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Healey signed an EO today to promote more energy generation - 10 GW on the supply side, 5GW new Storage. At typical assumed next generation BESS densities of 250-500ish MWh per acre, and typical nameplates rating for 8 hrs, we're looking at about a thousand hundred-ish acres of battery fields...

Just dropping these slides and images from the February community meetings for the Rutherford Ave redesign - although I remain unclear as to why they would want bus lanes on Rutherford Ave when nothing runs there today, Im not opposed to eiether of their proposed approaches...

Just a behind the scenes thing, the MBTA is procuring a CM@R project to build substantially more employee space across its yards, replacing a series of what appear to be quite decrepit "temporary" portable office structures - presumably part of the CIP's 18.6M in systemwide trailer replacement...

Apologies for the blurry, but that's the quality as it appears in the powerpoint. I knew they had taken out BC station itself from the B-Branch Accessibility Program, but I was unaware that they'd reverted to putting it on the Lake St Yard footprint, and retaining the separate inbound/outbound...

The MBTA's preclusion list, unlike MassDOTs and the states, doesn't imply bad faith or conduct that would be disqualifying of a contractor. Its more that these firms in this particular case know a lot more about this bridge, so are precluded from bidding on it as they have insider knowledge. In...

I've previously posted about this generally, but to me this isn't necessarily a implementation that demands adding a train, but possibly an ticketing improvement. Right now, a prospective Amtrak Passenger in DC can't book a train to New Bedford via Amtrak for any amount of money - they'd have to...

Based purely on a visual guess, I would actually think that a number of those might be early modular construction? Prefab, panelized, I'm not up on the terminology, nor am I not particularly familiar with its history in the US and if any of those buildings are, but they look an awful lot like...

Personally, I'd be curious how long and often they actually expect their hybrid employees to be in Boston. That conference space seems sized for less than 100 at any given time, and counting seats closer to 60. But wouldn't companies like this be more likely than most to be the type to actually...

The first 2 world cup games we're scheduled to host happens to overlap with those at Metlife but is there a chance we work out a deal with NJT to borrow a couple of sets of MLVs then they borrow a couple sets of Rotems when its their turn to run event train service to Meadowlands? Notably, NJT...

I live closest to Davis, and the hollowing out of "Davis Square Plaza," and its tenants to accommodate the now evidently abandoned 7th Spoke project is a major shame. The largely vacant plaza and Starbucks don't help the square feeling significantly more "dead" from a retail perspective than it...

Good to see they're actually moving their better buffers program into construction; i was hoping to see these last fall once they announced it, but I can understand them wanting to wait until after winter, especially with the benefit of hindsight and how much snow we got. That said... does...

Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station; quite literally, it is feet from the geographic south pole, an outpost of the US Antarctic Program that supports a year round population.

It's 100% that photo and the choice of cladding materials that gives it that feel, more than its surroundings. To me, its look does give Amundson Scott vibes.

Based on their website, it appears that they're accepting reservations starting April 16th, for $450 a night... for reference, that's approximately double the Citizen M at Lyriq. And based on their room photos, they're clearly saying suite in the TownePlace or Homewood Suites sense.

https://ij.org/press-release/rhode-island-files-first-in-nation-single-room-occupancy-model-legislation-room-act-to-combat-housing-crisis/

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/02/magazine/boston-archaic-zoning/

So I'd like to draw AB's attention towards some the recommendations of MassDOT's micromobility commission, specifically the new classifications and restrictions on where they can be used. A lot of this seems targeted at Class 3 ebikes and the faster standing scooters, which would both need state...

It's very possibly the slide from the NEC Connect 2037 presentation I posted way back in 2023?

Technologically it's feasible - but yea you would absolutely need to treat the water coming out of deer island again. Its actually not uncommon in places like CA and TX, but my understanding is that it's more common for it to be indirect, being sent to an water source that is later drawn from...

An addendum to this ... we should have more facilities and other kid amenities like this in dense neighborhoods across the city so that parents don't have to drive their kids halfway across the metro to shuttle them between their activities.