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It’s actually really close. The census map maxes out at 10K or more per sq mile (the darkest blue) so hard to tell how dense it really is within this segment. However, from the eyeball test, it does appear Lawrence (and surrounding) has a slightly larger area of dense population than Lowell (and...

If the choice is between a Band Aid or an open wound, I’ll take the Band Aid. There is a real, immediate need for one seat local service to/from North Station to the Seaport with connections to GL, OL, BL, and South Station in between. I agree the NSRL is the most effective solution but it’s not...

Malden Center bus lanes painted Thursday. Main and Centre Streets shown in photos.

My picks that would most benefit Everett IMHO: SL6 from Glendale Square to Haymarket with local service along the Broadway stretch from Glendale to Alford Street bridge and express service from Alford to Haymarket along Rutherford/Washington Sts (no stopping at Sullivan, Community College...

I disagree. For those heading to / from Union Square along the Medford branch, East Somerville will be the de facto Union Square station. No one taking the Medford branch from Union is going to make the switch at Lechmere for a train to Union Square station when it’s an 8 minute walk from East...

It’s starting

The truly sad part about the outbound entrance to Suffolk Downs is that you have to walk the “maze” to the inbound side to pay your fare, then walk the maze back again to the outbound side (although the maze inside the fare zone has stairs either end of the ramps). I believe the MBTA or city of...

The distance between Wonderland and the Eastern Route is about 1,200 ft, so it’d be 5-7 minutes station to station (including the time it takes to go vertical, because I imagine the connector being elevated). Seems kind of a far distance when you can connect to the airport at the new Chelsea...

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There’s absolutely no viable Woburn branch redux. ROW room for four track to Wedgemere if MVP bridge problem can be solved. But then more problems functionally with burying four tracks through West Medford plus a CR and GL superstation? Forget about that. As Arlington said, demographically West...

Even if GLX to Rt. 16 gets built, it’ll be value engineered to the max. Once the West Medford community shot down GLX twenty years ago, the state has consistently designed GLX to Rt. 16 to preclude any extension further north. The most recent 2017 re-design further enhances this point, most...

I’m on the 95 bus this morning using the “dedicated” Mystic Ave bus lane southbound. Dedicated in quotes because general traffic is using the lane with its faded red paint and zero enforcement. What’s the point of having them if they’re not going to be maintained or enforced??

Also any significant improvements could trigger ADA requirements

The most logical extension past Porter is along the Fitchburg ROW to Alewife with an infill stop around Sherman St. When I say Alewife, I don’t mean the Red Line terminus … I mean further west along the Fitchburg ROW in that giant industrial area where all the warehouses are being redeveloped...

“We’ll be ready for [Union Square] service in March,” MBTA general manager Steve Poftak said Wednesday as he rode on a test train with media members. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/02/02/metro/now-green-line-extension-real-this-time-t-promises/

The MBTA Board of Directors intends to give a GLX Project Update at their meeting tomorrow: https://cdn.mbta.com/sites/default/files/2022-01/2022-01-27-mbta-board-of-directors-agenda.pdf

I just looked up density of tract around Swampscott station and you’re right it’s 10k pop per mile which means it would absolutely be better served with heavy rail vs locomotive. Hopefully they’d choose that if this scenario BLX-Salem ever happens. East Lynn Station at or south of Chatham...

Agreed there’s not enough room for both a CR and BLX Swampscott station (one or the other proposition). Maybe I’m being too judgmental on the community, but my thought was if East Lynn gets its own BLX station, its proximity to the densest part of Swampscott would allow for the existing CR...

The 2004 PMT has a lot of the same extension projects often discussed throughout the various AB transit threads. Agree that BLX to Salem is a worthy extension as the density and demographic profile (mainly low income, EJ neighborhoods) almost contiguous along ROW (minus Swampscott of course)...

Given the amount of work left on the Medford branch, highly doubt the May opening will remain. However, seems like Union on track for March.