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Good points. I don't think the new Watertown ferry will be financially viable. If it charges fares high enough to make a profit, then those high fares will repel commuters.

The Watertown Ferry will likely be cheaper than the $30 ticket for the tourist boat tours, and will go all the way to Watertown.

It might also draw some tourists.

Here's the lane width table from MassDOT's Project Development and Design Guide. It's adapted from the AASHTO Green Book. I'm leaning towards 12' lanes for Eastern Ave because of the heavy truck traffic, plus no center turn lane (under the scenario with protected bike lanes on both sides).

I don't see how transit can be self sufficient. Roadways, cars and trucks certainly aren't.

The Borg absorbed a house.

I love the height. Hopefully this sets the precedent for placing buildings of this height or taller in Cambridge neighborhoods.

Great point. I looked up the AASHTO guidance on lane width, and I found this verbiage via AI: "AASHTO guidance, primarily from "A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets" (the "Green Book"), recommends 12-foot (3.6 m) lanes as the standard for high-speed, high-volume, and...

I agree that bike lanes should be on major streets. On Google Earth, in the western part of the project I measure a width of about 56 ft for the existing Eastern Ave right-of-way (ROW) width, including the existing sidewalks. So, with two 12 ft lanes for vehicular traffic, that leaves 16'...

Or paint.

Since the Northern Strand Community Trail runs closely parallel to it and the street is narrow, probably no bike lanes are warranted given the constrained width available. I'd say just go with 1 lane of traffic each way, with no center turn lane, and no on-street parking. This would allow...

Truly a classic! Here's the clip:

Meh....a $million here, a $million there.

In the first photo, I can see a little bit of a skyline, so technically you're good. 🙂

They need to submit a 25% design soon, which should be simple to come up with from an engineering perspective.

I blame the Prohibitionist Party.

It's not perfect, but it is providing much needed public housing to low income people. This country stopped building new public housing decades ago, relying totally on Section 8 rent assistance to fill the gap. Well, it obviously hasn't, and I'm happy that at least several of the existing...

That's cool. When I was in grade school (about 1960) I'd write Mobil Gasoline and request street maps of greater Los Angeles and New York City. I did this several times in subsequent years, and they sent me them for free. Of course that's when maps were free at gas stations. I was just...

Me and my mom on the swan boats 70 years ago. Thanks for the great pic!

The expansion looks like an 80s parking garage.