Search results

https://www.eagletribune.com/news/boston/mbta-weighs-future-of-fare-free-bus-service/article_01375d37-3079-4330-bcb8-cda9bef3a8ea.html Some highlights: "A report by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's Policy and Strategic Planning team, which looked at the feasibility of...

The plan is to place a rec facility on the land freed up by this project. That stub would be to provide access to the site. There's some more info here.

Also, maybe I am missing something here, but would turbo roundabouts (or something similar) work here? They don't have the poor safety record of multi-lane roundabouts and can operate just fine without signalization. And from my understanding, capacity on these is significantly higher than on...

This was pretty explicitly stated at the meeting. Queue lengths (primarily between Nonantum and SFR) seemed to be the driver of additional intersection lanes

The meeting tonight was essentially a variation on this design. The meeting presentation should get shared in the next day or two, but some main takeaways: 6-lane(!) cross section in between the two intersections Slip lanes in a number of locations, notably two lanes for the right turn off of...

It does make sense for a landmark building, but I'm not sure the lot will stay in its current configuration. One of the recommendations from the A-B mobility plan (from 2021) is to re-arrange the Union Square intersection to shrink its footprint and reduce crossing distances. Doing that in...

Looks like it got updated overnight. There wasn't anything in the "Fall 2024" season or a "stop_time" in 2024. Glad the data is there now and it will be interesting to dig into.

Roughly eyeballing the write-up, it looks like ridership recovery is worst at stations that were most reliant on park and ride pre-COVID. This seems about right, with hybrid work making monthly CR passes less attractive, especially if you already own a car. Looking at appendices 1 & 2 from a...

They need some modifications to have accessible, level boarding. That and SGR work were the main motivators for the station rebuilds. And I agree that this doesn't seem like station reconstruction is cancelled. It just seems likely that there are station closures/consolidations coming, and...

Just because there aren't concrete plans to run MBTA busses through here doesn't mean it won't happen. I'd be stunned if the 64 and 66 weren't rerouted through West Station once it's built, and it is well within reason for even the 57 to get diverted. Also, the highway reconfiguration will...

Only somewhat related, but does anyone know how well used the CSX yards in Framingham are? Those seem like such an obvious spot for additional layover on the Worcester line, especially as it appears like more and more trains will be short turning at Framingham. Someone at Wednesday's meeting...

I'm not sure the 4 station tracks help all that much for a future light rail configuration. Assuming this will be a terminal station for GJ, you can get away with a single platform as long as frequencies are not exceptionally high. The bigger concern is making sure there are 2 tracks for GJ that...

https://www.wgbh.org/news/politics/2025-03-11/mayor-wu-says-boston-has-moved-too-fast-on-street-changes Maybe it's just me, but this seems fairly reasonable taken at face value. I haven't listened to her entire segment on BPR, so it is possible there is missing context. And while I don't want...

My reading of those comments is that both East-West Rail (through Springfield) and Northern Tier (through Greenfield) can help relieve housing pressure in Boston. Given that both these projects seem much more political than practical (in their current forms), I doubt we will see any push to move...

I'd like to push back on that just a little bit. While I won't speculate on how much empathy plays a role in these viewpoints on traffic violence, I will speculate on the role psychology might (and probably does) play. With low probability events (like a serious crash at the aforementioned...

Maybe this is just blind optimism, but the information coming directly from the city really did seem to support the idea that flexposts would be replaced with nicer, permanent barriers. Nothing has been explicit (or even implicit IMO) about removing any bike lanes. The aesthetics of old...

A new Emerson Boston Mayoral Poll was just released and included info on support for White Stadium renovations. 53% support, 22% oppose, and 26% are unsure. Further evidence that this is broadly popular but opposed by a vocal minority.

Not sure that's a hot take at all (at least on this forum). I would go even further and say any modifications to an active ROW that do not decrease service should essentially be given a pass on permitting, outreach, and environmental review. Even reactivation of a ROW (including rail trails)...

Even adjusted for inflation, Caltrain made much for electrification than Amtrak did for the NEC Shoreline. I can't how much electrification costs should scale with route miles vs track miles, but it's not hard to calculate both for these projects. Some quick numbers I scrounged up (feel free to...

Does the system have timed, cross-platform transfers anywhere else? I'm not aware of any, and this is on top of just starting up basic service. The 10 minute buffer is too long, but there's no reason to believe that won't shorten once there's a better understanding of exactly how long the trips...