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LOL I guess I can't submit anything when they use my 20 year old map as the example.

The further discussions of the unbuilt roads have been moved here https://archboston.com/community/threads/roads-and-highways-general-development-thread.6872/

To be fair, because Cambridge St runs up a relatively steep hill, it's possible that any tunnel that would continue into Cambridge would need to start further into downtown. There's a reason that the Red Line crosses in a bridge (besides cost). I've always found extending the Blue Line through...

Boylston St made way more sense. Why build a subway line where half your catchment area is water?

Well, they DIDN'T build it. It was in a bad location, but it also could have been drainage issues.

RAIL is cost effective. Subways and tunnels really depend on the ridership and land value. The Rockaway Beach Branch (I'm the co-founder of a proposal to reactivate that) was, as we feared, spiked. They reduced the cost a bit, but it is still waaaay out of line with other projects which include...

My take is that it's a political document more than anything, and it's proof that the MTA has no intention of fixing its crazy cost issues. Many of these proposals were made to look so much worse than they are based solely on high costs, and much of these estimates are laughably high. These...

Looks like it is!

They built something like this under the commuter rail viaduct in downtown Lynn.

I'm gonna close this thread for folks to chill out. Name-calling will not be tolerated.

Not music, but WGBH is doing a multi-part podcast about the Big Dig. https://www.wgbh.org/podcasts/the-big-dig?utm_source=sendgrid.com&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=website

Yeah, it's getting foamy in here.

All future Tobin Bridge discussion should move to the thread.

If they would ever go so far to bury the Tobin, they would build the transit component along the same route, not a separate one.

Then it wouldn't be a bridge. And if it's not a bridge, it's not getting built.

As someone fighting for a rails and trail project, this gets my blood boiling. Anyone who claims to be pro bikes but is anti-rail is a lair.

Usually when that happens, it's because of zoning or other limitations. At that point, all the architect can do is choose which color paint to use.

City Hall?

I'd love to drive into Boston on the Pike and see a giant LEGO sign on there!

I would totally do this.