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I feel pretty strongly that the 39 is a success story and should continue to exist in some form no matter what. Assuming no light rail extension beyond Hyde Square: maintain as is (with as many BRT enhancements as you can fit). Assuming surface light rail extension beyond Hyde Square: maintain...

Yes, this is mostly where I've landed as well; 3 stops at 2000' feet is doable, and could be fine if needed (see below). But I think there is a reasonable case for matching the current stop spacing (with Brigham Circle shifted slightly southwest to absorb Fenwood Road's walkshed. I still find...

I had never heard of this proposal until today, wow! I may need to map this out later. Another harbor tunnel would have been really interesting, and frankly seems like it would have had a high likelihood of surviving til today; the waters of the harbor (and the Mystic and Chelsea Creek) form a...

Yes, that is fair to point out that the truncated streetcar routes were not immediately converted to buses. That's why (for the most part) I've been talking about "surface routes", in an effort to be agnostic to whether we're talking about streetcars or buses (or trackless trolleys, as quite a...

Yeah, it's true that the overall shapes of networks are the same between Kenmore and Lechmere Models, but the key distinction I'm drawing is whether the through-running streetcars survived, or if they were replaced with truncated bustitutions with forced transfers. Not to be overly fussy about...

@F-Line to Dudley, I was doing some "ArchBoston spelunking" over the weekend and saw some very old comments of yours (12-15 years ago) where you referenced a study showing that a reactivated Millis Branch would actually have shockingly high ridership. The only one I could find is this one...

Tbh, it's not an unreasonable request. I wonder if there is politics between the T and Massport as to who can run buses on airport property.

Oh, to be clear, each "model" is only meant to refer to the setup of any given terminal/transfer hub/node. Yes, the two models have coexisted for over a century. It is also true that the Lechmere Model encompasses a few different varieties. And I agree that GLX actually doesn’t fit either model...

Broadly relevant to the Green Line Reconfiguration concept, I've done a brief formal write-up of "the Kenmore Model and the Lechmere Model". In the Kenmore Model, surface routes from beyond the Inner Belt (~2.5 miles from downtown) enter a subway to run express into the core. The Lechmere Model...

I wrote a bit about the Grand Junction Corridor a couple of months ago, and sketched out a somewhat similiar "minimum build", in response to the latest study. That study showed relatively low ridership for a West Station <> Eastern Route service. It also would have non-trivial disruption to ops...

I'm a little reticent to wade into this -- this particular corner of the Green Line Reconfiguration really just isn't that "fun" for me at this point, and I think it, more than perhaps any other component, will hinge on the outcomes of professional studies; I think there's a definite limit to...

Wait, that's actually super interesting. So is the idea that they assume that half of GSE at DTX go to Red and the other half to Orange? And that most GSEs at GC are for Green?

^ That'd be my second guess. But I wonder if @TheRatmeister has something up his sleeve!

I’m gonna go with a “plain text” reading of the question and say Shawmut.

I certainly could be wrong about this, but I went way down a rabbit hole here a couple of years ago, and I think this location also doesn't work. The problem is that the circumferential service (Aqua Line, or Bronze Line below) still needs to cross from the south side of the mainline tracks to...

Yeah, this is definitely one of those "placemaking" transit pitches, in that it's just as much about creating a new place/new kind of place, not just serving what's there today. I think this is definitely a worthwhile kind of endeavor. As much as we focus on getting people in and out of major...

I think you might actually mean the Better Bus Profiles? https://www.mbta.com/projects/better-bus-project/update/bus-route-profiles-now-available But the NETranist doc is also amazing.

Yeah, I think a century of only having slow surface transit and low frequency commuter rail has made it seem more distant. (Probably a similar story for Lynn, tbh.) But yeah, it’s no further than Newton is.

Also: This is why I now prefer an East Somerville alignment for this concept. Via GLMF, you manage to miss not one but both of the radial transit lines you cross. I can live with missing Union (Union Sq itself should have a 1SR bus ride to Kendall, and points further west can transfer to Red...

Also keep in mind that the nearby Riverside Branch does just fine, at a similar distance, and into an even less dense (less walkable) neighborhood. In a world where Auburndale is a viable alternative with frequent service, perhaps that would change. But the D currently runs Riverside <> Kenmore...