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The Orange Line is the fastest it’s been in 20 months, up from 12.8 mph to 16.8 mph. Whether that’s worth celebrating or not is up to you, but let’s not misconstrue the data. You conveniently cropped out the slowest period early last year. People mostly rebut your attempts to misconstrue...

Regular service resumed on the Orange Line yesterday, after track work suspended service between Back Bay and Forest Hills for a couple of weeks. The work appears to have been very successful, with all slow zones cleared. The Orange Line is now slow-zone-free between Community College and Forest...

I think it’d be great if the bridge became bat habitat! Little brown bats help control mosquitoes naturally, and they stay out of sight. It could really benefit the city’s environment.

Thanks for engaging in the discussion. Which quiet streets do you believe would turn into thoroughfares if the Charles River path were built to the basic standard of an 11' multi-use path in Cambridge between the BU Bridge and the Eliot Bridge?

I’ll bite. Do you disagree with my comment you quoted where I claim that the basic standard of an 11' multi-use path would be a step in the right direction?

Transit systems are targeting fare evaders to win back riders leery about crime

To reiterate, this is why the sections where the waking path is just a concrete sidewalk alongside the road have the lowest pedestrian compliance and the sections that have asphalt pedestrian paths separated from the road have the highest compliance.

You’ve moved the goalposts closer to a good idea by pivoting from your original Brookline Village terminus to an LMA terminus. That retains many of the connections that 22 riders use. Why connect via Heath St, which has no clear path to robust infrastructure, and is a slower more traffic-laden...

It's not dumb at all. Let me chime in as an occassional 22 rider who also nerds out to T data to explain why it's not dumb. Some very common trips that I and other 22 riders take: 8/19/47/CT2/CT3/Longwood Shuttle <-> 22, transferring at Ruggles. This is the best way to travel between the 22...

Agreed on all counts. Concrete is great for sidewalks that primarily serve the purpose of low-speed pedestrian transport (and wheelchairs and other mobility devices, too of course). Asphalt is a good “middle path” that can effectively serve everyone. It is useful for both transportation and...

This perspective, while appreciated, does not align with the reality of the Southwest Corridor. I use then Southwest Corridor regularly and attend the redesign meetings. It’s well understood that the sections with the lowest pedestrian compliance are those with concrete pedestrian surface. One...

Which section(s) are open now? What are the termini of the open section(s)?

I've been going to most of the redesign meetings and this is the drum I beat everytime. As a regular pedestrian and cyclist on the SW Corridor, there are sections with high compliance to the separation and sections with low compliance and it is clear what features work where it does that should...

I’m on the island at least one weekend a month as I have family there. If you are serious about that being the problem to solve, then why aren’t you advocating for the closure of the Pell Bridge? That carries many, many, many times magnitude more people into Newport than any rail connection...

This overpass should come down and Memorial Blvd should be boulevard-ized a la Casey Overpass and the Arborway in Forest Hills. Instead of a rotary, this could be a signalized intersection, like the one with JFK St. That would free up space for a two way cycle track and separated sidewalks on...

I do the trip to Newport/Middletown from Boston via mass transit regularly. The fastest way to do it is Amtrak to Providence, walk to Kennedy Plaza, 60 bus to the island. The most enjoyable way to do it is Amtrak to Providence, bike to the ferry, ferry to Newport. The cheapest and most...

This appears to be approximately a 0.2 mile extension of the full-width multi-use trail to the BU Bridge. Fine for a start, but what about the section between the BU Bridge and the Eliot Bridge? That’s over 2.3 miles or, by my arithmetic, 12 cyclist-death worth of projects. I don’t accept that...

Let’s also not forget that the Red Line has the highest ridership of any line in the system (even in 2024 so far with all the disruptions and slow zones). For most riders, the MBTA system is currently providing the best service in years for the trips they take.

This is a disingenuous attempt to diminish the successes of the Eng administration at improving service on the Red Line. Service has not just improved for the very narrow (possibly non-existent) group of “Red Line riders taking the subway from Braintree to Alewife” as you assert, but rather for...

Yesterday, the Red Line had its: most round trips since June 17, 2022. its lowest slow zone time since June 26, 2022. fastest average speed since July 16, 2022. It’s safe to say the Red Line is the best it’s been in years. The last time service was this fast or frequent was the year between...