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I'd be willing to put a substantial amount of money on this section of the forum almost universally watching CityNerd. Most people here have not buried their heads in the sand relative to the current and potential states of transit funding at local, state, and federal levels. At the same time...

You are taking people way too literally with this. People are rightfully celebrating T victories and you're coming across as sour grapes because it's not 100%. I hear you; there are substantial issues with the T still and many users are still having a poor or terrible experience, but that's...

Of course, but was that then, and, is that now the majority community desire? My understanding is that it's still not wanted over more frequent commuter rail service.

That's not apples to apples. They funded and built it for the commuter rail and then will be changing the line used for the same. It's not the difference between building for one type of rail and then rebuilding for a different one. You're still offering light rail as a cost cutting measure when...

What's the ROW on Braintree to Weymouth? Yeah, I'm not comparing it to Blue Line to Lynn because that's an absolute no-brainer on who comes first in line.

I think we very much agree that expanded bus service to AH is the short term compromise, however, I can't see a world in which it is ever feasible to destroy the bikeway for a light rail line in place of the heavy rail extension. Why would the local politics support a forced transfer? Why would...

Those projections are from the past though. Lexington is one of the success stories of the MBTA communities act. They proceeded in actual good faith and are seeing development in the places that matter. Many of the people against the proposal are doing so on the back of limited bus service so...

I agree. In a red line conversion it would also work well as a link with a 203 BRT/BRT lite ring from Forest Hills to a hypothetical Neponset/Morrisey station on the Braintree Line.

Yeah, I was responding to @393b40 in their pitch to go directly directly to Hanscom with a branch to Burlington. What I failed to make clear (at all) is that I don't think such late branching is worthwhile so what I'm saying is that you can go to Hanscom, Bedford (Maybe, maybe Hanscom to...

Also, you can't do Hanscom and Burlington Mall without a double back. Either Hartwell Ave on the historic ROW heading towards Bedford as a plus one or Hartwell Ave at the Route 4 Junction heading towards Middlesex ave and the Burlington Mall via the high voltage ROW are the only two 95 options...

@Charlie_mta , You've removed all Route 12 access to 290/395 and vice versa. That seems like an oversight.

I will say that the 2021 redesign really hampers future expansion of the Red/Blue Connector by moving the tail tracks to the east of the station and ending the ROW with the elevator in the way.

That's only one half of my point. I'll restate: Western, Central, and South Eastern Massachusetts are subsidized by the economy of Boston. That economy cannot function if everyone drives. Given that transit users choices (and cyclists and pedestrians) are allowing this economy to continue, car...

If your implication is that the people using the transit is more fair, I disagree. The economy of the Boston metro subsidizes the entire state and depends on the MBTA for mobility inside of the core for it to function. If you took the average weekday ridership for the MBTA in July (760,224) and...

Here's a different angle: In a Boston metro where affordability barely exists, distance-based fares essentially punish people with lower income who cannot afford to live near their destinations while offering discounts to wealthier residents. That doesn't change that longer distances are more...

It's fantastic! This is such a tiny thing maybe not even worth it: On the Roxbury Crossing Busway junction, you've reduced the size of the turns while also keeping the black thru-line. However, there are no thru-line buses (even smaller routes) so why keep the black thru-line instead of...

That's true, but only $208 million of that has been currently allocated to the MBTA; far short of what is necessary to cover the MBTA's needs. It's well documented that the MBTA is currently underfunded and has been since Forward Funding was implemented in 2000. The millionaire's tax isn't going...

Because the appeal to the legislature for necessary funds to cover all service and the opportunity to provide equity to struggling communities served by the MBTA are two separate goals. Politically, now the MBTA can use this to advocate for those necessary funds by telling the broader public...

I realize that we’re starved for housing options, but Eastern Nazarene is in the flood zone and it is guaranteed to be a continuous trouble spot in the next 15 years. It honestly should just be a park with wetlands restored to help protect that whole area from smaller storms and surges.

Is there any significant risk that the speeding up of the Braintree branch for 40mph to 50 mph with the rebuild comes from using the geometry required for double tracking the old colony lines?