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Will they, though? The MBTA (with the City of Boston) have been planning/redesigning past Brigham Circle and South Huntington to include a dedicated transit ROW. From what I recall, the MBTA cited the Type 10 procurement for this project - if there is a a dedicated ROW, out to Heath St., then...

One would really hope the MBTA or someone at the state would do a thorough and in-depth retrospective on the GLX so that the MBTA can learn from the problems and mistakes for future projects.

I very much disagree. For the initial build out, it should be the Fairmount + Providence Line electrification (cheap) and on the north side the Rockport/Newport line up to Salem. That's it for the initial. After that north and south commuter rail lines can be electrified independently of the...

Really sounds like the contractor dropped the ball here.

Even the T's sandbagged estimates are significantly less than that.

My hyperbole aside, that is what I figured had happened. That said, it's a big lot, and in this day and age I don't see how they couldn't have done the auto shop out the back and actually done housing on top. I don't see that as a barrier to entry at all. In fact, I think they could have even...

So, I go by 4415 Washington St often enough, and after the demo I figured it would be retail/housing, classic 5 over 1 or something similiar. However, what has been built to replace the old gas station is a new single story auto-repair shop with like 6 bays. Really mind blowing - maybe even more...

Not sure the best thread, but, I can say traffic so far has been markedly worse with the Red Line/HSL shutdown. I was also impressed with the MBTA's setup for the temp bus stops on the HSL - as someone who took it when it was bustituted all those winters ago and the MBTA drivers couldn't even...

It also doesn't look like it was on a new train? Not really sure why it's in this thread.

Fairly certain the published timeline is by end of the year, so I would expect a few more closures from now until then.

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<Insert Italian car analogy of looks vs reliability here>

So here's an idea: why not bring in/subcontract the London Underground, Tokyo Metro, JR, Toei Subway, MTR, or really, whoever to come in and take over track inspection and maintenance and train the MBTA's crews while doing so? I get that public transit is/can be pretty bespoke, but, I would...

He's been here a few months - not exactly sure what miracles you are expecting him to pull out of his arse. While I don't know much about him, by all metrics he seemed to be able to turn around the LIRR from complete garbage in a few years. I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt for...

Fairly certain all of the other buildings, including the low rise on Harrison, are concrete.

Something off/strange about seeing a wood framed building going up in the North End surrounded by actual masonry buildings. I feel like fire departs of yore would be rolling in their graves at the sight.

Going to have to disagree with unreasonably short service hours - the MBTA's rail service is pretty in line with most other systems in the world. I would, agree, however that the MBTA's supposed argument for not extending rail service at all (even on weekends) that those are crucial maintenance...

Yeah, definetely a big selling point when Baker moved to increase the order to get a homogeneous fleet across the Red and Orange (excluding physical size). That said, even if we did rebid the Red, we would still have fully full commonality on each line themselves (assuming the Type-10 order...

All of the Orange Line shells are done and delivered - I don't think anyone knows the status of the Red Line shells - which goes to the point that I agree the Orange Line we should just try to get them done given we have all the shells and are about halfway there. The Red order seems pretty DOA...

Especially from the vantage of coming into the city from the north. Just looks incredible wide and squat. Pretty much the only bad angle I've found though.