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The new system is online though, and you can tell because there hasn't been a reported signal failure on the OL in like 2 weeks.

I've run into this a couple times previously, what's worked is clearing all archboston cookies IIRC.

My primary objections to the way it's shown here are that the directional arrows are absolutely tiny and basically invisible, and that the way it's shown as a loop around Copley/Arlington makes the route appear twice as thick (and therefore twice as prominent) as the other routes. It's also a...

Welcome to the map, 9. Side note, it's going to be interesting to see how the official map handles this change, this is where things may start going really off the rails. The 12, 16, and 47 are going to be the real tests though.

This doesn't seem to be a new development actually. The SL3X study shows the same thing:

Depends. Are you trying to build an electric rail line to serve the existing valley communities? Cost/Benefit seems dubious. Are you trying to build an electric rail line to stimulate development paired with an integrated land-use plan? The cost/benefit there is going to be a lot better, the...

As promised, here are my notes from last nights meeting for the Alford St/Lower Broadway project: Overall this meeting was kind of a nothing-burger, they didn't have much to present and they didn't generally have specific answers to people's questions. 15% design expected by the end of the year...

I was at the Focus 2050 meeting last night. I don't have too many notes but here's what I observed: As the name implies, it its a successor to the very Baker-era Focus40 plan from 2019, itself a successor to the 2003 and 2009 PMTs If you read each report you notice a very clear trend in...

I'll be there tonight taking notes for anyone who isn't able to attend in person, but if you can please show up and don't let the NIMBYs be the loud minority!

Thanks, that's pretty much what I expected given the context of suburbanization and increased car-oriented planning.

I'm trying to trace back the history of the Urban Ring. The earliest I can find is the Circumferential Transit Report from 1972, which is claimed to be the first full study. Wikipedia and a couple other articles make reference to a 1923 proposal but nobody seems to have a record of what this...

I've always wondered if maybe local government should act as a landlord in some limited, high-value areas (think Newbury St, Harvard Sq, Downtown, etc) and offer low rent leases on a mixed lottery/merit system to small businesses. There's clearly potential for good results in revitalizing areas...

I would be. There's not additional room through Quincy for that and even if there was I doubt doubling an existing rail service is the best use case when those trainsets could go towards expanding services like the Keystone, Pennsylvanian, Piedmont, Wolverine, or Borealis.

If Amsterdam and Rotterdam can build metros when the city is below sea level I have no doubt it's possible. Whether it's practical in the context is a different question and when the Grand Junction alignment is (mostly) available I think the answer is no.

The base map is imported into Illustrator from QGIS and then I adjusted the colors on each layer to make it look just right. There's still a little more I want to do with it but it's pretty good. And as you can probably imagine the lines and stations themselves are not complicated. Here's the...

No idea is ever original is it

... wouldn't that need an act of Congress?

I don't think it's that crazy it's taken this long. The derailment was June 2019, it took 3 months for regular service to be restored so stopping there and giving everyone a break from shuttle trains and slow zones was probably warranted. Of course soon enough it was March 2020 and COVID...