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Southwest Corridor Park was striped overnight

Maybe a discussion for one of the transit pitches threads, but under a frequent regional rail model would it be a worthwhile to invest in rebuilding out-of-downtown transfer stations? In particular what comes to mind is Readville. I'm not sure how possible reprofiling the Franklin Line to begin...

At the very least most of that section has wider paths either some more distance from the road or with guard rails or trees between the road and path. Should still have a separate protected bike path from the pedestrian path though just saying it's in a mildly better place than south of BU Bridge

https://www.mbta.com/news/2024-10-01/mbta-launches-nextgen-bus-navigation-pilot-program-operations-employees-use-new Coincidentally: I'm glad this step is being taken for MBTA bus operators. Long, winding routes and detours can be confusing especially for the many new drivers and a lot of...

Tangentially related but surrounding our questions and discussion about the Fairmount funding, this article posted Sept 26 snuck this small bit about that funding: It doesn't specify exactly what CIP item(s) or what particular "infrastructure" but if said infrastructure is a new small...

I know the MBTA really likes to get as many passengers onto rail transit, which is good cause it has more capacity, but there should be more bus routes that extend more into downtown despite paralleling rapid transit for better full-time alternatives in events like this and everyday. 80s to...

My two cents are that urban rapid transit is not intended to be something people need to spend much time on (hence prioritizing standing room) so cheaper, easier to clean, sanitize, etc. seats are preferred over comfort. But the Green Line is in a unique position where it is in every way a tram...

To give them benefit of the doubt colloquially people say "the T" to exclusively refer to the trains

There's a YouTube railfan who's been documenting the progress on the restoration of the Newport Railway between the transit center and Pell Bridge alongside rail-with-trail. They have I think a 40-tonner and 2 RDCs already there and operational. If they had funding they could probably easily run...

The full official name of the state of Rhode Island wasn't what it was until 2020 for no reason. Despite being the first to pass an anti-slavery law in 1652, it wasn't enforced and by 1755 10% of the colony's population was slaves. Uhhh to tie it back to SCR, what is Fall River today was part...

Columbus Ave hosts 3 routes on Phase 1 and 6 on Phase 2, 3 of which being in the top 5 ridership bus routes in the system. Blue Hill hosts 2-4 depending on segment with the same 3 high ridership routes in parts, accounting for 40,000 daily bus riders. Both of those corridors are playing in a...

Seems they're confident or that whatever would be missed due to delays can be fixed in a series of overnight works

FWIW Providence's official metro area is just the state of RI plus Bristol County, MA whilst Worcester's metro area is just Worcester County. Neither of which I believe properly represents the core urbanized extent of each which would be a better measure of the impact and feasibility of a metro...

On the Green Line yesterday I overheard a conversation the operator was having with a regular passenger and heard a couple interesting things about his opinions on the current leadership. He was very adamant that "Eng is a much better GM than the previous 2 at the T." He said that he encounters...

With how far away Bourne is for how sparsely populated the communities are would there be the track capacity and feasibility to run service only as far as Braintree for a future improved Red Line or cross-platform at the center island transfer? On the Cape Flyer schedule that’d be 69min to...

Dispatch from BC and Cleveland Circle are actually pretty good... until they run out of trains to dispatch. My main qualm with T dispatching practice is that they don't like sending out a train if the next train after they plan to send out hasn't arrived yet. It makes sense with weather and...

There's enough room on Comm Ave for an 8-Lane stroad and the Green Line ROW if you remove parking and the grade separated bike lanes, which would've already been done if this was Texas. For the most part the Comm Ave section of the 57 isn't actually that bad because the B and 57 eat up so much...

In a scenario with electrified regional rail, adding a station at Newton Corner without eliminating any other wouldn't effect travel times with any significance. A reality with West Station and the Grand Junction restored could operate the Newton Stations to a new Riverside. Even with diesel...

At the most base level, if the B were to be properly consolidated like a tram should be into less stops between Kenmore and Amory, you'd want the 57 around to accommodate your short trips in the gaps between. There's an incredibly amount of housing density and trip generation from Union Sq...

They've been doing it on the B too. The western branches are ran essentially at the train operators' discretion so I can only really shrug when some decide not to open the rear doors cause they want to ensure people pay while others don't care. In my experience even if only the front doors are...