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I've been giving some thought to the MBTA bus system, possibly in anticipation of a GIS project, and put this on my little website. http://_________.googlepages.com/keymbtabusroutes I've heard it mentioned that the MBTA has considered adding a handful of key bus routes to its subway map...

I just disected a Charlie Card after I read a comment on badtransit.com claiming that despite the warning not to, you can indeed punch a whole in it. You just have to be careful to avoid the bottom right corner of the front side. If the tiny chip is the only workign part of the card, you could...

Do you think this building will help reduce crime in the are with its staff in the lobby 24 hours that can report crime and its weathy and possibly connected residents demanding a safe neighborhood? Or is this wishful thinking?

Also: how do you check the value of a ticket or card? And how will you consolidate them?

Ron: of all the tickets and cards you pick up, what proportion of them have value on them?

Ron, you can drop that Charlie Card off at my apartment. http://boston.metro.us/metro/local/article/Dont_toss_those_CharlieTickets_after_all/6813.html Don?t toss those CharlieTickets after all by christina wallace / metro boston FEB 6, 2007 BOSTON.?Ron Newman has a new hobby. In the past...

How odd.

I was just up there a couple weeks ago too.

I certainly agree that developers should have that freedom, but when spaces go for $350/month, they'll pack some spaces in there.

Can Suffolk take City Hall too?

I really hope no one is banned except those posting spam. This forum happens to be damn good with almost no moderating.

Great work. Though I really don't expect the tower to change Boston much at street level, it is neat to see in some of your graphics how a Big Three--115, Hancock, and the Pru--dominate the skyline.

http://www.thephoenix.com/article_ektid30255.aspx How to save City Hall Fight or blight? By DAVID EISEN December 20, 2006 6:42:02 PM All too many Bostonians dismiss City Hall as a windswept monstrosity. They?re the same ones, undoubtedly, who hunger for a Norman Rockwell portrait of life in...

I love it too. But I can't log in.

http://www.mccahome.com/jhcc_flo.html If the "lower level" is at Boylston Street level, as indicated in this floor plan, then I see the constraints that would be faced when adding retail.

"The MBTA apologizes for the slow response-time users experienced on our new website. We are currently doing everything we can to improve performance, and the new site will be re-released soon. In order to give customers the content needed, we are offering our former site while we work out the...

Can you post that? This issue came up before and I remember we were all convinced that there is no dedicated lane that extends the length of the Ted Williams Tunnel. Here I see just two tubes:

Great new "interactive maps." Update: Somehow it is back to the old site. Since it will be gone forever, here is a screen shot for comparison.

If the Silver Line Waterfront tunnel were dual use for trolleys and buses, a trolley would move no faster than the slow bus in front of it.

John Keller suggests moving city hall to Dudley Square. http://cbs4boston.com/kellerblog/local_blogentry_347074304.html City Hall, R.I.P. Dec 13, 2006 7:38 am It?s good to see Boston Mayor Tom Menino talking about getting rid of the hideous Boston City Hall and its wasteland plaza and...