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Re: Driven By Customer 'Service' Parte Dos I really hope that just means stations having exclusive advertising rights. Anyone remember the days of "State/Citizens Bank"? Stations with sponsors in the name looks REALLY low rent. Even for the T.

Nobody wants subway countdowns? Really? Is it that or that people will actually know how bad MBTA headways are when the numbers are staring them right in the face?

Re: Driven By Customer 'Service' Parte Dos Good to know. They were still in their infancy when I left Boston and (thankfully) I have not had any problems on my subsequent T trips when visiting. And I know what you mean. Travelling on the T so often, I used to be able to recite most of the...

Re: Driven By Customer 'Service' Parte Dos Yes, admittedly, the TTC's ability to transmit information to the subways themselves generally just ends up frustrating more people because they're usually just intermittent static; so you don't know if the information they're talking about is...

Re: Driven By Customer 'Service' Parte Dos You're right about the lack of information on the part of the T. When I moved to Toronto, I thought that the TTC must be the most afflicted agency based on how often they announce service delays. Then I realized, it's not that they suffer delays and...

As part of an ad campaign, American Airlines outfitted, inside and out, one of the 42nd St. Shuttles in New York. The outside was given a light treatment of American's horizontal blue, white and red stripes but the inside was really decked out. Check out this video...

Re: Atlantic Wharf (formerly Russia Wharf) What's the smaller building with the dark blue lights on the far left, visually next to 1 Beacon? Is that the W or the Saltonstall?

First off, wealth does not translate into skyscrapers. For the past few years, London has been said to have regained its title as the number one financial city in the world (from New York). London is building some tall buildings but its skyline pales in comparison to New York. Second, the US...

Also, check Wikipedia. Some articles on certain airports have been updated with tables with the top 10 domestic markets (with data from the BTS) from those airports. I know Logan, JFK and Dulles have this now. Not sure if others do but it might be worth a check.

How is it depressing? It's a country over 3 times the size of the US whose economy is booming. It seems only natural that, as their economy grows, they will get tall buildings to accompany it. And they were able to do it by taking advantage of the technologies today. We built our cities over...

Nah. I wouldn't even want to think about hoping that something that tall would get built. My only intent was to share it. I saw it and thought it was funny that the Pru (and 111 Huntington, for that matter) would be put into the background of a rendering in Dubai, but it also didn't seem that...

It's a rendering of a building in Dubai. Take a look in the background.

Just stumbled upon this in the Toronto equivalent of archBoston. Could this be a future evolution of the Pru? http://urbantoronto.ca/showthread.php?6394-CityPlace-Signature-Tower-%28Concord-Adex-69-s%29&p=186774#post186774

I covet.

Re: The Boston Arch (Aquarium parking garage) It's like a house fire or a car wreck; I don't want to look but I just...can't...turn...away. No matter how hard I try.

Re: Liberty Mutual plans major Boston expansion Agreed.

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/airline-capacity-map.htm According to that map only a few states are ahead of MA in terms of capacity offered over last year (using November data). In fact, capacity at Logan is up 9% over last year, though MAs numbers are brought down by reductions in...

Nope, I believe they (the three above named companies) came together to tender the contract once it became apparent that Amtrak would no longer be running the Commuter Rail. This is also the only system they're collectively involved in. Veolia runs systems throughout the world. I imagine...

Isn't that the track to be used for the proposed Framingham/Worcester trains to North Station?

Yeah, Wickford Jct. is next, though I'm not sure of the timeline. I wonder if East Greenwich would be more useful, but maybe that's too close to T.F. Green. You're right that the Shoreline and MBTA line should meet. Westerly would be a good spot for that. WARNING: Geek alert. Proceed at your...