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LOI: Developer proposes 40-story hotel and residential tower at Causeway and North Washington

The last Red Line closure seems to be pretty successful - even Transit Matter's dashboard today only has a minor slowdown Central -> Kendall (which is the sole slow zone the MBTA tracker flags as a 25pmh+ zone). Otherwise Alewife to Andrew is all clear, and JFK to Ashmont is still holding well...

It would be pretty cool to see a Red Line train blasting past you at 70 mph when sitting in stopped traffic on 93 (not that I think it could reach that given stop spacings).

I generally agree - although one thing I would point out is that WMATA was, arguably, even worse than the MBTA not too long ago and even triggered deeper Fed involvement. That is to say: there can be a light at the end of the tunnel if WMATA can get where it is today, and I think the progress at...

Yeah, from the article it sounds like maybe it was not a rolling stock issue but an issue with the third rail (which may or maybe not be new at this point)? Either way being stuck an hour+ and having to walk off the tracks isn't great, nor is service being halted even longer than that.

I guess. But there was still a bunch of station work, track improvements, bridge work, etc that it seems they could get a head start on to get things ready for the Type-9s. They also talked more drastic things like redoing the interchange at Ashmont which would have a potentially be (positive)...

Stop consolidation was never a topic brought up in the community meetings I attend, nor have I seen any literature considering it. Also curious on updates. I think the answer is there are none, and that the PCC rehab remains as behind as the CRRC order, and the other transformation projects are...

Also, no, most residents lived in tenements and rented - they were not compensated other than a promise they would get preferential new housing in the new West End developments which for the most part didn't happen at all.

Was going to say: like the project, but new construction "luxury" apartments have got to be a hard sell across the street from i93. Air quality has to be terrible.

Yeah I called that out after seeing the renders and then the mockups in person of how crappy/out dated it seemed. I'd argue even this would be an upgrade:

Yeah, it could be. The trolley didn't care and in the end, just got a Charlie Ticket at Ashmont for a round trip - which was cool as it was tapable. Now, rant after getting home and doing the dishes: I got into Ashmont and was watching my tracker website and saw a trolley pulling in, too. What...

Posting live from the Red Line: While pretty fast from Ashmont to South Station, the screeching South Station and Broadway and JFK to Andrew was deafening. Significantly worse than the Boylston Curve. Also noticed a bit of slowness on the way in going into Savin Hill. I was a bit disappointed...

Maybe it's just me, but the full LCDs on the new OL and RL for instance seem pretty... cheap or fisher-pricey or something. I can dig the Dot Matrix for basic stop announcement screens and what not.

Ugh, the Italian rail system is a dream between Italo/Trenitalia. Pretty much show up day of for $30 first class between any given city pair for 1-2 hours trip time.

Fully agree - but still better than nothing but shuttle buses.

How much longer into we get stuck in a sunk cost fallacy, especially with the red line.

At least on the Braintree branch there is actual parallel rail service with the CR that can help alleviate a bit of the pain of a month long shutdown.

Yeah, and as far as just finding new spots to open... that can be extremely difficult, especially if the business has been established for a long time and potentially has a sweet deal on their current rent/space. Even if they were guaranteed a spot in the new construction, being closed for a...

Losing the Chinatown Cafe would also be pretty unpopular.

Going total off topic here, but, RI was originally planned to be car free, with everyone having to park at the garage at the bridge on/off the city and switch to the red bus to get around. Kind of didn't work out like that, though, and cars are still allowed. Whenever I do need to drive down to...