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Red line diversion occurring on the north side with some mention of the slow zones. However, it is a bit alarming that the north (socioeconomically wealthy) side is getting addressed first and is mostly running near track speed while the state of tracks in the south side is clearly much more dire.

I'd think the mainline ROW to Waltham has some single-track limitations and can't support the same frequencies as GLX. Not to mention incompatibilities between electrification voltage, etc. Better off just electrifying the main-line and put real 15-min regional rail on the track.

I think when the original model was designed there was an assumption that Red/Orange wouldn't be in such a dire state such that these slow zones would last months or years.. This level of transparency is pretty transformative both from the twitter post and the TransitMatters dashboard. Back in...

Not to mention, the trains are operated by a trained professional, while private vehicles are driven by joe schmoe while looking at their phone. I always wondered why the entire green line was limited to 10mph near platforms and crossings. At stations with long platforms (i.e. park st, new GLX...

Here's what grinds my gears though. Roads (for all modes including pedestrians) should be designed to best minimize points of conflict, not only between cars and bikes, but bikes and peds as well. They're completely ripping up this ROW and there is plenty of space for all 3 modes to have their...

It's not as publicized as the orange line shutdown, but Red Line service is catastrophically poor right now, and much worse when compared to level of service (i.e. headways and travel times) anytime in the last 10 years. They are still on weekend-level headways (15 min branches, 7.5min trunk)...

That is true, although you are also forgetting about induced demand - people who are not making the trip entirely will do it if convenient enough, and people who are making the existing connecting trip may fly more often.

Where do you get this data by city pair? I'd be really curious what the most traveled BOS-xxx pairs currently exist with no direct flight.

I wonder if it's feasible to turn this entire development into a private-vehicle-free one (kind of like the pedestrianized downtown-crossing plaza), and close the roads to only buses, delivery trucks, and bikes. Or maybe only allow cars on one of the east-west streets. Otherwise this area is...

I agree in theory, though in a line (like GLX) that resembles more heavy-rail like operation with longer stop-spacing and higher speeds, not stopping at every stop basically creates train bunching on the margin by definition (a train speeding skipping a stop will start catching up to the one in...

I get most frustrated when I see news about $1bn towards South Coast Rail or rail to Springfield, etc. Yes, it would be great to have rail service out there but the amount of riders it would serve would barely be 1% of daily riders served by BLX (heck, or even electrified regional rail out to...

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2022/11/29/boston-planning-new-bikeways-widened-sidewalks-for-fort-point/ This is a super welcome change that can't come soon enough. I've always felt the seaport was perfect for a dedicated, connected network of bikeways (roads are relatively congested, road ROW's...

congestion is never that bad in the middle of the bridge, even during peak travel hours. The main part of the design is ensuring that the bus has a queue jump at the red lights on both ends.

Red line approaching 20 min in slow zones.. looks like most of it is concentrated on the southern part of the line and in the downtown core (the floating slabs start past Harvard and those seem to be running at track speed). Basically the entire downtown core (SS to MGH) is at 10mph right now...

Does this mean Dec 12th the line will be fully operational? Or will it still have 3 miles of slow zones & meaningless stop signs, and still be faster just to take the bus to lechmere?

Man I feel bad for everyone commuting from Alewife or Quincy. I used to choose between riding 3 stops on Red & biking, and I will most definitely be biking through the entire winter. The heaviest ridership line in the entire MBTA system and we're still running 8 minute headways at rush hour with...

Love how quickly cambridge is moving on these. Have to think that Broadway is next. If the NIMBY's businesses don't do their part then we might actually have something resembling a connected quality cycling network.

Yea we can't find anywhere to put a few rails and ties, so let's collectively waste 1,000 hours of commuters time every day. At least it's most likely just a cover up for some other deferred maintenance or budget shortage.

This lane fortunately looks pretty wide that it looks like it could potentially hold 2-way traffic. If the ROW width is really so constrained in the EB direction that they can't fit a real bike lane, it seems pretty cheap to put down a yellow dotted centerline in this bike lane and add some bike...

These look pretty good. I'm really not concerned with the lane being narrower on the bridge with a buffer - as long as there is enough room to pass other bikers. However I do think leaving the NB bike lane on the boston side unprotected was a missed opportunity. If they are going to restripe...