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Re: Wynn Everett Casino | Everett Following the tangent this thread is on. Instead of adding a railroad station, why not just switch the Haverhill line to run through Woburn permanently and convert the Haverhill Line from Reading/Willington to the OL. Yes, it would be costly and be a traffic...

So how will they get the last of the dirt out. Once the pile the daisy chain in feeding drops below the reach of the machine on the street, then they need a new method.

Do you think that they can or will align the schedule with the GLX union square branch work? I would imagine that would simplify that part of the GLX if they do not need to complete the work in an active railway.

I believe it has been closed for a little over a year.

Re: Wynn Everett Casino | Everett The math is not that simple. Looking at the equation from a net capital flow is not the way to go about it. If that was the case, you would conclude that trade deficits are always bad. Most economists will concur that the benefits of trade far outweigh the...

Re: 111 Federal St. | Formerly Trans National Place (Winthrop Square) Part 2 It looks like HYM scheduled completion is a few years behind the other proposals since they are moving the church before they start construction on the tower. HYM will not break ground on the tower until Q2 2020 and...

Re: North-South Rail Link A monorail or any other rapid transit between North and South station will not provide nearly the same benefits of the NSRL. The NSRL allows trains to run straight through which offers more single or no transfer destinations for commuters, but more importantly, the...

Re: Green Line Extension to Medford & Union Sq Do you have any evidence to support this, or just your intuition that you pulled from thin air? I think it would depend on the state of the building. if the foundation and exterior walls are in good condition, wouldn't you want to reuse that plus...

You do not necessarily need to make 28 harder to use as that will increase the amount of time the roadways are clogged with traffic. Bumper to Bumper traffic is not he best for knitting a neighborhood together. Instead you can make alternatives that are more appealing and siphon off traffic...

Still need to account for the potential added costs to the rider to make a fair comparison. Maybe the riders pay more, but have better service at less costs to the MTBA. Then it can be a cost benefit analysis and you can adjust the cap to what makes sense. Another thing to note is that the...

Re: Whiskey Priest/Atlantic Beer Garden Redevelopment | 150 Seaport Blvd | Seaport I would have to imagine that they new that a building would be going up there and designed around that. The new building would obstructed the view of maybe 1/4 of the apartments on that side facing Whiskey/ABG...

This graph is very misleading. By design the Taxi/TNC programs are capped at $13 costs to the MBTA. Riders are responsible for everything over $15 and pay a $2 fare. The graph should show the total trip costs for taxi/tnc program split between MBTA/rider shares.

Re: General Electric HQ | Necco St.| Fort Point What a fucking joke of a post. Have you ever contributed anything to this board? The same nonsense on repeat derailing threads. First corporate income taxes are only 10% of federal revnues...35% is from payroll taxes, which is half paid by...

First, I do not see them destroying any business of importance, they may not be adding to the business corridor or street activation, but that is different from your charges about destroying the business corridor. In the last decade or so, what business have they really pushed out that...

I have been thinking something along the same line, although slightly more out of place for crazy transit pitches. Expand on that red line spur idea following Mass Ave to Central into a new line. Start at Sullivan follow the rail road track through the inner belt to the Washington street...

Re: 111 Federal St. | Formerly Trans National Place (Winthrop Square) Part 2 Maximizing one aspect of anything with multiple dependencies is narrow minded and wasteful. The city is not in the real estate business, there is a bigger picture. They are in the larger business of promoting the best...

If that is the case for the area and new buildings can cast shadows for a limit of 2 hours between 8 and 2:30, then there will be no shadow issues. Based on a shadow calculator I found online, any new shadows will be off the common and cemetery by 10AM...

The MBTA needs to fix the current mess and then create an integrated plan for what they want to achieve before they even consider their sources of funding. Seattle has a ballot question about funding a $20B expansion of their rapid transit, but they have plans for it all how they tie together...

Well the technology might be here or in the near future but do not except a mass rush because the Medicare funding mechanism is absurd and will limit the adoption of technology. For example Medicare doesn't distinguish between a powered or manual wheelchair. About ten years ago DEKA made the...

Re: North-South Rail Link It also creates a more reliable commute home. My dad drives all the way into Sullivan because he got tired of having to leave his office in South Station 30+ minutes before his train departed north station to Woburn. Otherwise he would risk sitting at North Station...