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Potential solution to this Gordian Knot: build his tunnel segment as requested, then in a few years when the tunnel is perpetually flooded and rising maintenance costs prevent repair and pumping, leave the tunnel flooded and reclaim all of Storrow & Soldier's Field as parkland since it'll be...

Reached out to RIDOT again today on the 1-year anniversary of the TransitForwardRI Master Plan being published and got this new reply [sic]: When I pointed out the plan is hosted on the RIPTA website and says "RIDOT is close to launching a program with Amtrak for the use of MBTA commuter rail...

I believe it's next in sequence (when the staging area for this tower is vacated), right up against the party wall. BPDA: http://www.bostonplans.org/projects/development-projects/41-lagrange-street aB: https://archboston.com/community/threads/residential-tower-41-lagrange-street-chinatown.5733/

Yes, it looks like the index has to be rebuilt as was done here: https://archboston.com/community/threads/xenforo-update.5857/post-360875

The render I saw had a tasteful lit logo in the mechanical penthouse above the balconies; I don't know how this could have impacted residents but if it did there surely could have been a mitigation - an opaque rim so the light can't shine straight down, or something like that.

I can confirm that this is still happening as of Wednesday afternoon. I thought I had remembered reading somebody on here talking about it; glad the indexed search goes back to 2016!

Filling in the river is absolutely inappropriate and would harm the natural ecosystem. The developers should dedicate part of this project to restoring the Charles River to its pre-1857 water levels and conditions.

Years ago, it used to be correct, and then they changed something about how they draw the lines and ruined it. A big part of the problem was that for some reason the Devonshire entrance to State Street Station became the "primary" location for the station, and their new algorithm just draws the...

A little off-topic, but using that constraint as a starting point, I doodled something I'd love to see: Before: After: Eliminate Storrow between Kenmore and the Public Garden. Shrink Storrow to the East. Reclaim Esplanade parkland, reserve potential Blue Line to Kenmore ROW, implement...

I completely agree that this is a possible outcome. Hopefully not, however, considering that their strategy paper states the following: While that last point is of course some tier-one marketing speak, they are at least aware of the desire for express service.

FWIW, F-Line's direct link to http://therealcape.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/vineyard-bridge.jpg didn't embed here for me either, so here's re-upload:

Yes - TFRI has a dedicated cross-honoring fares planning document that cites a number of peer system examples.

I assume someone here knows - what are current Amtrak (specifically Northeast Regional) service levels relative to pre-pandemic? I recently reached out to RIDOT to ask how this part of the Rhode Island Transit Master Plan was going: And I got the following reply:

From Tufts Medical (looking through what should have been the Parcel P-12 tower site):

While your point about the lower floors is still fair, I've seen the top of this building from some pretty surprising angles and think the views are going to be pretty amazing. I was impressed by how much was visible from Memorial Drive over by MIT, and this shot is from Stuart and Berkeley...

I still maintain that a single new excavated stop at/around the Brown Science Library, plus stops right at either tunnel portal, would probably be workable for LRT/BRT to serve College Hill appropriately, especially given the proximity to bus "feeders" coming through the nearby trolley tunnel...

I've had similar musings about transit re-use. The most parsimonious rail connection would indeed be an elevated structure above Memorial Blvd (makes sense, as that's what it was designed for), and you could conceivably build a modern and attractive minimal viaduct that eventually descends under...

Are you talking about the Green Line tunnel ventilation stack?

For those out of the loop since the Chinatown library branch was planned as part of the Parcel P-12 development on Tremont St.: that project was contingent on the off-site affordable housing funds from Winthrop Center. The COVID-related redesign of that building, which reduced a 2nd residential...

The North tower is residential - it's likely that they couldn't find people who'd want an apartment or hotel room sandwiched at grade on either side by I-90 West and the Newbury onramp. However, you would think it'd be a good location for expanded BOH like laundry or electrical, but perhaps...