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All US offshore wind farms go through site vetting by DoD as part of the site approval process. There is a formal DoD Site Clearinghouse of vetted locations that are cleared for wind development based on minimal risks to aviation, radar and sonar coverage. Every location being put on hold has...

I wonder if the MBTA categorizes this as "preventative" maintenance.

I still get the feeling it was assembled from Lägenhet och Balkong modules from IKEA.

Good example of the design life of a cast in place concrete tower is the Eastgate Tower formerly in Kendall Square. Eastgate was even younger than the Logan Control Tower (circa 1966), but the evaluation of the retrofit and upgrade costs versus replacement led to its demolition and replacement...

Did they run a contest to see who could make a (usually pretty ugly) parking garage even uglier?

Certainly was not a hard flight for Cape Air to cut!

I am assuming from the shading shown that is all on the mechanicals screen, about a floor above the top of the penthouse. It will be pretty bright on that penthouse balcony though!

Looks like they might be reverting back closer to the original 2020 proposal. Smaller units, more one bedroom units, single story base. This is the second change (last one in 2021 went from 6 stories to 7 with more two bedroom units).

I agree that to do predictive modeling you need quality data. Even with reasonable quality data, data cleansing is typically 90% of a modeling effort. But the fact that the T collects pretty crappy data points to a bigger issue. First rule of performance improvement in operations is you can...

I would bet that there are patterns in the historical data to suggest how frequently to run a short turn train. That could be used to program short turns rather than the surprises. Proactive rather than reactive operational planning.

But my point is the bait and switch of changing the destination on a train while it is in service with passengers. And as I indicated I was headed inbound on the C train that change from Government Center to Park as a destination after Arlington. That is the kind of call a competent...

I have a question about schedule adjustments on the Green Line, specifically schedule adjustments that change the end destination of a train that is already underway with passengers. Three times over the Thanksgiving weekend I had Green Line trains make schedule changes while underway...

I don't understand the logic of neglecting the South End, Fenway, Symphony areas from the congestion zone. They are every bit as congested as the above areas.

The EU standards for high platforms only came into being in 2002 [TSI (Technical Specifications for Interoperability) on 30 May 2002 (2002/735/EC)]. Even those standards only apply to high speed rail operation (to try to enable interoperability among the member states).

Let's start with Charlie Cards that work everywhere on the T.

Even some of the Amtrak platforms at Union Station DC are still low boarding -- I had the displeasure of encountering one on a Regional trip back to NYC a couple years ago.

But projects like BLX are also about getting people into Boston (people who likely drive today).

OK that part works, but how do people near but outside the congestion zone get to the Pike? First entrance outside the zone is Allston/Cambridge. Also it is not really hyper efficient using the Pike as a boundary -- you still have to put gantries on every road that CROSSES the Pike (or any...

I do think we need to ask ourselves what we are trying to accomplish -- specifically with the boundaries. And what are the unforeseen consequences? The maps using the Mass Pike and similar high volume arteries as boundaries basically say you cannot get out of the South End or Longwood headed...

The tunnels your are throwing the Tobin traffic onto are already full. I live on the North Shore -- during the Sumner Tunnel rehab (taking just 2 inbound lanes out of service, there were times when you simply could not get to Boston (or even Logan from the north). You need to add transit...