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There was a similar conversation at http://urbanplanet.org/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t17245.html ...I couldn't find any info on this on the RI DOT site. ...My Providence trip last weekend: Down: Bonanza, leaves hourly, takes one hour, South Station to Kennedy Plaza (Providence's open air...

I prefer this one because it has a more prominent Zakim bridge and Hancock Tower. I agree about squeezing in the Citgo sign and Fenway if possible, presumably towards the far left, and the State House plus a church (Old North?) or something brownstone-esque, maybe towards the right between the...

So from the sound of things, because the building is not that historic (it's sort of nice but certainly not the nicest pile of bricks around... and appears not in pristine condition and also apparently does not have central air...) and because of unrelated opposition to the dorm building, this...

I definately like this new tower idea, and I thought I liked Chiofaro for thinking/acting big in Boston, but, assuming it is this simple, his manipulating his propoerty's value in order to dodge taxes on it is really inexcusable and if I was Menino or whoever, I'd find someone else for the new...

I like the Orange Line north developments too. It bothers me that you can put an 11-story apartment in Malden but you can't in Roxbury Crossing. That's not just a TOD site- that's a short walk to Longwood, NU, etc. In general, Orange Line south is seriously underdeveloped and under-capacity...

And the most modest too! There are some things I like about this neighborhood I live in. This hyper-uppitiness is certainly not one of them. ...If you like bustling, walkable cities, stear clear of Texas, or at least of Dallas and Houston. I car-rode more miles in my one weekend in Dallas...

Reminds me of a former econ prof who liked talking about how as car safety features have improved over the years, injury/death of people in cars due to accidents has remained about flat- people just drive riskier, because they (we) have a certain intrinsic tolerance for risk and will push our...

This is the rapid transit project that will form a ring around downtown, connecting the various spokes of our hub-and-spoke system slightly outbound, improving connectivity between the various neighborhoods, opening up new areas for development, and relieving transit congestion downtown...

For comparison's sake, the closest thing to this project is probably Philly's Center City Commuter Connection, which opened in 1984. But, from the article: I'd expect many more people to pass through Boston's downtown commuter rail stations (North, South, and Central/Aquarium), especially to...

Here's an older (2003) article on the topic that touches more on the NSRL's history and politics. link

I was on the phone with the MBTA yestarday suggesting they add commuter rail service to Providence on weekends. (This baffles me- they go all the way to South Attleboro. Why not continue one more stop to the area's biggest destination? So instead I gotta take a bus tomorrow.) Anyways, the...

Apparently this issue is still on the table. It'll be curious how it plays out as the South Station Tower gets developed. I'm certainly rooting for it. Here's the MBTA's main NSRL page. link Note: Page 25 of this PDF document from the MBTA cites the cost as $8.7B. But even the $5.7B cited...

Wow, my boss is letting me leave our meeting early to go to the P25 charette, so I'll be there after all, although I might be running a little late.

I had high hopes of showing up to the meeting on Saturday, making a grand speech in which I convinced the Mission Hill community that density and tall buildings can be good and should be built at Parcel 25 to help address affordable housing, transportation, environmental, and all the other...

Wow, positive comments and optimism about the Waterfront. I have been gone for a while. ...I prefer the narrower streets. The DC comparison's a good one. I don't like DC streets as much in part because they're so wide. I feel drivers are much more hostile towards pedestrians, like...

Hi all! I'm back after a ridiculous stretch of nothing but studying for the PhD qualifying exam. (I did... OK; won't know if I passed for a few weeks.) Just skimming through the conversation here. I'm a bit perplexed by the "DTX is shoddy" theme. It's among my favorite spots around, mainly...

It's probably faster for Blue Line riders to go downtown and transfer a few times than to weave through all the terminals and do the Silver Line Waterfront zig zag anyways.

These rankings are always pretty arbitrary. For example, if we didn't have so much road congestion, we probably wouldn't have so much transit usage. We also have by far the most pedestrian commuters, which is even more efficient than transit. Also, if housing wasn't so expensive, there...

They're all luxury because the city's bracing for an invasion of retiring baby boomers, who, without these units, would either be driving up housing prices elsewhere around town or taking their selves and their tax dollars to Florida or something, or just staying in the burbs. Also, these...

The Mall is huge. People play soccer and ultimate frisbee there. Of course, they're locals, not visitors. Visitors may only go for the monuments. That brings up a fair question: is the RKG for visitors or for locals? Presumably it's for both (like the Mall), but I see it more as a little...