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haha. I'm excited because it's going to be done the *right* way. Does anyone know if this will be "gold standard BRT" when it's done? (I'm asking because I'm unclear what gold standard is or not)

So it's been confirmed. These are signals for the busway. I went to Market Basket today and saw these up. Interesting enough, two are going up one side. One on each side of the tracks and busway. Still confused at why. Maybe so if a train is going by you can still see what signal it is. Or...

Yeah I was wondering where the stop line would be, it just seems like the stop line would be closer to the tracks on the inbound side of everett ave (to Chelsea), rather than the opposite side of the busway so the stop line is further back from the tracks. (I know, confusing to draw a mental...

No, I think what's there is just to flatten out the initial surface and give them a smoother road to drive on (almost all the construction trucks use it). If you look in this older picture from 8/16/16 (before it became a mud pit) you can see the pavement ends flat with the dirt. There's...

I think thats a pre-pave (if there's such a thing).. cuz it doesn't run the entire length of the busway and is missing in spots. I think it was to level out the surface some before a final pave before it opens. Alot of the edging/curbing looks odd.. like its not in place right yet.. maybe it...

Its actually on schedule. They said it would take ~2 years and it'll be just a little over when it opens in late spring. I see little minor changes here and there each time I go, it's moving along. A lot faster than some other projects. Plus it is winter, I didn't expect many real big changes...

Yeah I know.. I've always thought they look very 60s/70s concrete jungle transit system (i.e. Wellington, Malden, etc). But concrete is cheap and durable so I can see why they used it.

Hey All- Well its been a while since an update (and some gross weather), so I figured since it was a nice day yesterday I would seize the nice day and take photos! Like everything about this project.. it's "moving along". Lots of little stuff here there. Better curbing in place, more of the...

Me too. I think the best area that will see rapid growth is around Market Basket. There's already some projects in the works nearby. Second best (or 1st) is near Eastern Ave Station. The city has a master plan for the waterfront which makes it less of a parking lot area, and more of a place to...

F-Line and Arlington, please re-read my post about Chelsea above (starting with me laughing at Transit Police) Chelsea, it's just so bad.. they do it right out in the open. Its way worse here than I've seen it elsewhere around the metro area. Yes you will see a needle around haymarket or...

HAHAHAHAHAHA You're joking? Transit Police actually patrol? Please this is the T we are talking about.. half the time we can't even get them to get out of their cars and into the station. But all seriousness. Come to Chelsea and we can walk thru the square and see some very blatant illicit...

Yeah I didn't expect them to be heaters that stayed on all the time. But I think MORE of my concern is about the location.. Silver Line Washington Street is on a busy street.. SLG, not so much in certain areas. Close enough to be walkable, but away from busy streets to be secluded.

We're not even getting signals at the at-grade crossings of the busway until the final phase of this project, which service will be running for a while before that happens. I'd rather have signals than heated stops. Truthfully I'm not even sure if we are or are not getting them because most of...

Yes there will be. Look at the rendering again. There's going to be some pseudo-bus shelters. Renderings look like they will be a big larger than a normal bus shelter. As far as arches vs stand alone canopy's. I think these are less to provide shelter but more as a way to say "hey there's a...

I'm confused. Are you taking about the concrete canopy or the larger than a bus shelter thingy (in the rendering). I pondered that too, I think these are going to be a bit larger than the average bus shelter. And there will be three of them at each station. Should be OK.. I hope. But I'm...

Hey All- Since I saw one of the canopy's at Eastern Ave Station was done a few days ago, I figured it was time for another update. Overall it's still moving along. Forms at all the stations for the canopy's are going up. The only one that does not have forms yet is Bellingham Square Station...

No, City of Chelsea will be doing the plowing. It's in the SEIR on page 2-26 Actually this might answer all our questions

Well also remember this is a MassDOT owned road, not the MBTA. MBTA will just provide the service on the road. So I hope MassDOT would be far more apt to remove graffiti very quickly. The other thing is that Chelsea doesn't have that much of a graffiti problem. There's *some* trouble spots, but...

I updated the original post so the pictures were bigger. Flickr always defaults to 'last used' and I had to post a smaller image for something else. As far as parking, F-Line is correct. Both the CR and SL station aren't really meant for Park and Ride type service. They are really more...