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Took a tour of the Whitcomb house for my architecture class at WPI. Absolutely gorgeous, inside and out.

Thank goodness they only changed the logo and didn't repaint the entire car.

Measuring the curves on the Fairmount in google earth, most have a radius of about 0.5 mile, which should be good for 80-90mph, provided traffic and track conditions are not constraints. If you want any faster you're gonna have to dig out the TNT.

Dang, old Volpe looks really good there.

About time something was built on that massive lot, since Unum hasn't needed it since they consolidated in City Square.

Boston Roads.com has a figure of $1.9 billion for the tunnel.

Nice comparison of the old and new cars.

For the record, the NY project was cantilevered like that because of a preexisting MTA vent building and some other rail easments, but it doesn't excuse the deliberately top heavy design of the cantilever. There are far better ways to do it.

The old ramp chewed up a bunch of that space too.

Hmm. Semiconductor fabs lately are running in the 10-11 figures so 10-20% of that for a design contract would sound about right.

Maybe Orange needs them more badly?

Using the same argument, could you say that Dover also did W Roxbury a favor by ripping up their tracks so the Needham line would have no prospect for extension, making it a prime target for wholesale conversion to rapid transit?

I checked the Dunn Road houses on http://gis.revere.org/?extent=241271,907405,241845,907690. The ROW proper is 80ft wide, and the yards encroach on the ROW. Yes they'd lose half their backyards, but it's not really 'theirs' to begin with, so it shoiuld be doable politically. Sidebar: I'm...

Connecticut tried doing something similar last year with SB1024(failed) and HB1607(passed), which would make multifamily housing as of right within 1/2 mile of transit stations, but the bills got excoriated for overriding local processes. I hope CT can learn from MA on enacting the laws.

Sweetser Circle at over 500ft is still way larger than a modern roundabout would be, and the splitter islands are also way too big. It's an old school rotary layout which maximizes the design speed- not a good model.

As I recall, that was officially studied at one point as one of the alternatives, or at least unofficially proposed by Ari or Vanshnookragen before the current iteration got going. Edit: and getting around to read your post, I see you did mention that.

Extending BeyondRevenues's plan to the 2 circle alternative by lining up William Day Blvd and Mt Vernon in a second circle to the east connected by an extension of Columbia Rd. Day and Vernon should pair up well because they are both local roads. Moving Mt Vernon like this should also make it...

Some of the hard to wire areas are undoubtedly low clearance bridges which might be prohibitively expensive to raise if undercutting isn't possible. Having significant onboard batteries would also reduce peak power draw, which would reduce the size and/or number of required substations, which...

Speaking of footbridges, if the third/extra draw does become redundant in a post NSRL world, worst case scenario is we have another ped bridge connecting two riverside parks.

I was under the impression that that whole row of buildings would be redeveloped from Broadway and Binney between the garage and Volpe, so even better for an alternative route. *Searches* Ok, seems just the northernmost building of the row is slated for redev currently, but that's pretty much...