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  1. TheRatmeister

    Crazy Transit Pitches

    This is an astonishingly small market. According to the Fall 2024 passenger counts, about 110 passengers per day boarding outbound between Wyoming Hill and North Wilmington. There's definitely an argument that this number could increase with better service, but if that ever happened you could...
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    Non MBTA buses, School buses, and electrification

    I can't find the RFP right now, but MassDOT is looking at employing an external consultant to review the effectiveness of the TMA grant program.
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    Green Line Extension to Medford & Union Sq

    I believe so, but that doesn't seem to have rolled out to the passenger counts when I last checked.
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    Transit history/trivia quiz

    For anyone looking to explore the data themselves
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    Transit history/trivia quiz

    Correct, it's self reported with seemingly minimal filtering. That's why I included it more as a bonus, the results are a bit silly and pointless since lots of things are near but not quite zero. I don't want to immediately say they are wrong, it is possible for example the RL was suspended...
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    Green Line Extension to Medford & Union Sq

    I'm not aware of any publicly available ridership figures. The GL cars don't have APCs so it's entirely dependent on fare validations, a... deeply flawed method in the case of the GL.
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    🔷 Open Thread

    From /r/Boston, if anybody wants to make some Red Line pillows, rugs, bags, anything really, now is a good time.
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    Transit history/trivia quiz

    I'm back with more trivia, this time from the 2025 MBTA Passenger Survey. For each of the following access modes, which subway (Red/Green/Blue/Orange lines) station got the largest proportion of its riders from that mode? Modes: Walking Bike/Scooter/Micromobility Carpooled or dropped off...
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    Gillette Stadium Transportation Improvements

    My personal urban design preference is for stadiums to anchor shopping/recreational areas, similar to Patriot Place, but located just outside the urban core so the noise from games/concerts/events isn't disturbing residents. Bijlmer Arena in Amsterdam is a good example. By this metric, the...
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    Site Issues

    It's been on and off for me, it was quick last night but then this morning it's been struggling again.
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    Logan Airport Flights and Airlines Discussion

    I don't get what's surprising. United's thing is that they are much more willing to take risks on routes with the goal of being the first and only airline to fly them when there isn't enough demand for another airline come in later.
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    Fantasy T maps

    The same reason it's not shown as one color in Munich, it's because it's a collection of services with distinct endpoints that, for the most part, only share relatively short sections. (Although with the service pattern I described it's not that short.)
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    Fantasy T maps

    I've been to Munich, and I think it's a good parallel, and also demonstrates why I don't think giving the regional rail and subway lines equal thickness is actually reasonable. In the central tunnel S-Bahn trains come every ~2 minutes, it's the most frequent rail line in the city. Outside the...
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    MBTA Commuter Rail (Operations, Keolis, & Short Term)

    I would go 4th or 5th behind South Station obviously, Back Bay, Worcester, and maybe Framingham. But I still think it should have passing tracks, it needs to be a huge pull to justify stopping Intercity services there. Like you said that's not impossible and it would be prudent to keep...
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    Roads and Highways General Development Thread

    You know most of Boston+Camberville is 15-20k, right?
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    Boston Skyline Photos

    From 7/9:

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