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    Other People's Rail: Amtrak, commuter rail, rapid transit news & views outside New England

    It appears to have been proposed every session by the Rep from the 9th Norfolk district for the past 5+ years and has never gone anywhere. It is curious that it's continued to be proposed even after they chose a different rep - I presume there must be some loud person or political backer that...
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    General Infrastructure

    I assume that's just bad phrasing (or language that sounds better for federal grant criteria/scoring or something). There aren't any "normal" pedestrians, the south side of the bridge only goes to a hiking trail/undeveloped land, you can't walk anywhere else - so you're a hiker of some kind if...
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    General Infrastructure

    Kind of? There's efforts going on to rework Wellington and Sweetser Circle - which are both pretty significant, but not a broader corridor thing. While I don't drive the road that frequently, the core road issue to my eyes seems to be a few absolutely terrible intersections that crush...
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    Bowker Overpass replacement?

    No idea why it was originally built either if it was non-structural, and entirely agree that's a remarkably positive change, nice to see. It also makes it a lot easier to visualize how some of the proposed ideas for activating that land could work out. I did find the 2022 notice of intent for...
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    DCR Allston-Brighton Riverfront Parks and Parkways

    My point was more that I don't think much of the current truck traffic on Galen St is using it as some kind of shortcut or toll cheat to somewhere further in than Watertown itself. They don't have many ways to do that from there, and the ways they do have do not usually work out better than just...
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    MBTA "Transformation" (Green Line, Red Line, & Orange Line Transformation Projects)

    Brandon Hall burned down in 1946 and has been a name that means absolutely nothing in terms of a location/wayfinding aid for 80 years, so I'm not sure that's really a better portion of the name to retain. Kent + Hawes are very low ridership and have limited at best potential for ridership...
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    DCR Allston-Brighton Riverfront Parks and Parkways

    Pointing out the obvious: No trucks allowed on most/all of the river roads inbound from there - Nonantum, Greennough, SFR, Memorial, etc, nor on a lot of the rest of the parkways. North Beacon/Brighton Ave, Arsenal/Western yes, but I think it's somewhat obvious that it's probably not a very...
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    Allston-Brighton Infill and Small Developments

    Hard for me to judge clearly from the pics but I suspect it would be difficult/impossible to actually put an ADA-compliant entrance at that corner that directly goes out to the street corner, at least assuming the door on the side of the building in the 2nd pic is at the ground level. Maybe...
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    Great Scott Redevelopment | 1 Harvard Ave | Allston

    The Saters listed it for sale in 2020 but pulled it off the market when no buyers showed up (or at least at their price). In 2022, they proposed to demolish the whole complex and build a 6-story hotel on the site, albeit with 2 music venue spaces on the ground + basement levels - but the net...
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    Great Scott Redevelopment | 1 Harvard Ave | Allston

    Glad to see it and hope it's approved quickly, especially with the Middle East venues probably having their days numbered.
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    Logan Airport Capital Projects

    Does Massport actually own it? The MA Parcel Viewer + Boston Tax Parcel Viewer both seem to suggest they don't - which suggests ownership still lies with the city? State entities clearly own all the surrounding lots abutting the road, but this stretch of road, unlike basically the rest of the...
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    Logan Airport Flights and Airlines Discussion

    In general....a lot more people take vacations in summer than winter. YVR looks to do higher passenger volume in summer than winter, so that does support the idea that demand to Vancouver/BC is higher at that time. Going the opposite direction with the argument though - the airline has a finite...
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    Biking in Boston

    The intersection at JFK Street appears to be a disaster every time I've been there, so using that as a positive example doesn't....seem like one to me. It's so inadequate to handle the load that it frequently causes jams stretching all the way back up to Harvard Square. That stretch is also...
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    General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT)

    We recently redesigned/rebuilt that section and there's 1000 other untouched corridors in the Boston area competing for limited road funding/attention/labor (including the rest of Comm beyond Packard's...). Slight tweaks/paint is one thing, but doing center running bus lanes here or any other...
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    General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT)

    I've lived out by Oak Square. I can't speak to the far end of the run to Watertown (although AFAIK, Galen St is basically the whole problem), but from my experience: The city's proposed plan would be pretty much sufficient to remove all severe delay that I can think of along the route (at...
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    Logan Airport Capital Projects

    I know at least part of the Alewife Brook Parkway between Alewife + the intersection with MVP is. Not much of a citation, but here's "No Trucks or Buses" a sign on street view (MA-16 + Broadway) supporting that statement: https://maps.app.goo.gl/z49Youm2aAhLX1fW8
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    Logan Airport Capital Projects

    I think the obvious problem there is "how do you get the bus from Alewife to Logan in a remotely reliable or efficient manner." Especially since the bus isn't allowed on Storrow or Mem Dr, and isn't allowed on the parkways. There's nowhere to run a bus from there other than crawling across...
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    Watertown Infill CR Station

    - Newtonville has had a bunch of recent ToD surrounding the station with hundreds of units + more likely coming (~300 units at 78 Crafts St under 40B). It's IMO, not exactly sending a great signal to developers about how much you can rely on the MBTA service continuing to exist if you're...
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    MassDOT Rail: Springfield Hub (East-West, NNERI, Berkshires, CT-Valley-VT-Quebec)

    I'm not saying you're wrong about the decline of intercity bus usage, but Daatco's service was pretty much a city commuter only service. 2019 service levels were: 3 trips per day weekdays (+1 on Fri), 0 trips on Sat, 1 trip on Sun. Mon-Thurs: Inbounds from NB were 5:00AM, 7:00AM, 3:00PM...
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    MBTA Commuter Rail (Operations, Keolis, & Short Term)

    I'll also add in that the no service to T.F. Green on the weekends is frustrating, and rather puzzling of a decision from both a transit + a "encouraging the use of PVD" perspective. Airports are not substantially less busy on the weekends, and a glance at Flightradar24 suggests Saturday has...

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