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Unfortunately enforcement is near non-existent though so 🤷‍♂️

NL laws are very clear on this. If it can go faster than 5km/h without pedaling it's a moped, not a bike.

Which it does by using trains that have as many doors as the Orange or Red Lines, and Spanish solution platforms at all the interchange stations. Unless we plan on replicating that with the NSRL you're not getting those numbers with regular island platforms and a mixed fleet of mainly commuter...

We do have international examples to compare against too. The RER is probably the best example, last I heard RER A is the busiest double-track rail line in Europe and is probably the world leader in trying to cram as much capacity as possible out of Bi-Level intercity rolling stock used as metro...

At 35 TPH that assumes ~3.5 minute headways. 120 minutes (2x60) ÷ 3.5 = ~34.2, rounding up to 35. Looking back I agree that 3x is probably too much for Amtrak, 2x is probably better. But I don't think it actually changes the conclusion, to be honest.

With an expanded CR network the numbers start to get tighter. I'd say ~35TPH is a fair estimate for max sustainable capacity, and I'll estimate that Amtrak trains count triple due to longer dwell times. Line TPH Newburyport/Rockport/Beverly 6-8 (2-3/2-3/2) Lowell+NH 4+2...

25MPH pedal assist is crazy. Here in NL the limit is 25 km/h (~15MPH) and even that feels dangerously fast at times.

So, how much would all this cost? Let's use $1bn per mile for subway portions and $600m per mile for elevated/surface. This is in line with construction costs in SF/LA, Honolulu, and Vancouver. Segment Length Cost Everett Subway (Linden-Sweetser Circle) 2.8 miles $2.8bn Everett-Inner Belt...

When compliance looks like, or at least can look like, a relatively small area that's zoned to allow duplexes, I'm not exactly overflowing with sympathy for any town really. You don't get to run a town like a gated community in a white flight suburb of Atlanta.

Wow, what a throwback. Of course. But engineers 100 years ago were not bumbling idiots and so we can have some level of confidence that the infrastructure was designed as they said it was. That's the difference between going into a study where the result seems like a 50/50, and one where the...

No, this is my 'Aqua Line' idea that I've posted several times before. I'm just finally getting around to making a nicer map/presentation for it.

An Everett Subway, but a fancy map

(Based on very limited knowledge/research so take this with a grain of salt but) No, Deer Island doesn't do remotely enough treatment for the water to be drinkable. It may be possible for it to be used for industrial or agricultural purposes but again I don't know. That being said, that kind...

That's to the corner of the garage which is still a ~3 minute walk from the platforms. That corner of the garage is ~4-5 minutes from where you'd put the CR platform. But why? The RL and Fitchburg Line already have a transfer station. It's not like the BL at Wonderland where at least you're...

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Single-stairway buildings are exceedingly common in Europe and there aren't exactly deadly fire disasters on the regular.

So true, the waterfall made it feel like a real place and now it's just dead.

I mean I'm not terribly bothered by the human intervention aspect. Despite the flaws one human can still 'drive' multiple cars which has obviously not been possible before.

I'm fine giving him IAD, it's not like the Dulles brothers were any better.

I think the people who are most local, closest to the issue, and certainly the most affected are the local landowners. Shouldn't they get the biggest say in what they build?