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    Freight and General New England RR News

    The obvious solution is for the vendor to purchase a proportionate amount of alcohol from New Hampshire. It is not a dry state.
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    Commuter Rail to New Hampshire?

    This is a number that's going to startle a lot of people in the legislature, but it's not clear how much the Federal government would pick up. I'm curious how much this would cost if the line only went so far as the two Nashua stops. The state already operates stations for intercity buses; I...
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    Commuter Rail to New Hampshire?

    I wish I had written this because it captures the NH anti-rail sentiment so succinctly. One additional point I would add is that the MBTA is perceived as dysfunctional. Bad news travels quicker and further than good, and whether it's snow disruptions, braking issues, deferred maintenance, or...
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    Commuter Rail to New Hampshire?

    Let me clarify my statement about voters using and prioritizing the highways over rail. I am trying to explain how we got to where we are at the moment and emphasize that people have been making rational self-interested decisions albeit shortsighted. To some extent people support highways...
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    Commuter Rail to New Hampshire?

    New Hampshire has decided to prioritize modernizing the southern portion of Rte. 93 and the Everette Turnpike not from lack of imagination but for obvious political reasons: far more people will use the highways than the rail. People living north of Concord have an economic stake in the...
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    Unbuilt Highways in Massachusetts

    The F.E. Everette Turnpike has just begun a five-year $160,000,000 improvement project which will widen the existing two-lane sections to three lanes and a breakdown lane where appropriate. After these three projects are complete, exits 6 and 7 on 293, currently the most hellish in the state...

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