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Reposting @bigpicture7 's post from the Alewife infill thread :)

While generally not a bad idea ... this itself can add an additional failure mode that has led to some of the more spectacular train vs truck collisions out there. What is best practice anyways for a grade crossing, other than to just not have them?

My understanding is that the open farm fields seen are designated open space, of which the parcels east of the tracks are protected under article 97 of the MA constitution (and which would require a ⅔ legislative vote) and the parcels west by agricultural covenants & currently leased to private...

If you listen to the meeting from September, I don't think anyone is necessarily wrong - I just think the state went public way too early in an unforced error. They went to community meeting 8 days after MassBay declared it surplus. MassBay itself only began that process that June, And I admit...

Thx, I'll read into it a bit more, but from first impressions that sounds a lot more like the vagaries of a particularly strong union contract than government regulation.

IMO, this one is actually trying a little too hard. Yes, it looks good in context with the church, but I actually think, for once, that the complex roofline is not doing it any favors. I counted 10 stepbacks - that's too many for its proportions. Here, I think the middle 3, accommodating the top...

Well, that's certainly a let down after the nearly 3 years it's been since they failed at installing the first iteration... I have to assume all of the budget for this got eaten up in the legal wrangling over who was responsible for replacing it. Not much hope this is temporary then?

If the proposal is limited to new construction, with modern fire safety systems like sprinklers, then I think the fire safety folks have a lot less ground to stand on - a lot of the cases that IAFF likes to reach for as examples lack sprinklers or modern fire resistant construction. (Not...

It's kinda weird, really, but I'd kinda chalk all that up to CT's multipolarity and small size - unlike most states which either have single big cities with major "gravity wells", CT has a lot of smaller gravity wells that are actually quite densely packed together. (Other multipolar states tend...

Specific to the Tappan Zee, they built both new spans simultaneously, while the existing span continued to stand and carry traffic. For the Cape Bridges, my understanding is that the second span literally will be built in the overlapping physical volume in space that is currently occupied by...

I'm gonna drop the circa 2023 plans, which do show the fare gates - this presentation is presumably still the project plan, and is also linked in the streetsblog article...

Specifically related to E. Greenwich & Bristol... I kinda doubt that they're suffering economically for want of a connection to each other - their alignment to Providence and more major economic engines are well established. Perhaps a seasonal ferry wouldn't be the worst idea to test demand on...

Ngl, not something that had occurred to me, so I just checked the app pretending I need an accessible ride from Moscone. So apparently thats a feature you can turn on - theres a somewhat hidden toggle in the accessibility settings for "minimize walking time: When possible, shorten walk at pickup...

I use waymos in preference to human driven ubers when I'm in SF - for the most part, they're pretty good about the limitations of curb access - youre requesting a ride from a spot we can't stop - go here to get your waymo. It actually usually wouldn't let me select my location, and it would...

Remember its 2 parallel bridges. The first bridge needs to be built and opened before they can demolish the existing span and build the second bridge - the first bridge will be done in 2033 (5 years from NTP) and carry all traffic until they finish its twin - 4-5 years each doesn't seem too...

Personally, I don't like the idea of using Holyoke for 2 reasons: 1) that trio of >90° turns would absolutely suck and kill throughput, especially for anything bigger than a car - I sincerely doubt the Harvard shuttle buses can make either turn. Those 90° left turns crossing major pedestrian...

So, my apologies to the writers at the Crimson... but I think they are misconstruing the policy order a bit. Its two pieces. They're looking at a pilot program for Dunster, Palmer and Winthrop streets, all of which are great candidates for pedestrianization, and not main thoroughfares, to be...

I do appreciate that they seem to be working on bringing back the food court - hopefully it'll curtail the explosion of kiosks. That said, its now ... checks notes... 2 years since their squarespace subscription expired, so I remain skeptical of Ashkenazy's commitment to South Station.

Rather overdue, but also kinda comes off as falling on the sword here - the washington bridge issue is such a big deal locally, and will remain so over the next couple of years until the replacement is finished. He was never going to escape it. The statehouse isn't blameless either - RIDOT...

Should we be equipping for the once-in-a decade record breaking snowfall event, or for the 95th percentile? Here we get 2 ft of snow rarely, while that happens multiple times a year in Canada. Our average annual total over the last 25 years is half of what montreal gets. Edit: the piece of...