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I flew B6 BOS-SFO last month and it was my first flight since pre-pandemic. Most of my domestic flights are on JetBlue. The rest, along with most of my international ones are on Delta. For the money, JetBlue constantly provides the best value combined with nonstop availability. Plus, the free TV...

1) Cost: It's cheaper to use asphalt out here 2) Lifecycle: With the freeze/thaw cycles and road salt, concrete just doesn't hold up as well out here. There's a reason portions of 495 were reconstructed in their entirety 20 plus years ago.

Mexico and Canada venues get some first round matches because that was part of the arrangement for the joint bid for the three countries. As for Boston (Foxboro), Bob Kraft has enough swing with the USSF that it would be hard pressed to not include Gillette as a venue.

Concrete by nature is porous. Water, in turn helps hydrate the cement in the mixture and turns it concrete. The main concern with water is corrosion of the rebar. I would imagine that the rebar used was epoxy coated and cut edges were touched up before concrete was placed in the forms...

Tangential to the 95/128 conversation, but apropos nonetheless, MassDOT is proposing a modified diverging diamond as a replacement for the existing Rt. 9/Rt. 27 cloverleaf: https://www.natickma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/11505/June-10-2021-927-Public-InformationInput-Meeting

Cloverleafs work - provided traffic flow is inherently low and provides sufficient gaps in the flow to allow for weaving. Which is why 128 was constructed with so many of them at its interchanges. As soon as traffic increased, they became problematic. You just cannot process vehicles...

There was never going to be a viable solution to fixing that mess, other than relocation of the access point. It's just too close to the interchange.

Not to go too off-topic here, but given B6's presence at BOS, I've switched to them for the vast majority of my leisure travel. Accordingly, I have their co-branded Barclays Mastercard which gives you 6x points on all airfare purchases, plus baggage allowances on all blue fares. I've found...

Apparently, it's due to a lack of aircraft. They scaled back their orders for 321LRs, so they won't take delivery on the ones they need for BOS-LHR until next year.

IIRC, the closest measurement was 9" between the two buildings. There were no common walls.

forgive my ignorance, but why does the Caltrans engine have the fairing on the rear, why the midwest one doesn't? Is this for aerodynamics when coupled with a different car set that is taller (double deckers)?

Not rumble strips. Rather, we refer to them as "detectable warning panels". But yeah, there aren't any today.

I would suggest reading up on the proposed JetBlue TATL flights. They are doing BOS-LHR and JFK-LHR, and possibly both to Gatwick as well. A321LRs. Dublin is not in the offering at all.

Anyone have any new photos of this project? Did we ever get additional info as to the mysterious tunnels under the plaza?

Alt. 1C stands out for me because it eliminates the need for a left turn lane on the WB approach to Nonantum Rd. and provides a separated right turn lane onto N. Beacon St. The roundabouts presented in Alt. 1B are great in theory, but would go to hell from an operational standpoint if the...

The last thing this area needs is something that not only removes an outdoor interaction place for the little human activity that exists there, but adds a use that further removes the human element as well.

So here's a question - how does this mesh with JetBlue's plans for BOS-London? EI is a partner with JetBlue, but they are also partners with United.

I deal with MassDOT projects for a living. The time difference between the 25% and 75% submissions is nowhere what normal scheduling and reviews usually take, so that tells me the project was temporarily shelved or reworked.

Better start getting familiar with them, as MassDOT has become a major proponent of them. More often then not, they require an alternatives analysis that includes a roundabout design option when constructing an intersection that meets a traffic signal warrant. In fact, I'm currently designing a...

Uh, oh. Looks like one of the new OL trainsets has derailed: