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Anyone know what the holdup is for the green line entrance?

Not a criticism of this plan moreso a lament that a lot of these proposed stations are in an area that has yet to see development. Though that's part of why an urban ring is important, to get people out of inner belt and brickbottom and into kendall/elsewhere. There's a bit of a weird zone (not...

Even some trashy signage/ads would go a long way there. Such a weird angle.

Is there a time savings estimate for 50mph? I recall someone saying its not that much? I know segments of the long branches benefit from it, obviously.

I agree that the lesson might be that you don't want 1 developer to assemble the largest parcel possible and do it all at once. A few people have been saying lately we're letting the parcels get too big. I tend to agree.

So the entire 'tower' portion of the building is also controlled access. Basically each floor has a department that has moved into it (or multiple floors) and there are signs everywhere that say "Math Department Only", etc. People will actually stop you in the hallway and ask you if you're a...

Overheard a MBTA bus driver speaking to a passenger this past week: He says he works 13 hours a day, and fighting with the RL shuttle buses for space on Mass Ave means he gets home 30 mins later than usual every day (can explain more about the issues in Harvard Sq right now if needed). He said...

Restarting the procurement would probably cost more than the tariff itself. And who knows, maybe a deal can be cut with the GOP for train imports, as long as someone gets paid the right money.

Ok, I called a politicans office last time we had a question like this.. I'm at work, but does someone want to take a turn and call the consituent line, and see if there's any support at the governor's office for guaranteed funding, or some such? Do the transit matters guys care? Maybe they'll...

Sorry if this is against the rules or the wrong thread, but it is worth having a discussion on what self-funding the MBTA would look like, and if we could do pull it off politically.

Definitely interesting, but the middle section with a bunch of back patting over some genuinely ugly buildings is odd.

I guess to elaborate more, this is how people in Ohio talk about us, people who live in triple deckers. Oh, it’s unlivable, how can anyone live this way? We do it fine. People do live in tall buildings. Lower Manhattan - 50k/sqmi LES - 87k/sqmi… if you new built homely triple deckers on this...

I’m confused how skyscrapers “cleave” a community apart. And why we would want 5 over 1s instead of that. Cities are made of buildings, including tall buildings. Tall buildings should not be scary. They are non animate. A tall building has never endangered me or scared me

The meme version of this would be to send one of the branches straight to the airport via Seaport in a new harbor tunnel and one branch to Alewife via SS

https://archboston.com/community/threads/crazy-highway-pitches.5916/page-14#post-481195 They are doing a little bit on that overpass way over up the road, but not much on this road itself. I agree it needs to go.

Thornton's had 33 cent wings and 6 dollar margs on Thursdays. Hard to beat that price.

The proposal above is a breath of fresh air. It makes a lot of sense to me, and would heal some transit wounds in the region. I think people would probably oppose on equity terms... hard to give Seaport a 1-2mi tbm before you give it to someone else.

What I still don't understand is why the decorative feature is so small compared to the total visible bridge span. All the renderings seem to be just of that center portion. It looks very dinky and cheap compared to the Zakim bridge.

Is there anything that can be renegotiated to make the development more feasible? More units?

Not sure if either of these are it.