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Better to not report anything to keep people from thinking about it. People are not happy they are gone, best not remind them of it. When they're back, it'll be with fanfare, no doubt.

I used to live in the building off screen to the right of the red house on the side there, 25 Brooks Park. It always bothered me how dense the pictured building was; not because it wasn't located at the junction of 2 routes (96 and the 101), but because almost none of those residents used public...

Ah Yes, the Orange and Red line trains and GLX bonding and construction starting are terrible or neutral for the MBTA. What's the deal with this hyperbole? You don't have to like Patrick and his policies in absolute to recognize successes where they exist. We're talking about a Governor who...

Am I not looking at the right of way being blocked by two homes and a cul-de-sac on Ronald Rd in Ocean Grove? I understand that eminent domain is a difficult decision (personally and politically), but you had me believing the entire neighborhood was in the way. What am I missing here F-line?

This isn't related to Arlington's post, but the walkshed on Magoun Square found in the presentation is wrong. The residential to the left of the station is connected in a couple of places to the community path most importantly at Warwick st. Also, pedestrians are going to be able to walk through...

It was meant to be tongue-in-cheek. The flooding was gone by days end and this was a couple of weeks ago now. But I read that quote from you Arlington and I loved the juxtaposition of the photo (from Cedar St. looking north at Ball Square for those who are unfamiliar).

They should keep at it.

We used to have a Trolley to Ferry service in Fort Point.

Cedar St and Willow Ave being full one-way pairings into Ball Square is a matter of time and neither are great as alt-direction streets for Bus riders.

All this reminds me that College Ave station is terribly set up for bus connections given that Boston Ave has three right there. At least with the decking you could maybe accommodate it somehow.

It seemed like Toronto considered it be just an example of future tech and not something they were actively provisioning for. It was more that they didn't specifically provision for electric, they just left that build un-tethered for now.

Yeah, It was obvious from the discussion that this would be the result. The argument is that capacity was needed yesterday, the single level coaches need replacing regardless, and we can sell them (theoretically) if we turn out not to need them for full life because there is a dearth of coaches...

In the context of the Toronto delegation, they were talking about speculative technologies. They are updating five commuter rail lines in succession, not all at once. The secretary made a pointed question about why all five lines were not being electrified on the back of a question about...

The DMU discussion contrasted so much with the Toronto question about electrification where Pollack wanted to point out that they were not fully electrifying and the woman was like, "Well, with five lines transforming we didn't want to assume that electricity wouldn't be outdated by the time we...

I try to contextualize it as her understanding of the fiscal limitations. Her angle of attack here was on the electric subsidies in Toronto that Boston lacks as well as the service need (through population). Baker is not raising more funds for the MBTA and has been very vocal about it. Aiello...

Caught in the act. I didn't even think to check it. I think you've illustrated my point though. I am arguing that Harvard is a bad station name because it relies on the renown of the University. In the future, a theoretical West Station may be a better choice to get to pieces of Harvard (the...

Stephanie Pollack at the FMCB is pursuing a line of questions that suggests she is skeptical of electrification for Boston. If I may say so, she also went out of her way to shut down the population of Greater Boston compared to Toronto by saying, "Yeah, well that includes RI and NH and greater...

Apologies there, I had briefly thought your point was contrasting with the one weighlander made about Arlington. My main point, which sarcasm is terribly woeful as a discussion point is that the MBTA station naming conventions tell new and outside riders nothing about their wayfinding...

If you have the ability to lend an ear, Metrolinx (of Toronto) is presenting their regional rail plan, The Big Move, to the FMCB to explain how they achieved and are trying to achieve their vision.

Yes, we should double down on poor naming conventions because we already have Stations named that way.