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Just a minute ago I saw the NEBR at Readville taking delivery of 2 BEBs on flatbed trailer trucks. There were about 7 total battery buses sitting in the lot

My drawing is rough but the three lanes don't start at High it starts at the bus stop, same as the existing lane configuration. I was trying to illustrate the traffic fanning out into the lanes at the bus stop not that they'd already be in 3 lanes at High. Also I realize my following street...

I am here nearly every single day, often multiple times per day, to transfer between 65, 66, 39, E, or D and the automobile compliance with the bus lane is absolutely abysmal. Every single light cycle during rush hour the bus lane is completely blocked by cars and even when there is a Brookline...

Id understand the reason to be a combination of the stated change from the side platform being the responsibility of the WRA who owns the station, to the MBTA, making it something not in the original budget plans, and the unknown of East-West Rail/Albany service characteristics causing ADA...

I read this whole damn thing the other day which was published and presented back in January of this year. I can only see this as another case of people supposedly very invested and concerned about the project not actually engaging with it any more than minimally. According to the planning...

Most of the driver number make-up has been going towards trying to simultaneously make progress on BNRD. On top of which, maintaining headways with worsening traffic is requiring more operators to be used on more buses for existing routes. Just Phase 1 of BNRD required 50 of the 200 or so newly...

MassDOT traffic counts for this area show the most used segment of roadway is the left-turning segment of Boylston St onto Charlesgate by nearly 10,000 vehicles over the second highest count, which is the exit of Bowker onto Boylston. Of note though is 13,000 cars are simply exiting onto Comm...

I was skeptical that the ridership would remain after the free parking ended because I figured those who got in a car to drive to the train anyway would just drive all the way to the city if the alternative was $4 parking + $24 in fares every day. Very positive showing of the demand for the rail...

Out of curiosity, I was wondering how much ridership has increased with the SCR extension over the Middleboro/Lakeville Line. The MBTA has daily estimated boarding for the commuter rail lines up through the end of July 2025 so I did a quick sort without filtering weekends dating back to July...

Personal experience as a 34E rider, there have been suddenly an influx of people taking the 34E to work and hangout at Dedham Plaza and Legacy Place. Lots of teens after school each day heading inbound to get to those two locations up until summer break where i now assume theyre going midday...

Very blurry from a scuffed train window on my way home but it looks like there's full depth track construction going on at Widett Circle which i can only assume is for future BEMU storage and layover. This is just before (south of) the Amtrak maintenance shed

I responded to the survey with feedback and emailed the project team a slightly more polished version of the above. I hope it is viewed by someone and helps them get a better idea of daily conditions. Speaking of the fire station, another observation/thought is when fire trucks leave or return...

Im here nearly every day to commute via the 65, 66, or by bike, and the biggest issue with any traffic congestion is the pretty terrible light cycle timing. Doing my best to annotate on an iPhone on an old image but the problem is that there are a lot of backups trying to take the left onto...

At the very least this part isnt that big of a deal besides the single-seat convenience (though first-hand experience tells me a decent amount of South Shore nurses will switch to driving cause they refuse to use the subway or MBTA buses). The JFK-South Station transit time is about par between...

Somehow they dont see the irony in claiming making all spots 15min only would fix everything but also that they themselves ignore the current 30min limit. They then claim they want people to come and stay in the neighborhood patroning their business but also want people to get ticketed for their...

The new Dedham East St bridge structure is officially in place and carrying Franklin/Foxboro trains as well as a daily CSX move over it

I mean decades of leadership that didn't prioritize maintenance and safety, leading to the current leadership having to clean up the mess, and, as the directive states, it's better to leave all ceilings open until safety inspections are completed than risk more falling just cause aesthetics

This is unfortunately the least blurry picture i grabbed of the Dedham East St bridge replacement through the train window but the new bridge deck is almost completely assembled.

I honestly kinda think it would've been more worthwhile going all-in on Leo M. Birmingham instead of Soldiers Field Rd. But it's too late for this now: This whole bit is a mess for everyone involved But what if Soldiers Field was reconfigured to more directly interface with Market St. with...

A personal anecdote but I've biked this stretch many times to commute southbound out of the city from Brighton, and every single time bar a few I've encountered at least one other poor sap biking it. It's the most logical way to get to/from Lee St. and subsequently Newton-Allandale-VFW's...