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Just pulling out some of the renders: this building is shoving 8 units onto a tiny 1700sqft site, replacing the black and white building on the corner. It's notionally Assembly, but geez at least right now thats a terrible location. Also, given the site size, it's a perfect example of why we...

For reference, the proposed final state platform plan from the Hines presentations, but given where the elevators to the bus terminal are, I don't see how you maintain gate-free access to the bus terminal elevators and escalators without going for gates basically at the end of each platform...

Looking at the MTA / Metro North's battery locomotive procurement, it appears that their press release very strategically took place before the release of board materials that included the cost: for 13 locomotives, the MTA will be paying just shy of $305M, for ~23.5M per locomotive for delivery...

Basically! It'd likely have really limited utility for not-office park / mall based folks, but the sheer concentration of those types of workplaces in finite pockets along the 128 Corridor, from Danvers to Quincy makes it interesting to me. I'm basically imagining the 128 Alewife shuttles, just...

I think one of the issues of a I95 circumferential service is how it also basically represents the extreme edge of the MBTA bus service area - and one of the weaker aspects of our transit system is the weak connections between the regional RTAs, which would likely be better suited to providing...

Here's a absolutely bonkers highway pitch, inspired by the fact that I was looking at the Tobin Approaches in Chelsea and wondering what manner of possibilities there are for solving the space constraints that resulted in a stacked highway structure in the first place - the cross section of the...

To be fair, thats also probably why it's FRP - its not susceptible to corrosion per se. Also keep in mind what it's actually being attached to - those "trusses" aren't actually structural, as AFAIK the sidewalk deck is actually supported by transverse elements, which is in turn holding the...

The slides are out- looks like Phase 2 is also largely contingent on the CAF type 10 deliveries. While the Type 9s will get it, it appears that the Types 7 & 8 will only get Phase 1. If they're saying complete by 2028, it appears that this contract as is doesn't take into account that CAF type...

I have no idea how feasible this is in Boston given how un-environmentally friendly it is, but in areas of downtown I'd love to see them put in a snow melt system; famously there's heated sidewalks and streets in places like Reykjavik and Helsinki, which just make winter much less messy to be...

Alaska just bought Hawaiian, and that transaction went through without challenge, but I agree they're probably the only major carrier that would pass antitrust normally, given their not-hugely overlapping route networks - Jetblue still has a hugely east coast centric network. With Hawaiian's...

Although, there is a question there - the LA metro and CTA CRRC orders also predate the introduction of anti-China tariffs, both dating to 2016. CTA's order is comparably sized to the MBTA's, (400 vs 404) and was even more aggressively priced than the MBTA's - (632M, 1.58M/car vs our 871M...

Oh boy I have a screed on this. Thats an OTG operated terminal - they're a major airport hospitality operator. They tend to put in some fairly dramatic things to the terminals at the airports they operate. They started out tied-up with United, so you also see their properties in DEN, IAH, ORD...

I don't think this has been posted here yet, but the T's projects page has this PDF with the full year shutdown schedule across the system. Those November GL central tunnel closure will be rough: closing basically the entire C, the D inbound of Brookline Hills, and the B terminating at Babcock...

Err the village center of N. Conway is like a mile from the lodge. I'm inclined to point at Loon for that one - I don't know if you've been to Loon the past couple of years (since 2023) but the new Timbertown Quad is a gamechanger. It takes a little doing to get across to the "main" area, but...

To be fair, right now Hyundai-Rotem is in the market for a new US facility- they won a 182 car order from LA Metro last year, scheduled for delivery beginning in 2028. In fact, that order is the substitute for the CRRC Springfield option cars. Add in their extensive relationship with the T...

While true generally, most of these conversion candidates have been largely vacant longer than Covid - in the case of this specific building, it looks like that leasing sign had been up since at least 2017. As such, some people is better than no people, but in general you're right ... your case...

I only know of datasets that encompass metered spots, not including the other types such resident only / loading etc. Granted, meter spots are usually the focus of the small business opposition crowd, but if you're looking for totals and resident spaces... Frankly, I'm not sure that the cities...

By the schedule, this month is the first that we should expect to see 3 pairs delivered (1 orange, 2 red) as part of the contract reset. We've finally reached the divergence point between the reset schedule and past performance - it'll be fairly informative as to future outlook and drive the...

Per reddit, the first of the BEBs were delivered as of ~a month ago, but that doesn't say too much about ETS - I assume these first buses will spend some amount of time just doing familiarization things, but based on the numbering that should actually be #3 / 10 pilot BEBs.

I have a personal thesis on this that I'm working on expanding, but my opinion is that our small new england town model of governance has lead to balkanization of interests. Compare and contrast our 351 towns and municipalities to say Florida, Virginia or North Carolina - in turn, they have 412...