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The colonnade or arcade concept works best when it is employed by all of the buildings along a block, so that the street wall is consistent. Most buildings like this in Boston have the covered walkway offset from the sidewalk, which is to say not as part of the existing pedestrian flow. The...

Build it, then keep going all up and down Washington Street!

It would be nice to find some details on this that aren't just an unattributed post by a rumor monger (Only in Boston), but if this is legit, then it's great news.

This is mentioned tangentially in a different Globe article, profiling Philip Eng, in which he mentions that 2026 is the year to get serious about infrastructure for regional rail, and he lists the Draw 1 project as a major investment in that transition. I think @bigpicture7 is correct, that the...

But why is Amtrak all that much longer? Years of observing an Acela arrive at Back Bay shortly before my own train never led me to notice a significantly different dwell time. Yeah, the Amtrak train was probably at the platform a bit longer, but certainly not 2-3 times longer. The Acela at that...

That is ridiculously cool!

No idea, I just threw that out there as an example, but pick any town that the Boston-Albany service will visit, that is not part of the LSL route, and you get the same justification for timed transfers.

Agree, the concept was fatally flawed. I used to got to Top of the Hub now and then, not because it was remotely close to being my favorite food or drink experience, but because the ambiance made the restaurant an enjoyable way to spend some time. I would never have gone had there been a cover...

We should look at ways to stimulate more housing in places like Holden without a doubt, so long as it is near the town center and coupled with a bus to Worcester's Union Station. But I agree with DZH22 that this seems to be shoehorning a rule designed for a different purpose into a more general...

I think we are close to having the same understanding of things, but I would point out that there is a reason for timed transfer between Boston-Albany service and LSL trains, due to the local vs limited aspect of their stops. You can't take the Lake Shore Limited from Cleveland to Palmer, but...

it's not the directions, it's the service patterns: Vermonter Harford Line Valley Flyer NE REgional (inland route) Boston-Albany Lake Shore Limited That's six distinct service patterns, even though the specific station location only feeds into North-South and East-West, 4 directions as you...

I guess I should have more strongly indicated I was talking about time transfers. The service concept only works if several trains arrive within a few minutes of each other, so that somebody can legitimately go Boston to Northampton, for example, not just Boston to Albany. It doesn't take a drug...

You have to consider more than just the total trains, but the timing of when those trains hit the station. When all is said and done, there will be 5-6 service patterns, many of them with timed transfers. That means they will need to handle at times, 4-6 trains in the station, plus passing...

Yeah, I'm not clear on that either. In theory, an SL branch that goes to the City Point Bus Terminal is a good idea, and this branch could do that by turning left on to 1st St, but I'd rather a more direct route if that's the destination, such as turning on Summer Street. If the goal is to make...

Same is true for the Hancock. Fortunately, both buildings have some extremely interesting profiles from other perspectives.

It would definitely be good to protect a substantial portion of the older downtown building stock. Between the idea of it becoming an historic district and continued efforts toward residential conversion, we can hopefully retain a lot of what makes downtown interesting and visually compelling.

Three ways to do it, only one destroys Bay Village. Besides that option, there is the option of destroying the section of Chinatown across the Pike from Bay Village. That's obviously also a non-starter, but someday, maybe we'll get some more air rights projects and a tower might end up...

In terms of engineering, project scope, and limited impact to traffic. Yes, the political and NIMBY issues you raise are certainly not easy. But my argument is that we shouldn't give any credence to them at all. Unfortunately, our politicians are not the kind of leaders who are willing to take...

Yes, I should have included salmoning and sidewalk riding among the less palatable options I listed. The point is that bike riders shouldn't have to pick among dangerous, legally questionable, overly hilly, or trip elongation routes, when there is a perfectly straightforward option that could...

Oh yeah, I forgot about that. I wonder if there is room to place gates on the platform just before the stair case? That could also address the issue of people who use the emergency exits on Berkeley St. I don't know how common that is, but when I was a regular rider, I mostly entered and exited...