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A good start. The higher revenue targets were 2 to 3 years out. I noticed multiple empty tables both on the casino floor and in restaurants even at peak times when the floor was full of people and there were waits at restaurants. They were clearly still staffing up or figuring out the right...

Yes, that Bullfinch and the green are walled off from Cambridge St are completely fine in my view. Just for a green to be functional (for aesthetic value and for value as a gathering place.) then it should have some good amount of grass sufficiently away from roads and paths that people can...

I understand there are a lot of moving functional pieces that make it difficult for a hospital complex to have great campus planning... just wish we could see planning support better preservation of the Bullfinch building and restoration of a real functional quad with Bullfinch as a backdrop...

https://www.boston.com/cars/local-news/2019/08/14/managed-lanes-massachusetts-traffic "The new lanes allowed the highway to carry 23 percent more cars, while increasing the average speeds by up to 27 mph for those who paid the toll and by 6 mph for those who stayed in the general lanes. And in...

I was thinking more just the aggregate volume data. The data that turns a road from green to yellow, to red, to dark red. Along with the effects and affects of accidents. The type of data you would need to really simulate the effects of volume reductions. You would need to do surveys to...

So what transit improvements (around Boston) would be sufficient to offset the negative effects of a congestion charge. Say for argument the goal was to reduce peak traffic volumes by 5% and keep them 5% lower indefinitely. Can the state even do that level of modeling? The studies don't...

I like it overall, but the residential is too tall as it has a direct line of sight and line of sound to the haul road. Residential should not have a line of sight to the haul road. Residential along east 1st street should probably be no more than 8 stories(?) to make it work. Unless they do...

https://www.wcvb.com/article/state-investigating-ways-to-improve-your-commute-around-boston/28668977 The point about congestion pricing is a bit off. The governor wasn't questioning whether it "worked"... I think the point was that it disproportionately hurts people that don't have flexible...

The old developer playbook of seeding the room with a bunch of fringe people to make the whole notion that there are reasonable people that oppose the project for reasonable reasons. A shipping container port facility and residential are incompatible uses and need physical separation...

Would be funny if Revere gets a CR stop and Harvard can't get a CR stop at Beacon Yards even if it ponies up tens of millions of dollars.

From their stated projections it looks like they are looking to reach around a billion a year in revenue plus or minus a couple hundred million in the next three years.

Not arguing against transit or the need for a better system in order to grow the metro area, but I would say people around here are underplaying walk-ability to a great extent. To me a city means you can walk everywhere you want to go during the day and not that you spend your day riding the...

Show me the money.

The only way West Station makes sense (or much more density in this area) in my mind is by having regular service along Grand Junction along with a CR stop. Connecting Harvard Allston directly to Kendall Square on an existing rail right of way that is idle most of the time should be a clear...

So, no residential option then? Seems like they should have started there in the first place since they couldn't legally build residential. Let the port work.

It will easily do half a billion in revenue this first year I think, perhaps $650 million and they will get to their 3 year numbers sooner rather than later. A billion per year in 3 to 4 years seems doable as they establish themselves. I'll let encore worry about the bottom line. To make this...

The phasing of this project has been very interesting to follow. Maximizing the income from parking and office space for as long as possible until you absolutely have to close the section of space to make way for the next phase. Compared with other past projects that have taken a knock down...

Barcelona rarely gets snow. Bumps or anything that sticks out for a snow shovel/plow to snag on don't do so well in Boston.

I think if the Grand Junction right of way was providing a secondary mass transit option (light rail, indigo CR service, or BRT) running in the perpendicular direction from the Red Line then this would be a vision easier to realize. As it is they are planning on pushing density pretty high for...

Nicely said. Although I thought opening weekend(s) would be a big test. Really it just got a bit bogged down in front of the casino itself. No more than about a ten or maybe 15 minute extra wait. The impact seems to have been about like rush hour for peak times. So not bad. And as we...