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Tie it right into the new bus hub

I think THAT is a no brainer and it would have to be a true trolley type mode. It would FEEL like you're walking but much faster! When you can bring a city closer, conveniently, it's a winner for locals , visitors, and commuters. Think South Station travelers getting to a Celtics/Bruins game...

The greenway is still bordered by cars; many cars all day long. I think the Greenway is a bit of a myth. As far as pedestrian traffic is concerned, I believe the Greenway is almost as big a divider as the Central Artery was . It LOOKs a lot better but I don't think it connected neighborhoods as...

I respectfully disagree. The Inkblock are residences and the Rose Kennedy is lined with office buildings and Hotels . It isn't Commonweath Ave. It's more like Boylston Street. Hopefully the view for the Ink block will improve when the tracks and highway are covered over. Also, remember this is...

This whole idea of the Rose Kennedy Greenway... It's the meat of a logjam sandwich. The greenway is a parking lot most of the time.

Not if you take out the Postal Annex.

As far as aesthetics are concerned, The Ink Block developments overlook an expressway and a railroad and a turnpike. But they still got built. So let's not worry about the Greenway too much.

The "Roadies" gutted a city when they built the Central Artery, and Government Center. Could 4 railroad tracks over the Rose Kennedy be any worse? And It would be CHEAP!

Correct and thank you.

I wish I knew how to copy You Tube videos to this page but I'm sure someone else knows how to. If you search William Sternitzke's You Tube page you will find a fascinating video of the South Coast route. It starts at Stoughton Station, proceeds to No Easton Station and then shows a back of the...

If the proposal is to begin a Yellow line at Columbia, wouldn't it presume the Braintree branch of the Red Line would merge, but south of Savin Hill, thus preserving a single seat ride to the core, from Quincy and Braintree?

If you're talking about having to go over the Fairmount Line I presume you mean the part that goes to the Seaport? If so, there is already a bridge in place for that. It is used to access the Cabot Facility from the Red Line.

Just because I didn't mention it doesn't mean I wouldn't include the crossovers that are already in place to provide flexibility for eastbound moves at Forest Hills . And I am NOT advocating the elimination of the Needham Branch . I believe that is where some of the reluctance arises here . I...

If I could Well, I think everyone would agree the idea of putting back 4 tracks on the Corridor where they previously existed and extending them to Canton Junction is a good idea. And if all those experts had asked me in 1979, I would have recommended a 4-track railroad , signaled for...

Guys I'm talking from my personal experience. The Amtrak trains are running at close to twice the operating speed of commuter trains and the acceleration of the commuter trains is awful and they're the ones that make all the local stops. The back up of faster Amtrak getting caught behind...

It was the siding to the Boston Herald. We delivered cars of paper there.

1. Your diagram is what I would propose. What it would address is the challenge of running faster Amtrak trains and slower express commuter trains with slower local-stop commuter trains. That is really not a problem westbound out of So Station. The Acela just goes first and the Regional and...

Let me try. First, Plains is East and Forest is West. What you have drawn on the west end of the diagram is what I had in mind. But Track 4 would have an outside platform and then merge with tk 2., east of that new platform. Track no. 3 at the west end of the diagram would be a through main...

All tracks are and would remain bi-directional but the two southernmost tracks would merge at Forest. They usually carry inbound traffic Those are the tracks that would merge so that 4 tracks west of Forest Hills would become three into the "trench" that is the Southwest Corridor. The middle...