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Ngl, that wasn't the clue I was expecting to give it away. Rogue Valley International in Medford OR - not that many places served by United Mainline but Delta Connection. Doesn't hurt that I flew there for a cousin's wedding.😅

I would point out that my original concept for red lining Brockton would have been contigent on a full build of SCR phase 2 (with full double track through the hockomock), as a substitute to quad tracking through Quincy. That would allow you to unload Fall River and New Bedford onto the...

Here is one that should be somewhat harder. Even with a modern 4 gate terminal, this airport has not seen any commercial airline service, inclusive of EAS, since 2018 when Allegiant pulled out. Despite this, since 2024 it has been categorized by the FAA as a "Primary Commerical Service Airport,"...

Yea I thought I'd take the risk - Corning is a niche enough company that it isn't necessarily a household name. And honestly, the Elmira pioneers wasn't what I had in mind - Corning was originally founded in Somerville, Elmira is where CAF USA is based, which built the Type 9s and is building...

The issue that I think is most salient is this: Lower income folks are more likely to work jobs that require them to be in at odd hours. NYCT is 24hr service, the MBTA is not - a nurse who needs to be in for a waterfall shift from 8pm to 4am may not have another option other than to drive to at...

😄 Ive got a couple up my sleeve, but lets start with this one - this recently built airport terminal supports a community that, despite the optics, is in fact not a company town. I may have beem too transparent with my clues, but the companies located in this area have surprisingly strong and...

This would be Newport News / Williamsburg, facing competition from ORF and RIC. I flew into it and ORF somewhat frequently in the precovid years. If you'll allow me to propose one, this airport is the fourth largest commercial airport in its state, and after having gone more than 30 years...

I mean, it hasnt been part of any of the proposed air rights yet, but that does raise a question- why *isn't* it a part of the air rights parcel? I realize that the air rights are being run by MassDOT, but especially here when they're supposed to be building the MBTA a new accessible station...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't all the mass RTAs already accept Charliecards? I understand that all are currently fare free, but I was under the impression that they all had standardized on Charlie in the 2010s - no idea what the demise of legacy charlie means though for the RTAs, especially...

I'll certainly note I'm not particularly familiar with any of the continental European railways systems, which are also certainly less internally consistent than I'd premised - historic photos from the continent are harder to come by, since the language barrier doesn't help. - it certainly...

I'm putting this here for want of a better thread, but does anyone have any references or materials for how American passenger rail stations were engineered in the late 19th & early 20th centuries? In particular, I'm looking for why American railways, by and large, built very low level platforms...

I mean, NY has more cameras and "checkpoints" than you think would think, and theres a couple of options. You can set it so its not quite so literally on the bridges over 90, but displaced a little onto the roads leading into the zone - leave Marginal Road outside of it, have the cameras on...

Theres one piece that that website fails to account for, which is that single family construction is often actually substantially cheaper and easier to build - its substantially less complex to build a subdivision full of cookie cutter townhouses and SFHs than any multifamily development. At the...

Is Berklee still planning on its Berklee Crossroads project at the corner of Boylston & Mass Ave? Last I'd heard they didn't have the money for a major construction project, but if they need swing space to enable it?

STV, the designers (vs SPS, the builders) actually recently posted about this. Their reasoning is below. I switched out of the engineering track fairly early on, but this bridge reminded me a lot less of a Dutch draw, the "double beam" drawbridge, and more of a Strauss bascule from the 1930s...

They'd need either a spider/atrium lift, or a straddle adapter. The spider would need to be set up where there's room for its outrigger but can have a pretty long "outreach" from center. Given the BPS portfolio, I'd be surprised if their maintenance folks didn't have access to one of these in...

I fed it into Sightengine, which kicked out a result of 99% likely AI, Google Deepmind Imagen. (With the caveat that AI image detectors are also notoriously unreliable)

I hear you... I've always wanted an agile sedan, so my last two cars have been a turbo jag and a BMW . Check out the CT4 with a 2.7 or the 3.0 CT5 - the CT4 is still in production through next year, and they just refreshed the CT5. if you want a domestic AWD gas sports sedan, thats basically it...

Personally, I've always wanted a CX - they're such cool cars mechanically. I just don't want to have to maintain one. I will say too... we like to say that Americans are in love with the SUV, but the love of boring crossovers is sadly global. Looking at Citroens modern lineup, everything they...

New Orleans, Portland OR (not that Portland Maine is bad), Philly.