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Sometimes they just pocket the money without even building the road or bridge

On Shaughnessy: really, just got to look at Ortiz's position over the years to get all you need to know.

Only thing I'd argue here is the "affordable homes" part: these people oppose all new development, regardless of market rate vs. affordable. Maybe a single family might pass muster for them, though.

Yeah, and also better access to MGH, Mass Eye and Ear, Shriner's, etc, from the blue line directly. In the long run, I think the biggest benefit is really just taking the load off the more central transfer points at Government Center, State, Park St, and DTX which, as ridership eventually...

And the population of Greater Boston didn't decline, either, even with the white flight from Boston. It, in fact, has grown only grown during that period (with perhaps a slight decline for the first time due to the pandemic). It is the area serviced by the MBTA, which is a state agency and...

Yeah, I mean I would just like I would take it in town to Chinatown. Really Quincy, Malden, and Chinatown is the main places to find various authentic Chinese places. That said... on the Ashmont side, I'm looking at 40 minutes by the T, and 15 minutes driving right now which is a non starter...

I believe the Orange is 4.5 minutes, and the Red is 3/6 minutes on the trunk/branches respectively. That's a 40% increase in capacity on the Orange and 50% increase on the Red. Speaking of, most of that also relies on the new signalling systems. The Red was originally tagged for 2021 (if I...

So, just looking quickly in Google, to either destination from Ashmont it's just about an hour with a single connection at Park St, which is pretty bad. If I bump that out even one stop on the Mattapan Line it jumps to an hour 10/15 minutes (throughout the day tomorrow, eyeballing the average...

My understanding is that means the bridges no longer meet current standards for automotive bridges (such as lane width) vs any actual structural deficiency.

Appreciate it - trying to figure out if the upsells are worth it (have been hit or miss for me on one world trade, where sometimes the line is ridiculous and othertimes it's empty). Thinking the priority upsell probably isn't worth it.

For people who have visited: how have the lines been? much of a wait?

So what do we thing - height will top out somewhere near the top of the crane boom here? Or maybe midway up?

Yeah, Parcel 12 has really already turned the area from the edge of the world/nothingness feeling to a normal city street/block. As for the views, let's hope the Sox get their air rights approved (and built), which would leave only a small gap from Beacon St to Parcel 12 (if the Beacon to...

Remember inquiring back a bit about this on the Highspeed Line and F-Line (or someone else?) saying ridership was based on manual counting vs. fares, given that the Mattapan Line seldom collects fares.

Fairly certain we have had this discussion, and, no, one worker is not killed yearly in NYC during track work. And, sure, power rework and crossovers. The point is, it's possible and significantly less disruptive to passenger service as called out by the head of the MBTA himself. Edit on the...

Oh god, yes, this is something I have railed about forever now. Especially if they could add more cross overs they could more surgically close down sections for work while still maintaining single track operations. As for the rest - sadly not shocking as the MBTA's issue at this point are...

Yeah, in a bit of a position of looking into new opportunities myself, but I can say: non of that is particularly appealing in software engineering (/management) vs the private sector. Perhaps other fields it's a bit more comptetitive?

So this means they are going to forgo razing the blocks around MSG? If so, great news. My old apartment, and more importantly, NY Pizza Suprema will stick around for a bit longer.

Well at least it's the track/third rail causing the fire instead of the brand new train.

Well, as I've said before, in the original public meetings for the "transformation" conversation was brought up in at least the Dot one, and the guy almost got tar and feathered from the public's reaction, and, the chief MBTA engineer on the project claimed there were points in the ROW in the...