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I really wish they would communicate/appreciate how absolutely important travel times/removing slow zones are. It is so much more than just "getting riders where they need to go faster". Running trains at track speed will: - Reduce car traffic on streets by improving travel times of...

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/a90bff933db94496b6c4214caf17c706 Mayor Wu announced this forward-looking plan for citywide biking infrastructure which includes 9 miles of new protected lanes by end of 2023. Reddit is already blowing up about these - but some glaring omissions are charles...

This is more for the RL/OL transformation thread - but I believe F-line discussed how the new cars have to run on fixed-block ATO for the time in order to interlace with the existing older trains, but have the technology in order to run full-automated CBTC in the future. We might still always...

The lack of system redundancy is painfully obvious with weekend traffic at the airport with Sumner closed. The last two weekends have been an absolute zoo, with I-90 WB traffic backing up out of the highway and into the airport road loop. SL1 is an absolute joke with >60min wait + travel times...

I think that one was addressed in an earlier tweet from MBTA (and is up to 25mph temporarily, but should eventually run at 40mph). Hoping this means 0 slow zones by the time the line re-opens, whenever that is. I am encouraged that the MBTA is now publicly addressing slow zones as an issue that...

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Ok maybe I'm just being negative, but why in the world would this not be built appropriately the first time around so that some semblance of an acceptable level of service can be provided? 10 mph from union square to north station is slower than a bike and probably slower than a car stuck in...

Are any of the HRT tracks rated for 50-60mph? Seems like even Red tops out at 40-45mph on the straightaways between kendall/central. Speaking of which, is the same thing going to happen for the Red Line in october? It really is a lose-lose.. if the maintenance isn't as "dire" to require a full...

Aug 19 to Sept 18 - official dates are out for the shutdown. We're fortunate that the two ends of the OL run parallel to CR trains that pull into Back Bay and North Station, with the Green Line providing train service through the core. The NEC is probably running at capacity but is there any...

Thanks for sharing some of that data - I was speaking from anecdotes in that stretch of SFR always seems less congested (compared to east of fenway, etc) and free flowing even during peak periods. However, it seems that dropping lanes either from the pike or SFR will reduce capacity to some...

The design of this thing just seems all-in-all car centric with the #1 priority being to preserve all road capacity. Given that the project won't be completed well into next decade anyway (when climate mandates to reduce carbon footprint will near their deadlines), it seems highly reasonable to...

I'm surprised that they were able to resume service so quickly after this incident - trains already running on their usual 10min headways now, suggesting that there's zero damage to the third rail or power systems.

http://archboston.com/community/threads/general-mbta-topics-multi-modal-budget-massdot.971/post-432696 see discussion in the general topics thread here..

Wow - had no idea they were publishing this data. 5-6 mins lost per red/orange line trip is >10% loss in system capacity (a 45-min end to end trip taking 50 minutes). If headways are limited by lack of rolling stock (as in the case of orange at times) doing track work will literally be the...

MBTA twitter posted about this track work that lifted a speed restriction which has been in place since 2016. This may be related to the FRA investigation into the T. Mind-numbing that track work isn't prioritized for making trip times faster. I have a feeling that if a stretch of I-90 had...

While we're on this topic, it'd be great to see the city use more raised intersections/brick intersections where cars are forced to slow down and yield, and eliminate traffic signals entirely. This is feasible in areas where car traffic is low enough and speeds are reduced. With the build-out of...

Sadly Sun Country scrapped the route along with several others after running flights for 2-3 weeks. Seems like there hasn't been demand to support it ever since.

I didn't see any press release about this, but I'm seeing a couple BOS-MSN (Madison, WI) direct trips on Aug 21 and Aug 24. Looks like both AA and Delta are offering them. Not sure if this is some one-time back-to-school flight or some one-off repositioning of aircraft, but I do hope someone can...

I know I'm ranting a bit, but this kind of makes me lose faith in the MBTA adopting true EMU regional rail in our lifetimes. As if they are just saying "here you can have your electric train so the transit and climate advocates can stop bothering us" rather than an actual consideration of making...

https://www.transit.dot.gov/sites/fta.dot.gov/files/2022-06/FTA-Special-Directive-22-4_0.pdf As frustrating as this is, the T is aggressively hiring to try and bring back dispatchers earlier to restore service. This now has to be one of the highest ROI-investments the state can make.. the...