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i mean - do we think this is not a gambit to prove that the hotel is actually going to open?

*stares in West Coast*

I don't disagree - but - there's other, even more, transformative investments that are even better on the CBR that were foregone so that we could give Mattapoisett, Fairhaven and Somerset the option of avoiding the riff-raff on the Peter Pan or Dattco buses.

I also think that you're not engaging with the actual argument against the South Coast Rail: it's not worth the benefit - i.e. $1.05 billion for just 2,000 daily riders is pretty costly. And very little in the way of other benefit.

A lot less stick framing there though.

She's no longer a progressive.

Can anyone get funding for this right now. It seems rare to announce the start of any residential construction.

K-shaped economy for the loss.

Sure, but, based on crash statistics - it's like 96% vs 98%. Waymo still doesn't seem to recognize children very well. And Waymo is seemingly the best.

This is the vast majority of drivers, as well.

Looking at the neighborhood comparison table in the report, it seems like there may be a case to have some moderate level of ridership even with today's nieghborhood. Population stats within a half mile of CR Alewife is roughly like JFK/Umass (1,095 riders) and employment stats within a...

I haven't heard about this aspect from others. Is this like when people wait too long to start after getting the green light or does it last a bit longer? Or is it like when my friend told me they got unexpected trapped in one - and they had to "SOS" to get a remote operator to open the door...

Unfortunately, our civic leaders aren't as considerate as Mayor Mamdani. I honestly think they don't care enough (thanks, Melania) to make this as much an emergency as he has.

I worry - deeply - that our government protects only the richest and most favored - instead of the most vulnerable. This is added to the pile of evidence.

Yikes.

I haven't seen a feasibility study for this area before. When was it studied?

welcome the worst kind of capitalist to the presidency and here we are.

Looking at the slides and report now. It seems like it's a Route 2 (major) and Essex county (minor) travel market. The use case though is dependent on the next development cycle -- the Cambridge zoning plan has development projections showing: ~24,400 jobs ~16,900 residents

https://www.cambridgema.gov/-/media/Files/CDD/Transportation/transitcommittee/2026/02feb/2025_02_05_tacslides_a_ncbeb.pdf https://cdn.mbta.com/sites/default/files/2026-01/2025-09-30-alewife-commuter-rail-demand-study.pdf

Given that they're already starting from a place of outsourcing the monitor and intervening process - I do wonder how much, as Waymo scales, especially to places like Boston, this may mean financially sustainablity is dependent on a Matrix-like farm of cubicle workers monitoring and intervening.