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I don't think anyone here is disagreeing with that in the general case. But in this one specific case, it's doubtful whether there would be any actual use of bike/ped provisions on the bridge, and it would be a very inefficient use of funds compared to other bike/ped and transit uses. Except...

The only other pre-superstation image I'm familiar with is from 1972 during construction, at almost the exact same spot: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:North_Station_under_construction,_circa_1972.jpg Incidentally, the other tunnel stations were originally built with 350-foot...

During the period that I most used Bluebikes (2016-2017) before moving away, that certainly matches my experience. It was mostly trips that transit didn't cover well (a lot of crosstown trips, such as 77 Mass Ave to Union Square Somerville), trips where transit was too infrequent, and late-night...

Unlikely, unfortunately - a new crossing of those wetlands seems difficult to get approved.

Looks like the bus terminal expansion opens on Tuesday: https://www.ridecj.com/blog/were-moving-to-a-new-gate-at-south-station-bus-terminal

I can't imagine that digging a tunnel under active rapid transit and commuter rail tracks, under the water table, on filled land next to a river, with no obvious place for a ramp on the west side, will be cheaper than extending the headhouse.

Not to be a Debbie Downer, but it's disappointing to be constructing the bridge without the extended headhouse 100% guaranteed. The 1,700-foot excess distance to the existing north headhouse (versus extended south headhouse) absolutely kills the usability calculus. The number of people who are...

Comparing to this 1996 photo (Kenneth C. Zirkel on Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0), the tower does darken the interior, but it's not just that: The biggest issue is the giant ads. They block light and add visual clutter, making the space feel much smaller. The ads on the back windows block...

Is the bus terminal expansion open?

At the length of any of the lines - even to Brockton - travel time is a bigger factor than frequency. The Red Line takes 5-10 minutes longer between South Station and Braintree than commuter rail, and that gap will grow with double tracking and electrification. As you get further out, the...

If transit travel times aren't down from highly congested conditions, then I would guess the transit lanes were being constantly violated by autos.

So, eliminating 1/3 of stops with 1/3 of ridership? If you actually want to optimize the line, besides electrification (which, as F-Line explains, will get you a nice performance benefit but not what TM claims) and the obvious things (high platforms, double tracking, etc): TOD the hell out of...

Yep - that was the Arlington Heights–Harvard line, predecessor of the modern route 77 bus.

I suspect the actual internal reasoning is more a desire to separate passenger flow from the second-floor office space, and to avoid dealing with opening different sets of doors on each side of the train, both of which are reasonable albeit not fatal flaws. I don't understand why this is such a...

A pitch from 1892: a suburban rail line from Newton Highlands to Dorchester. it was intended to give the New York and New England Railroad's Woonsocket Division a direct link to its main line (now the Fairmount Line), rather than relying on the Boston and Albany Railroad to reach Boston. (The...

The southern part of Fenway/Kenmore is just far enough from Fenway and Kenmore stations to be rather inconvenient - it's a full half-mile from Jersey and Peterborough to either station. In the time it takes to make that walk, the 55 gets you to Copley. The Brookline Avenue buses are irregular...

Providence station to Wareham station via Fall River and New Bedford is 42 miles as the crow files, versus 47 miles by the existing rail alignment via Taunton. The existing alignment has a lot of tangent track; 2 of the 3 worst curves are at stations (Attleboro and Middleborough) anyway. I don't...

Normal "crowded" capacity is about 100 person per LRV (200 per train); crush load is about twice that. At the lower number, 25 TPH (current rush hour service through Kenmore) gives 5000 pax/hr (13% of Fenway's capacity). But the Green Line is bidirectional - you're running 25 TPH towards the...

New siding under construction west of Fenway (photos from 9/16). I haven't seen any official documentation of this, but I assume it's to replace the siding at Fenway that's in the way of the path extension.

A sneak preview of the new portion of the bus terminal (seen through a crack in the construction fencing):