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    Biking the Boston 'Burbs (Trails, MDC, & Towns beyond Hubway area)

    Yes, but the work being done here is on the MCRT.
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    Green Line Extension to Medford & Union Sq

    Might be primer?
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    Unbuilt Highways in Massachusetts

    Designate US3 and the Everett Turnpike, from Burlington to Hooksett, as I-293, and redesignate the leftover bit of I-293 as I-193 (or just NH101).
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    Biking in Boston

    I don't know why it didn't even occur to me to tell you about the secure bike room in the garage; I used it all the time when I worked in one of those buildings. Though it wouldn't have helped you much since I've forgotten the code (and they've probably changed it).
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    Regional Rail (RUR) & North-South Rail Link (NSRL)

    I've seen a proposal (probably here) for a NSRL North Station roughly between the Green/Orange North Station and Haymarket. So you could still connect to North Station proper (albeit with kind of a long walk) but be closer to downtown at the other end.
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    Regional Rail (RUR) & North-South Rail Link (NSRL)

    An under-harbor tunnel connecting from South Station to the Eastern ROW was actually the original plan, it's why South Station is located where it is. Which doesn't mean it's a good idea now.
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    Other People's Rail: Amtrak, commuter rail, rapid transit news & views outside New England

    [yanked from other thread] The article says the new cars "would run on routes like the California Zephyr between Chicago and San Francisco and the Cardinal between New York and Chicago". Does that mean they're looking at replacing both the single-deck and double-deck fleet, or did the article...
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    Unbuilt Highways in Massachusetts

    Whether or not any of these alignments were a good idea, it is undeniable that trying to travel east-west across northern New England is a huge pain in the ass.
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    Green Line Extension to Medford & Union Sq

    If all goes to plan, one day you'll be able to ride from Lechmere all the way to Northampton. And from there to New Haven if you're feeling really adventurous.
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    Green Line Extension to Medford & Union Sq

    I took my kid to the Aquarium yesterday, and it looked like not one single map that was not actually on the GLX was updated. That's just inexcusable.
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    Green Line Extension to Medford & Union Sq

    I don't see how that could work. It's a narrow, dead-end street with residences right up to the sound wall; there's no place to put the stairs and elevators that would be needed to get over the commuter rail and outbound GLX tracks, unless you take part of 44 Granville Ave's large side yard.
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    Green Line Extension to Medford & Union Sq

    I recall there were the old-school horizontally-oriented spider maps without the Old Colony lines still up in various places for literally decades after Old Colony service was restored. Baffles my why the T hasn't fixed this problem. It's not like they're opening new stations or expansions every...
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    Green Line Extension to Medford & Union Sq

    So now that they've finally built this thing, we can start complaining about it, right? I rode with my older son to Somerville High School, after we waited at least 15 minutes for a train, and when I got back to the Gilman Square station I'd just missed one and the next one wasn't for 12...
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    Green Line Extension to Medford & Union Sq

    Big crowd at Ball Square this morning. Turned out nearly all of them were just there for the occasion and the platform was not particularly crowded.
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    Biking the Boston 'Burbs (Trails, MDC, & Towns beyond Hubway area)

    The Protect Sudbury ghouls are at it again trying to kill the MCRT; this time they somehow managed to dragoon Warren and Markey into asking the STB to review the status of the corridor. A Sudbury selectman and the attorney for MassBike et. al. had things to say about this.
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    Green Line Extension to Medford & Union Sq

    That's GLXX. Get it right. :-)
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    MBTA Red Line / Blue Line Connector

    MGH has been one of the biggest advocates for the Red-Blue Connector (RBC?). Their plans for their new building included a Blue Line headhouse, drawn up in conjunction with the MBTA.
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    Green Line Reconfiguration

    As @Riverside mentioned, I did some work on this earlier this year, in this Google map. I basically threw up my hands at getting from GJ southbound towards Lechmere, but I did figure out how to do the GJ/GLX Union Square Branch split without modifying the McGrath Highway bridge.
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    Green Line Reconfiguration

    The NJ River Line is otherwise freight-only, so freight runs at night and light rail during the day. This is absolutely not an option with a heavily-used commuter rail line.
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    Green Line Extension to Medford & Union Sq

    I really hope that means they're putting in a crosswalk from the corner of Broadway and Rogers. Otherwise everyone will just jaywalk across the middle of the intersection rather than take the half-block detour to cross at a crosswalk.

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