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Splitting the details of the ROW into two followup comments due to the character limit:

What @TheRatmeister said was my prior belief going into this... Until I found that even getting to Porter may possibly be more of a headache than we thought. (TIL: You can measure exact ROW parcel widths in the Massachusetts Interactive Property Map.) Here are the "reasonable maximum" widths...

On one hand, yes, there are plenty of reasons to change Maverick given the undesirable history of its namesake colonist (and that's putting it lightly). And if we're set on renaming it, then Jeffries Point is a "safe" option. On the other hand: Despite its origin, the name Maverick has taken...

Now, onto something different: This is so crazy, I love it :) Some station names that I like better than current ones: Transfer stations: City Hall Red Line: Fort Point, Columbia Orange Line: Mystic Landing, Bunker Hill (assuming no future/hypothetical line closer to the neighborhood), South...

I'm glad that the Kendall-Back Bay subway idea is getting some serious discussions here from @ritchiew and @TheRatmeister. There are a lot that I want to comment on, but I'll do so later. Some of the follow-up discussions probably fit better for the "Redesign the Urban Ring" thread, especially...

https://www.hulltimes.com/ht-online/2025/4/24/mbta-plan-would-install-44-fixed-stops-eliminate-flagging-system-for-riders-to-hail-a-bus Also:

Green Line A branch, where A stands for... Arsenal? This is a very quick shower thought. But it has a few curious advantages: Less overlap with the B branch and the 57 bus (which may not necessarily be a pro depending on how you see it) Much better ROW availability than the 57 corridor B&A...

A consolidation of key parts of the Green Line Transformation program from these documents and others (some of which have been posted here before). Corrections are welcome. GLT Entry to Engineering will be requested in Spring 2025 Platform design standards: Current: 8'' high, 7' 6'' wide, 140'...

IIRC, in the planning stages of SCR (where the MassDOT project page once included some tentative headways, possibly from earlier reports), commuter rail was still operating on a very peak-oriented model, as opposed to the more even midday headways that we see now. Rush hour peak direction was...

To be clear, there are two issues at hand: Staffing issues on weekends that caused trips to be canceled, heavily delayed (1+ hours) or converted to shuttles unexpectedly. These incidents are getting more media attention, understandably so for their disruptiveness. "Regular" delays on the Old...

At this point, it's a battle between two factors arguing against each other: Constant public outcry about SCR's and Old Colony's poor reliability could exert pressure for the state to build Phase 2 But, if SCR's ridership underperforms (which is quite likely if unreliability continues), it...

Anyway, getting to the trigger in me making this post: I was writing some Python scripts to clean up the MBTA Bus Ridership by Time Period, Season, Route/Line, and Stop dataset. (The output CSV files will be shared soon, after I fix some bugs and work on a documentation.) A by-product is this...

I'm creating a dedicated thread for everyone to share and discuss any data, analyses and visualizations related to transit in metro Boston (or elsewhere!). Currently, they are usually posted in the General MBTA thread, and hence tend to get lost with other discussions. To be clear, if some...

This will probably be one of the most low-quality maps I'll ever post. As you can see, I was literally just drawing straight line segments. Its main goal is solely to showcase ideas, as I combined and consolidated several exchanges on this board, as well as other ideas that I'd been thinking of...

I can see the conceptual similarities, but I'd say the motivation was quite different: Whether it's the $h!tpost OL reroute or the more serious Pink Line proposals, I did not truly intend the Kendall-Back Bay subway to replace the Urban Ring outright. The full blog post goes into this in greater...

Logan Airport There had been heavy debates about a mainline rail link between South Station and Logan Airport. In fact, there had been an insane real-world study: (link to archBoston discussion) F-Line in particular is quite heavily against it, and so were many other members. Not just...

That's quite an intriguing idea, even if not the most relevant. But it got me thinking... How about a unidirectional loop that joins these two "branches" together? I don't think either of these does much for Southie though. Even going via D St "only" shifts the W Broadway station by 2,200...

Re: South Boston This is elegant! I agree that if we want rapid transit spacing in particular, then this is probably the most cost-effective way to do it. I was very much surprised by the 15-min walkshed coverages of Broadway and Andrew, given that both stations pretty much have their...

You had probably seen this proposal before: Reverse branching the Red Line (RL) via Mass Ave. But how about this? Reverse branching the Orange Line (OL), via… Lechmere and Kendall! --------------- $h!tposting ends, God Mode begins --------------- Presenting to you, my latest blog...

The interesting question is, if the only concern is "how long it takes to clear a switch"... Then why can't the capacity limit of a track be higher than 32 TPH in the first place? In my amateur view, a capacity limit comes from: Turnback capacity at each individual terminal At each terminal...