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I've heard from folks that Bus Ops and the like aren't keen on actual level boarding. Mostly near level boarding at like 6 or 7 inch reveal. Which is more evidence to the short sightedness option than the intentionally evil option.

As many millions of passengers per year that may be at Logan, the more fiscally responsible idea would be how many hundreds or thousands of employees would now have access to a job at Logan. Opening up the labor shed seems like a better reason than just one off trips. but I don't think I've seen...

Dayton, OH -- the smallest system in the US with trackless trollies -- also purchased 45 trackless trollies with energy storage for off-wire use. https://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/news/2018/04/24/greater-dayton-rta-unveils-design-for-electric.html

Since 2014, New Flyer (Canadian-owned) based in Minneapolis has produced trackless trolleies for Seattle and San Francisco that have energy storage systems. You can see the specifications sheet here: Some more general information here: https://cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php/New_Flyer_Industries_XT40...

Not sure if you all caught that Route 9 in Brookline Village has uni-directional cycle track in the Boston-bound direction.

The new SL buses will be more efficient users of diesel, but will not eliminate MBTA's tailpipe emissions, which is what the Environmental Justice advocacy groups have been asking for when it comes to SL replacement vehicles. Given that Eastie and Chelsea already bear the burden of the airport...

I had been thinking about the fleet owner being in the position to take over uber and lyft's ridematching platform. I don't think you'd have the cachet of Uber/Lyft's name, however, I could see like a Hertz AV division, or GM's "Maven"-like service to be able to step-in and deliver rides very...

Let's be real transportation hasn't been treated like a utility in this country for a long time. And the analogy to Uber/Lyft or other TNCs is inapt. The cost of "ownership" of the uber/lyft vehicle is born by the driver of your uber/lyft vehicle as an independent contractor. Uber/lyft, if they...

+1 to Milk Street - esp. when construction isn't there it's maybe a +2. I like coasting downhill from Washington Street down toward Post Office Square.

I love that the T has "live" crowding information instead of the historic crowding information that a lot of other systems are able to calculate.

Something that I generally go back to when I think about public transit -- almost always boils down to the question of how much service is provided and whether that service is generally frequent enough for all-day ridership. (Something that most agencies struggled to build back after the...

Have you seen the motorists? :P I've seen much more dangerous things with wrong-way motoring than I have particularly dangerous contra-flow cycling.

I am hopeful that a lot of people in this region will get the two doses. But, I'm struggling to imagine how we get the anti-maskers to take the vaccine.

Liking the new realtime information signage!

I always get overly excited when I see a new GL car. :)

Wanted to note that in the near future, the Somerville Redevelopment Authority will be fully transferring to the MBTA the station parcel. The air rights above the station appear to be reserved by the Somerville Redevelopment Authority for future use. However, apparently the agreement to this...

Herd immunity requires 70% of people to have been vaccinated. Note, that herd immunity does not mean, however, that COVID would go away at that level of vaccination. It would mean that we live "with" COVID infecting many people, just not enough to overwhelm our healthcare systems. Other...

Availability =/= widespread adoption. Though we may have something available by the end of this year, it's going to take a concerted effort to even get the first 5% of the population to be fully vaccinated with both required doses to get to 95% immunogenicity. And, it may take all of 2021 to get...

I think logistics and commercial freight is the sector in which automation makes the most sense for the transporation network -- for several reasons: * LABOR - pre-pandemic, the logistics/freight sector was struggling to attract and retain labor at the prevaling wages. Wages were creeping up...

It's not just Hiroshima either that's like that. That being said, I also think Japan, in general, finds ways to get parks and greenery into neighborhoods in really creative ways. In most cities, a green space has never felt particularly far away. Perhaps tucked in a place between some houses...