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And that's Cape Cod, a longstanding vacation area that merited multiple daily seasonal trains from NYC until 1959. The only direct service I'm aware of from NYC to Newport/Fall River/New Bedford was the once-a-week Harpooner, operated summers from approximately 1929 to 1932, which ran as a...

The current NETransit roster indicates 443 active cars (146 flats and 197 bilevels) with 376 required for peak. There are 96 passenger locomotives available with 66 required for peak. (Why are they renting additional locomotives?) Obviously not 100% of those are available at any given moment...

Almost all correct - just a few remain!

Today's quiz is all about transfers. The collection of historical streetcar maps on Commons may be helpful. For the purposes of this quiz, the "downtown area" is as shown in the map below. "Surface lines" are streetcar lines that did not enter the subway (i.e, not Green Line branches"). The...

It would also be very difficult to maintain subway-quality service when it's dependent on the exact timing of multiple through-running lines (since the frequency of such a service would be much higher than any individual southside line). Minor variations that aren't an issue for 15-minute or...

Interesting idea, 3decker! Ratmeister's concerns are valid; I'll note that mainline rail also: Has heavier rolling stock that's not ideal for stopping as frequently as light rail or metro Requires more crew per train Has longer trains (because train are designed for primarily sitting...

And of course there's the 1915 East Boston plan, which called for a giant new port where Logan now is, a major expansion of Wood Island Park, Blue Line branches to Chelsea and to the BRB&L, a freight rail tunnel to South Boston, a road tunnel to downtown, and much more...

There were a number of different 19th century plans for the South Boston Flats. This one from 1866 would have also extended the wharves near Rowes Wharf towards a realigned Fort Point Channel:

If the problem is salty water pooling at crossings, it seems that an effort to slightly change the grade of offending crossings - so that they're slightly higher than the surrounding roadway - might be useful and relatively affordable. And/or target these crossings for drainage improvements.

It seems to be random, often midblock, as if the computer locked up and a human took over. No obvious pattern from what I've seen.

2004 PMT, pages 5C-68 and -69: https://web.archive.org/web/20110928225806/http://www.bostonmpo.org/bostonmpo/pmt-old/PMT-4.pdf While I'm a bit suspicious of the projections, the area is very different than it was in 2004: In 2004 the triangle was mostly commercial clustered around the Red...

As a current SF resident, the Waymos are pretty awful. They almost entirely pick up and drop off in travel lanes - there does not seem to be any effort to have them pull to the curb even if space is available. Any pickup/dropoff on a busy street blocks traffic and transit. That also means they...

Ashnot, these are INCREDIBLE. I've been avoiding these two for a while because of their weird layouts and the lack of good plans available. How did you manage to make them?

I think there's a potential market specifically because it wouldn't be colocated with the Red Line station - a station with access from Alewife Brook Parkway and Wheeler (both sides of the tracks) could serve the south side of the tracks rather better. There's been a fair bit of development...

That's a big aspect that doesn't seem to be successful (yet): how quickly a crowd of people can go through the gates. On the rapid transit system, the faregates read cards fast and open fast. From my limited experience, the North Station gates seemed much slower.

Bus lanes, bus bulbs, and transit signal priority. If you can save 10% of cycle time* on a route that uses 10 buses, you can run the same service with 9 buses. Or run 10 buses on shorter headways and attract more riders. *Cycle time is the scheduled time for round trip travel time, plus...

I stumbled across a 2024 FTA facilities inventory. Filtered it down to the MBTA, colored by mode, here it is. It's definitely not 100% reliable - some locations are clearly in the wrong place - but definitely provides some interesting information about the individual buildings at yards.

And the frustrating part is that it could be good! It has gorgeous tile floors, a (normally) airy atrium, and some of the best public art on the system. The station interior itself doesn't need much more than basic maintenance and better lighting. As for everything else, besides better...

And the remaining answers: 2: Mass Ave between Harvard and North Cambridge (routes 79 and 82, now route 77 and 77A), and Warren Street between Dudley and Walnut Avenue (routes 19, 22, 23, and 44). Warren is still one of the busiest bus corridors, with about 20 per hour in each direction at rush...