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What do you mean by tram, exactly? I mean, the green line *is* a tram network, isn't it?

If we could trust the developers to build anything like the Back Bay or the pictured island design, maybe I could be convinced for it (though if you want to build a new neighborhood aren't there vacant areas that could be used that are already on land? Less well-sited, perhaps, but an island is...

Re: MassDOT Pike Parcels 12 - 15 | Boylston St. + Mass. Ave There's no way I'm reading this right- they seriously took 8 months to tell them they were rejected because their proposal arrived 2 hours late?!

I for one will mourn the loss of the wood paneling with the 1200s finally give up. :(

Re: Driven By Customer 'Service' Parte Dos The whole "Classic Tier" thing seems really strange- do they really expect to get a professional quality map that meets all their standards, is delivered in a proper form, and is superior to their current map, finished in less than a month on the...

I'm specifically referring to commuter/regional rail, you're giving 100,000 more riders than MBTA when today they're about even- I don't understand where all these additional riders are coming from.

I'm curious why you expect SEPTA ridership to pass the MBTA- my understanding was that SEPTA basically has no expansion proposals on the table, but by 2030 MBTA has several likely expansion projects that may be completed by then.

I have to walk down the street, and pay like twice that much on top of that... where are you living for such a deal?! :p Also, I would totally live in that 270 sq. ft. unit... but I wouldn't be thrilled about dorm-like scenarios where I'd have to share a bathroom or kitchen.

Eh, but the southbound lines are going to be Dudley and maybe the E (F-Line presents a decent plan but it seems hard to me to justify hundreds of millions of dollars just to eliminate Copley Junction), and in those cases you can just keep an SL4 bus and the 39 will still go to Copley. (I mean...

I could imagine doing so if you avoided the existing Boylston Station (and therefore would run trains from the Boylston St. Tunnel directly onto Essex St.- there was a former portal so the tunnel widens) but I don't understand how it would work if you want to serve the Tremont St. tunnel and the...

That was supposed to be enough, but growth in the sales tax revenue was expected to be more than what actually happened, too. (I'd be curious to see how the numbers run if that growth was what had been expected, but I've never seen it documented.)

Re: Driven By Customer 'Service' Parte Dos I especially liked this paragraph:

It does seem like there's a floor under which the owners would rather see the apartment unfilled than to go for a lower price. I wonder if this is to keep the perceived values of the units that have been filled up?

Well, it superficially makes sense- pay the most to live in the newest building. Theoretically, if luxury demand is saturated, the least desirable luxury buildings will be converted to cheaper status. (I'm not sure if this actually happens, though?)

That's just a convenient excuse- it's all about setting a precedent. Bank depositors (even "insured" deposits) now are below bondholders in priority, today they say it's okay because the Russians (ignore that there are plenty of non-Russians in Cyprus- like, you know, Cypriots- they don't matter...

It's unnecessary hyperbole, when the reality of the situation in Cyprus is in my opinion disturbing enough without it.

Another advantage to the LDs is that they keep service alive- a line with a single round-trip a day still has stations of some sort, it still has agreements with the freight operator (however unwilling), still is being maintained to some passenger standards. Adding more passenger service to a...

I seem to recall reading that the T leadership is skeptical of the benefits of signal priority and want the supporters to pay for a formal study.

Re: Driven By Customer 'Service' Parte Dos Doubt the damage to the state's credit rating (yes, the state would suffer too) would be worth it.

Re: Driven By Customer 'Service' Parte Dos I'm hesitant that they should really be doing heavy cuts on the pay side, when we're already having accidents caused by people who feel they have to work additional jobs on the side. (Obviously it's not the MBTA's fault when someone is too tired to see...