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@TheRatmeister, is there a (non-Everett-related) thread where you are posting/discussing these maps? I am wondering whether you could apply the "Frequent Regional Rail" indicator to South Station <> Back Bay or even South Station <> Ruggles. (Apologies if I have raised this idea before.) We are...

If you haven’t already, I highly recommend submitting to the MBTA Customer Support form, with as many details as you can remember: https://www.mbta.com/customer-support Can’t remember if I’ve said this before, but based on my own experience, it’s always easier to get bug fixes prioritized if...

Delvin, I know I am returning to a topic that has already been discussed, but I think it merits revisiting: your numbers present (very) small reductions in trip count on the Red Line and Green Line, but they do not depict a frequency cut, at least not by any practical definition. Take the...

It’s always best to be skeptical of the following claim, but in this case I think it has merit: you could build an app for that. I believe Google Maps actually gets you most of the way there. It currently provides cross-system journey-planning, including via intercity buses. (One caveat below...

Well, so this uncovered an interesting mistake on my part. The abandoned drawbridge I was looking at is actually an old automobile bridge, which explains why there isn’t a clear ROW leading into it. The rail bridge was a bit further south; I haven’t looked super carefully, but my suspicion is...

"High Speed Line" Transfers: I think what you've done at Millennium Park, Arlington Heights, Wakefield, and potentially Braintree is to create something similar to the Mattapan High Speed Line, in that an interurban service (or local suburban service) provides a transfer to a rapid transit...

This is really interesting. It really is true -- the expansiveness of a bikeshed compared to a walkshed offers the most compelling vision for "having our cake and eating it too" in terms of today's modern suburb. SFH and lawns have been given too much primacy over the last 50 years, but they...

@TheRatmeister First of all, I just have to say: bravo! The diagram alone is a behemoth, and very impressive; the network desgin, all the more so. There are so many interesting and thought-provoking things here, I don't know if I'll have time to call them all out (at least not today). But some...

TransitMatters has released their latest Pokie/Schleppie Report, which looks at the slowest and most bunched bus routes. An infographic from their blog post:

Can't decide if this is better fit for Reasonable or Crazy Transit Pitches, but I'll try it here. The MPO released a really interesting analysis of Bluebikes use and connections to the MBTA. Of note is that only a small minority (<10%) of rides were for "first mile" trips; a similar though...

IIRC, the station was built with a gap between the CR platforms and the garage, intended as future-proofing for BLX platforms.

This goes back to my assertion that the subways were the original "North South Rail Link". Like, it absolutely would be parismonious to have an S-Bahn system with lower frequency branches to Lexington, Fitchburg, Sudbury, and Watertown coming together 3 or 4 miles outside of downtown, running...

My recollection is that the destination of a lot of the freight service in the area is the Quincy Shipyard on the Fore River. Unfortunately, that means it needs to cross the paths of all three OCR branches if originating from the national rail network (and not traveling via Boston). So you...

Yeah, like I said, Charlestown is harder. The MGH campus would be 5 minutes from a station at Vine St, less if you can find a way to cross over/under the apartments. (And a stop at Medford St wouldn't be any better.) Spaulding is 10 minutes: The far end of Bunker Hill Housing (I believe)...

I think this isn't really true. 6% puts the base of the incline at 2nd Street in Chelsea. Note again that this is the sea-level base of the incline; ground level will be higher, and the rail ROW will probably already be elevated at that point. So the actual incline could probably start a bit...

4% is the conservative estimate. In the worst case scenario, if there was no choice but to use Red Line rolling stock, then the crossing appears to be doable, albeit with a much longer span (and fewer stations). As I have mentioned a couple of times now, the naive math suggests that light rail...

I want to circle way back to this. From what I can tell, the clearance under the Tobin today is 135 feet. At 6% grade, that's 2250 feet of running distance. To the north, that would extend to 2nd St: (And this assumes rise from sea level; the actual starting point of an elevated would be...

To my knowledge, I and a few others have privately made attempts at Tufts Medical Center. I can look later this week at mine to see if it’s worth posting. For whatever reason, it’s been harder (for me, at least) to track down good diagrams of it to reference. On the upside, the station box...

I'm really glad to see buses incorporated into this.

Out of curiosity, does the 20K number come from any particular official plan?