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    45-47 Townsend Street | Former Radius Specialty Hospital | Roxbury

    Fascinating that they pivoted to an adaptive reuse for this site - in that light I'm not going to complain overly much about either the aesthetics (an upgrade on the existing facade) or the site plan, but itis a shame that its getting half the units originally proposed for the site. I guess the...
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    General Infrastructure

    I mean... from a on-the-ground perspective, the process would look the same? Snow from intersections and streets gets loaded into dump trucks, and driven off and dumped somewhere else. The only difference is how it melts - either in a "snow farm" where it slowly melts until June (famously in...
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    New England Electrical Grid

    The biggest local generating loss was definitely the 2024 closure of Mystic 8&9 - but if we're looking at NY State as a point of reference... we don't have a NYPA / Santee Cooper analogue agency for the state to be able to directly make such power plant decisions. Especially over the timeframe...
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    MBTA Fare System (Charlie, AFC 2.0, Zone, Discounts)

    Not to mention Amtrak Lake Shore Limiteds and Inland Regionals - my understanding is that even a Dual Mode Airo running on the Inland is likely to pull into South Station in Diesel mode, as the Worcester Line tracks aren't wired up at Back Bay, only the final ½ mile in the S. Station terminal...
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    Tallest building in town, can you name the city?

    I know where this is due to a transit fact, but will leave it alone for the moment.
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    Springfield Infill and Small Developments

    While the amenities like the museums, MGM, MassMutual, NBA HoF are good anchors, they're attractions that aren't exactly constant - they're "make a special trip" for places, and aren't exactly huge draws to attract someone to live there. Springfield needs better amenities targeted at residents -...
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    MBTA Buses & Infrastructure

    Keeping in mind the underpass is going away, it looks like the draft plan (as of April 2025) was to have a separated transitway on the western side of the alignment once off the bridge, with the bus lanes transitioning to the bridge north of Arlington Ave - based on how the bus lanes are laid...
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    Site Issues

    Just a question, and in no way meant to be accusatory - but Ive noticed that some longstanding posters have suddenly become "guest" / "deleted members"? Was that a intended action or...? Specifically, the ones I've noticed are Portlander, Markhb, Thomas.
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    MBTA Fare System (Charlie, AFC 2.0, Zone, Discounts)

    Y'all haven't experienced an train station like Paddington then - faregates at platform access is pretty common in European and Asian terminals, where they also only announce track assignments immediately prior to boarding. If i were to point fingers, I'd say that not enough gates are...
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    Cambridge Infill and Small Developments

    Erhm, I think most of the coffee shop / cafés in the city don't have a kitchen? I know of many that just sell brought in pastries, and of the rest I suspect the vast majority don't cook anything more complicated than a breakfast sandwich, which you can pull off pretty easily with just a...
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    MBTA Fare System (Charlie, AFC 2.0, Zone, Discounts)

    Having seen the same post, it was locked due to reddit being reddit and taking that claim at face value. I believe its since been fact checked that that model of gate is likely rated to -30°C.
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    Cambridge Infill and Small Developments

    Based on the latest planset from the CRA, I think 3 retail, 1 café, 1 fitness use - all of the units are small, 500-600ft², other than the corner cafe which is 854ft² which is probably too small for a proper restaurant.
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    Boston Sports Thread

    I mean, Stow changed their name to Dunkin for a day after a viral TikTok... so sure?
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    One Harbor Shore Dr. | Fan Pier Parcel H | 1 Harbor Shore Drive | Seaport

    I will note its a bigger cultural space than that particular floorplan depicts, since it also occupies the entire second floor. Personally, a seaport library branch would be on my list of "should be considered" for the site.
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    Multi-Family Zoning Requirements for MBTA Communities

    A few updates: AG Campbell's sues 9/12 non-compliant towns. Carver and Rehoboth get more time since they were under the adjacent small town criteria that only just passed its deadline, Freetown gets a temporary pass since has a pending meeting which could pass it...
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    General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT)

    It ain't cheap to do real estate development, and own source is a tiny piece of the budget pie. It makes up just 83M of a 2.5B budget. Even without land acquisition costs, you'd have to find tens of millions in the T budget to build anything without partnering with outside money - and by doing...
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    Bangor, Maine

    I mean... how many of us are in a position to be choosing charter operators? Not I, at least - the only times I've flown "private" were in a twin piper piloted by a friend who happens to also be a captain at a legacy carrier. Besides... to the best of my knowledge, unless you're doing it via one...
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    Bangor, Maine

    They owned the jet already, and presumably paid the crew insurance etc, so for them its whatever marginal cost of fuel would be. For them, it probably does come out cheaper than the 12k+ Air France ticket. But its the call the pilots and go experience - basically no tsa at the FBO, no lounge...
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    New England Electrical Grid

    This honestly highlights the current weakness of dispatchable renewable energy - most current and planned BESS installations I've seen are only able to dispatch their rated nameplate capacities for 4-8hrs, which while sufficient for short term peaker duty, that is much less sufficient over the...
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    Green Line Type 10 Procurement

    Ehhhh the official colors that define digital and print media often doesn’t translate well to paint that has to exist on variable surfaces in the tangible world. UV fading, varying reflectivity, materials (paint behaves differently on plastic vs metals), lighting conditions... theres a reason...

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