set, rather than all of it. This is very helpful!

Not just a reasonable question but a crucial question. There is no practical path toward preceding with construction without a solution to the bridge approach issue. It's critical path and the consultant sees it as an annoying distraction?