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Ehh. The library is literally across the street, and while obviously only open during its operating hours, I'd say that's plenty proximate for public bathroom access... Where they also happen to have a "community support team" designated to conduct outreach and provide services to the homeless...

Well, of all things, I managed to come across the YouTube channel of the folks who built the boat. If you go through their other videos, there's several other concepts of various sizes they worked on, ranging from the most ambitious 58ft one (the render they posted is clearly this fed into AI)...

The Barnes Building (and it's associated parking lots) is federally owned, but it's not part of the GSA portfolio because it's technically owned by the Army & thus DoD. Similarly, the USCG base in the North End - I know, USCG is technically part of DHS but I suspect it works more like the DoD...

If I were to take a stab at this, much of the difficulty would be because this stretch of Dartmouth is how you'd get from the Pike to Back Bay - the Copley ramps are immediately proximate, and the off ramp would put you on Stuart & Dartmouth, which then brings drivers deeper into Back Bay, and...

I suspect we'll get more information pretty soon from our friends in Canada - up in TTC land, they've got 200 NF eBuses, so they're definitely running them enough in worse conditions that we are. They've most recently reporting MDBF of ~35,000km (~22,000mi) across their eBus fleet, but while...

Rough estimate based on what they're advertising as available, some back of the envelope math - I got roughly 750k/1.1sqft at 1 Lincoln & 190k/800k at 75 State vacant, which worked out to ~50% by rsf combined being vacant, which I then promptly collapsed into "half empty."...

I mean, what would you propose if you were Divcowest? They're not going to build new office when that market is also soft, their One Lincoln & 75 State class A office spaces are half empty. If Residential, I'd think they'd move first with their approved parcel R plans which are stalled for want...

That's mostly a personal judgement call; unlike Volpe which houses labs, simulators etc and thus has specific requirements, JFKs principal tenants are DHS, HHS and Treasury, plus offices for Markey & Warren, none of which require anything beyond standard office spaces. Meanwhile, Mccormack got a...

I think we may be forgetting at least one very important piece... It's not as if those federal buildings are wholly vacant, and even if they're redeveloping I'd expect at least one of the major federal buildings to remain in Boston. Personally, I think the most likely candidate to be divested is...

From the FDNY who put up a drone. If I've got the spot right, this is where the buildings horizontal addition starts to expand the towers floorplates, thus these buckling columns are immediately beneath the additional 15 stories. I would presume that this collapse is where they were (presumably)...

They are. It was a condition of their approvals; foxboro will revert to a single side platform after the world cup is over.

Having been to Glasgow, while it has a rather miniscule transit system, Scotsrail operates an incredibly dense Regional Rail system... As in, much of it's got denser stop spacing than it's subway. If the sister cities thing includes how to railroad, it's not a bad example.

We more or less have that? MassDevelopment already exists after all as a Land Bank and quasi-public agency to issue bonds and is also empowered to acquire, improve and convey properties - it controls a ton of property in Devens, and the various former state hospitals, and I wouldn't be surprised...

https://artoutdoorsdl.com/track-how-temporary-murals-change-the-air-intake-building-wall-in-dewey-square-park/ As an aside... I think it's an indicator of how prominent this location is & how successful the mural program is that I legitimately didn't believe it only started in 2012.

Yea as someone who currently owns a small selection of 2 wheel electric devices... Anything capable above 30 or so really does need to be classified as a moped/ motorcycle/ e-moto and not a bike. I currently have a class 2/3 hybrid, (pedal up to 28, throttle to 20) and a scooter capable of 25ish...

You know, in this context? I don't actually mind the brass /gold tones. It's not overly baroque, and to me reads as Art-Deco. I know silver/stainless reads "modern" but I do really like the seeming trend towards warmer tones and natural materials in public spaces.

I mean, considering that Greenway murals have what, an 12-18 month lifespan? Most murals anywhere are up way longer than that. It's functionally a rotating display - impermanence is part of the deal here, and it will get replaced next summer. Not everything that's gone up here has been...

Good News! I believe this remains a goal of Eng's, to minimize reliance on 3rd party consultants and contractors. I think that building back capacity just takes time, but something like this is a great start - same with more MBTA track gangs on the transit side, engineers, etc. I've definitely...

I believe part of the rationale at least is that these are intended to "roam" the system and other lines, and operate at least some amount as a proof of concept and pilot on other lines where mini highs or low level platforms are more common. TBD how That'll happen in practice.

I also gave it the prompt to ignore all previous proposals and use only statistical data and existing infrastructure - this is what it then generated.