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Things to consider: A rail shuttle on the Grand Junction serves a lot more purpose than just a 64 without traffic or another Charles Crossing. If it were a timed transfer with the Worcester Line it'd be a much faster more reliable/direct route for people out along Route 9 to get to jobs in...

Stations are officially done

Unfortunately it's a toss-up which publicly available datasheets contain this info or not. Stadler's RS Zero which is basically a modern battery train equivalent of a Budd RDC lists a max starting accel. of 0.95 m/s^2 but it's unsure if the more powerful motors of the heavier FLIRT Akku...

UK rail forums and Reddit have discussed the acceleration concerns of BEMUs v EMUs fairly extensively and for the Fairmount Line there's negligible difference in performance depending on the specific BEMU. The main penalty is in the reduced top speed over EMUs primarily to preserve batteries...

Making it more difficult to evade fares has been shown to have a significant effect on reducing antisocial behavior such as smoking on the train. Those antisocial behaviors while often not an actual serious threat to people can make them uncomfortable and discourage riding transit. What St...

Hence Phase 2 in early 2025 where they're gonna need a significant number of new drivers to support service changes, unlike for Phase 1. December 2024 isn't the start of full BNRD only Phase 1 which is much more of a resource re-allocation than an expansion and does not require the full roster.

I will say there is one nonsense one by Prentiss/Rox Crossing. At Prentiss, heading south, it shows that pedestrians should take the left path that leads down to the sidewalk.... But from Roxbury Crossing going north, following the pedestrian signs leads first to the sidewalk... Then when...

1,571 + 128 operators actively in training = 1,699. That's 26 shy of 1,725 (if all complete training). In training drivers are not part of the active roster because, like you said, they could not complete the training. There are additional factors to consider such as moving from running training...

Why would they need to fill all the vacancies back to a full budgeted headcount by December '24 if they're only rolling out ~88% of pre-pandemic service? The routing changes in the area are largely made up by reallocation of drivers needed for consolidated/eliminated routes plus the additional...

Something to consider about that value is Everett and Chelsea are entirely reliant on bus service (save for Chelsea Commuter Rail). To a lesser extent Revere. The two are also absolutely tiny cities so simpler and easier to accomplish small changes to fewer routes bring a large increase in...

The human mind works in mysterious ways. SWC up by Roxbury Crossing at least has the asphalt bike path as also the much more direct path to take than the sidewalk which makes more sense, but every time I'm on the separated bike lanes on Rt. 9 in Brookline I encounter people walking on the...

https://www.mbta.com/news/2024-10-07/phase-1-bus-network-redesign-launches-december-15-bring-more-frequent-service Last paragraph under "What's next" is a pleasant surprise. I expected their 5 phases over 5 years of BNRD plan to be one phase at the end of each year but for Phase 2 to be planned...

I feel like a fool, I thought that was the lot just south of Quincy Center around the curve. Apparently Google Maps satellite view on mobile is not as up-to-date as desktop so it was showing no construction while when I got back to my computer it was clearly well underway

Sometimes serving where people live and work more directly is more important than route efficiency. Not always for sure but D St in the Seaport alone has the Lawn, a huge tourist trap, multiple new apartment buildings and hotels that require a sizable staff, and large employment warehouses. And...

Southwest Corridor Park was striped overnight

Maybe a discussion for one of the transit pitches threads, but under a frequent regional rail model would it be a worthwhile to invest in rebuilding out-of-downtown transfer stations? In particular what comes to mind is Readville. I'm not sure how possible reprofiling the Franklin Line to begin...

At the very least most of that section has wider paths either some more distance from the road or with guard rails or trees between the road and path. Should still have a separate protected bike path from the pedestrian path though just saying it's in a mildly better place than south of BU Bridge

https://www.mbta.com/news/2024-10-01/mbta-launches-nextgen-bus-navigation-pilot-program-operations-employees-use-new Coincidentally: I'm glad this step is being taken for MBTA bus operators. Long, winding routes and detours can be confusing especially for the many new drivers and a lot of...

Tangentially related but surrounding our questions and discussion about the Fairmount funding, this article posted Sept 26 snuck this small bit about that funding: It doesn't specify exactly what CIP item(s) or what particular "infrastructure" but if said infrastructure is a new small...

I know the MBTA really likes to get as many passengers onto rail transit, which is good cause it has more capacity, but there should be more bus routes that extend more into downtown despite paralleling rapid transit for better full-time alternatives in events like this and everyday. 80s to...