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The BFRT is really pretty. (Unlike the MCRT through Weston and Wayland, which is marred by the power line.) I have an insane plan of one day taking the Downeaster to Exeter and riding the Rockingham and Salem rail trails 45 miles to Lawrence, then taking the commuter rail back. And the Franconia...

The Tremont Street tunnel is much too small for the clearances required by buses, IIRC.

Unpopular opinion: the Northern Avenue Bridge was ugly the day it was built. No idea why so much importance is attached to preserving it.

I'd definitely vote for renaming Aquarium to Long Wharf. Long Wharf has been there for almost 400 years, it should have a station named after it.

Speaking as someone who drives up to the White Mountains regularly, for both hiking and skiing, this sounds lovely but I can't imagine it actually working. First, there's no way you can make the old White Mountain Division even remotely time-competitive with I-93, and that matters for people...

Sure, and I came to the same conclusion here. But the proposal I'm referring to is to repurpose the entire length of the Yard 10 lead, from East Somerville to Sullivan, as LRT.

Interesting set of proposals. There's one big problem with repurposing the Yard 10 lead for GJ light rail: right now that's the freight connection from the Lowell Line to the other northside lines. So your GJ branch would have to be elevated above it, then ramp down after the (former) wye to get...

TransitMatters takes the T to task over the Widett Circle layover yard proposal. https://commonwealthmagazine.org/opinion/mbtas-widett-plans-dont-make-sense/

Is there a plan for what the intersection of the two trails is going to look like? I really hope it's a rotary with the old diamond in its original location in the middle.

Yes, but the work being done here is on the MCRT.

Might be primer?

Designate US3 and the Everett Turnpike, from Burlington to Hooksett, as I-293, and redesignate the leftover bit of I-293 as I-193 (or just NH101).

I don't know why it didn't even occur to me to tell you about the secure bike room in the garage; I used it all the time when I worked in one of those buildings. Though it wouldn't have helped you much since I've forgotten the code (and they've probably changed it).

I've seen a proposal (probably here) for a NSRL North Station roughly between the Green/Orange North Station and Haymarket. So you could still connect to North Station proper (albeit with kind of a long walk) but be closer to downtown at the other end.

An under-harbor tunnel connecting from South Station to the Eastern ROW was actually the original plan, it's why South Station is located where it is. Which doesn't mean it's a good idea now.

[yanked from other thread] The article says the new cars "would run on routes like the California Zephyr between Chicago and San Francisco and the Cardinal between New York and Chicago". Does that mean they're looking at replacing both the single-deck and double-deck fleet, or did the article...

Whether or not any of these alignments were a good idea, it is undeniable that trying to travel east-west across northern New England is a huge pain in the ass.

If all goes to plan, one day you'll be able to ride from Lechmere all the way to Northampton. And from there to New Haven if you're feeling really adventurous.

I took my kid to the Aquarium yesterday, and it looked like not one single map that was not actually on the GLX was updated. That's just inexcusable.

I don't see how that could work. It's a narrow, dead-end street with residences right up to the sound wall; there's no place to put the stairs and elevators that would be needed to get over the commuter rail and outbound GLX tracks, unless you take part of 44 Granville Ave's large side yard.