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For the joint probably complain to DOT D6. That could be fixed by adding onto a maintenance contract NBD. Restriping whats there now definitely DOT. Looked through old Earth imagery; resurfacing and striping limits end at the joint next to Back St, so Boston doesn’t own the spans over Storrow...

Should have said DOT. According to the state’s website its DOT

As a rule of thumb, (almost) every bridge is state maintained. Also see https://gis.massdot.state.ma.us/StateHighwayLayouts Not 100% accurate but pretty decent. Zooming in on Mass Ave, l would assume state jurisdiction actually extends until Back street to include the Storrow overpasses rather...

The first 1.5 miles of the Wakefield-Lynnfield rail trail are paved! Didn’t get a good look at the end but am a little worried that Eversourse skimped on the HMA thickness compared to what DOT would have put down. Assuming the limits of the DOT project get pushed back to Salem Street now...

Any update on when the second track through Ballardvale is going to start work? Took the CR up to the Valley for the first time since I lived up that way and noticed that about two miles of the second main installed in 2016 is still sitting there unused on either side of the station due to the...

As a poor soul who has to bike that everyday l wish l could like that comment 100x.

Yup. I think Lynnfield finally voted for it last year. Wakefield as l recollect has been pro trail since the get go. The rest of the trail l believe is still under design though. Looking through the transmission line docs, l couldn’t find a mention of paving the trail as part of the project...

Nice surprise; as part of the Woburn line project, looks like Eversourse is about to pave the first mile or so of the Wakefield-Lynnfield rail trail from Main St @ the middle school to Salem St. Although its only over the portion of the route dug up for the transmission line, hopefully this will...

Does anyone more informed in the procurement process than l know if these bearing pads were designed bespoke for the T? I’d imagine these are pretty “off the shelf” parts. If so, is the bottom end (or third, or 3 quarters) of the normal wear band insufficient to handle the abrupt yank to the...

Gee, l wonder why the windows only start on the second story? :rolleyes: Could have at least used fake glass at street level instead of reviving the Berlin Wall.

Listened to the same podcast last week. Volume isn’t where it was but it has rebounded to near 2019 levels (80%ish if l remember?) outside of 128. Inside of 128 though volumes are still way down.

Agreed. That is obviously the ideal, and what would happen on 88 if that intersection was to be replaced with a roundabout. S curves are standard treatment in DOT’s roundabout design guide for high speed roadways. I was referring to the roadway alignment for the mile or two prior to the...

DOT policy is explicit that bike lanes not be provided on street through any roundabout. Off street accommodation must be provided which sounds good in theory but in practice usually consists of an otherwise unmarked 10’ concrete sidewalk. In general though, there is no general prohibition on...

Phoenix isn’t in the same category as San Fran, but it is in the same B-tier city category as Boston, Philly, ect... (metro) population wise, so Bos to PHX is a valid comparison to make. However, I agree that Phoenix isn’t in the same league as those other cities from an urban “placeness”...

Unfortunately thats easier said than done. Too often, shared use paths are designed with no buffer and unaligned curb cuts at intersections that create hairpin turns for cyclists. To anyone actually using them, the “shared use” path looks like an over-wide sidewalk, because its pretty much...

Should have clarified to say on road bike lanes. The bike lane above would be kosher. Also instead of sidewalks, technically l should have said “shared use paths”, but the way they end up getting designed, 90% of the time they appear just as double wide sidewalks to the average road user...

MassDOT Roundabout Design Guide calls for either bikes to share the travel lane through the roundabout or to provide wide sidewalks for bikes to use. Striping a bike lane through a roundabout is explicitly discouraged.

Honestly can’t blame anyone who doesn’t want to rely on a 30 minute headway bus, let alone one with a transfer to a 25 minute headway CR. Especially those who make the 200k+ required to live in Weston and 100% have a car.

Agree with Riverside and Equilibria; the people at the T who had to come up with these cuts probably hate them more than anyone. 100% certain they aren’t trying to cut for the sake of cutting. I think the cageyness about the money needed to maintain service is because no one knows what the sales...

I typically dont head that far out on the D, but the couple of times l have the trolley has come to a complete or near complete stop [at the trail crossing between Newton Center and Chestnut Hill] before proceeding without any peds in sight. I assumed this was standard Ops, but based on F lines...