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But interest rates have been slowly decreasing and that drastically impacts the bottom line in terms of the total project cost. So many developers are holding out for better rates. That said, I tend to agree with you. I don't have a lot of faith that this one will get off the ground.

FWIW, the status of this on the city's Development Mapper is still "under review." That certainly doesn't mean it's not dead, but it makes me a little more optimistic than if had been sitting there approved for several years. Between high interest rates and construction costs and market...

I was on the 4:20 to PVD. We ended up about 10 minutes or so behind schedule by the time I arrived, but I was actually pleasantly surprised at how fast the inbound train was turned around. At 4:20, there was no train at the platform. It pulled in at around 4:22ish, they immediately announced...

To be fair re: the trash - it's made a whole lot worse by the recent rapid snow melt. It's a common theme on reddit right now - every neighborhood street/sidewalk is littered with trash/junk that has accumulated in the snowbanks for the past 1.5+ months. And that's to say nothing of the dog...

It's definitely a drone shot.

This. I’ve been surprised at how many gates have been down at any given moment. I think it’s been a major factor in the rough rollout. Though the QR scanners on the gates themselves are inconsistent. I’ve had a few instances where a gate simply wouldn’t read my QR code. When I step over to an...

Is there any substance to those rumors? I'd actually be surprised if it was Night Shift. They've kind of gone the more corporate route over the past 5 years or so (partnering with Level 99, duplicating food menus across multiple locations, emphasis on distribution, etc.) and their existing beer...

They were actively escorting people through the handicap gates this morning when I arrived. Though I think that was largely due to two trains arriving on the same platform around the same time and the crush of people just being way too large. For some reason, the scanning of the mTicket QR...

I'm firmly in the "no sympathy" camp for people who live in close proximity to the tracks. This has been in the works for decades, so there's no strong reason that anyone should have been caught off guard by the service. That said, the Taunton station is something of an exception. I've been...

Oh, you can hear them from much further away than that. On most of my morning walks to the train, when road traffic is light, I can hear them clearly from North Main/Smith (by RW National Memorial Visitor's Center). I've heard them from further away as well, but that corner is where I almost...

I'm not sure, but the gates have the tap pads for Charlie Cards as well as the QR scanner for the mTicket app/paper tickets. Presumably it might work like a bus transfer (where you're not charged if you tap within a certain amount of time after the initial tap)? I wonder if conductors will...

They’re scanning this evening. Lots of Keolis (or MBTA) assisting, but it seems to be going smoothly. Albeit with lighter crowds.

Actually, it looks like the study is focusing specifically on the Francis St. parcel. RIPTA said as much in their 12/17 update (which is almost certainly what triggered the ProJo article). It's not impossible to build on the Francis St. lot. But the tracks underneath obviously do complicate...

We'll see about this afternoon, but the gates were locked open this morning - nobody had to scan to enter/leave the platform.

We’ll see. They were powered on today except for a few of those closest to the higher platform numbers

For me, this is reinforcing the sentiment that I just think the building as a whole is unattractive. The hat may be the first jarring element the eye lands on, but it's not the only thing keeping the building from looking better. Obviously it's all subjective, some people like it. But the more I...

What an absolute pile of trash.

My issue with it has been the actual appearance of the building, not the height or scale. I don't believe that it's going to look that out of place for Portland and find those arguments to be overblown. 200 feet higher than the next tallest isn't really all that dramatic (even when accounting...

Just following up on this - the article said, "Cape Air has suspended its daily nonstop flights between New Bedford Regional Airport and Boston Logan International Airport, effective November 7, just five weeks after launching the service on September 29. The decision stems from the FAA’s...

Good! It's still wild to me that their most optimistic estimate for a construction start date is next December.