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I can't imagine that would be faster, and it's definitely not cheaper or less stressful. You're already at 1:30 with no traffic, probably more like 1:50 with traffic, just to get to Ruggles. It's around 1:20-1:30 from Fall River to JFK station, then another 30 minutes to LMA on the shuttle. This...

No, 30,000 people get on at North/South stations. Those same 30,000 people presumably also came in by CR at some point and got off at North/South Stations 30,000 times as well. Therefore with 98k daily boardings, a little under 70% of trips on Regional Rail involve North or South Stations, and a...

There's definitely space for a second track at Forge Park though, which would at least solve the issue where only one train can turn at Forge Park at a time. Obviously if a train breaks down on a singled section, that's still an issue though and the solution there is to have more reliable trains.

They probably can now.

Interesting, that's useful information about flight crews. Ultimately though, I don't think it really changes the conclusion. Boston is short on hotel space, and Logan has fewer hotels than most of its peers. Hotels need to be built near where people want to go, while parking (provided a shuttle...

Boston is desperately short on hotel rooms, I have to imagine at least some demand from flight crews is spilling out into Seaport and downtown. Parking space can be distributed across the state as part of a Logan Express expansion, hotel space cannot. I mean since plane noise isn't really a...

IIRC that's under consideration in the longer term, they're just rushing to get the flood doors done which requires extending the third rail now, Wood Island is only 3000 feet away so it shouldn't be super costly, and they'll study the costs of dual-mode rolling stock and OCS replacement vs full...

Is this one of those areas that exists to house elderly residents in ground-floor units near LMA? Because frankly it doesn't seem to do a very good job of that, most units seem to have stairs. Seems like an excellent use-case for a building style like this, row-houses split between all ground...

New branch off the 1 to Longwood? Even with the BNRD that's a missing connection between some major nodes.

If anything that makes me a little sad, what a wonderfully bizarre thing to have survived this long. Not sad enough to try and save a station with <10 riders per day, but still.

Well I'm glad they get to at least feel special after spending all of that money of legal proceedings..

I'm pretty sure the 2nd Ave Subway is just boring (badum tss) old twin tubes with mined stations.

That would probably be one end of the TBM bore regardless. Once you pass Surface Rd and South St you have to climb like hell to meet the Transitway.

If they ever come back to SL Phase III this will likely be in there, it was in the the most recent NSRL study. I don't think so. If I had to pick a site today it would be Essex @ Kingston, that's a pretty rare open area of Downtown.

No, the tunnels were mainly intended to be either mined or TBM'd. TBM technology especially hasn't just remained static for 20 years, so this part would likely need to be re-evaluated.

They don't have enough 1500s/1600s anymore to run a full service. So the choice is to either cut frequencies or run some shorter trains. I think we can all agree that shorter trains is the correct decision, it's just a shame it's gotten to this point.

Alright I've gone through the projects to try and pick out the new/interesting ones for people that don't want to wade through pages of stuff like circuit breaker replacements. Let me know if I've missed any. Red Line: New crossover at Kendall ($6m) Alewife redevelopment ($2m) JFK/UMass...

2026-2030 CIP is out.

I gave the number. At a 5% grade around 80-105ft deep for the platforms is doable. It's not a big mystery. That should be below the surrounding foundations, although underpinning work would obviously still need to happen, and it would be expensive. But it's not like you're entirely constrained...

The mid-block station actually gives a bit more wiggle room. You've got about 1700ft of slope on the shorter Boylston side, at a 5% grade that's 85ft of depth, plus the 20 from the existing tunnel depth gets you to a floor of 105' and a ceiling of about 80'. If that's deep enough to avoid any...