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Any that still mark the Green Line to Arborway as "Temporarily Closed." I feel like I've seen one of those at Forest Hills in the fairly recent past.

Ok, I submitted the feedback. And I also submitted the feedback that the feedback submission is broken. I might even submit one more bit of feedback, if I dare. On the topic of updating system maps, the big exception is the Commuter Rail maps. The ones posted in stations are almost exclusively...

Thanks for the reminder! However....

It took a long time after GLX for the T to update maps around the system. I don't see a lot of outdated maps anymore, so it was interesting to see this one. I would have thought part of the benefit of using a digital display is that it's easy to update, but I guess not.

I agree with you in part. CX is partially isolated from the rest of the neighborhood, for sure. But CX does have one big, automatic foot traffic generator: Lechmere station. People from East Cambridge will cross the car sewer to get there. People come through by bus or train. That should be...

I'm not sure how you're coming to that conclusion. Here's the report for anyone who want to look at it: https://www.boston.gov/sites/default/files/file/2025/11/Better%20Bike%20Lanes%20Fall%202025%20Eval%20Web%20Version.pdf Bike volumes went up on all the new bike lane streets they measured, and...

From other people's responses, I can see why that would be hard. Not impossible, but hard. But jeez, I agree with you that that is crap service and we shouldn't have to tolerate it. I don't know that other transit agencies work that way around the world. There are so many possible fixes and we...

I feel like the Globe runs one of these "Boston should really be a Winter City" articles once a year. I mean, I agree. I'm not sure how we get there. One totally impractical winter tradition I'd love to bring back, is they used to flood and freeze Franklin Field (now Harambe Park) every winter...

This is also something I've just been thinking about lately. There used to be sooo many rapid transit stations around Boston that were designed so you could transfer from a trolley/bus to the train, all indoors. Or at least, under a roof. Many of the stations even had ramps to take the...

What do you mean by this one? like, a whole new bridge parallel to the Mass Ave bridge? Was there ever a proposal for that?

I like this idea. I wish there were more indoor connections like that. And it still catches me by surprise sometimes when you say you remember these places. Here are couple more pics of the old "Massachusetts Station." Pictures definitely from before your time...

I agree with a lot of the criticisms here. There was huge room for improvement to make this a better urban space. But FWIW, my own anecdotal observations are that the area is busier with pedestrians than those recent pictures depict. It seemed like a ghost town when it opened, but keeps getting...

Here are some criticisms. None of this is to say I don't like the whole project. The building is fine and bus terminal expansion is pretty nice. But there are parts of the pedestrian experience that seem really half-assed here. Walking in from Summer Street, this is the wayfinding you see to...

I don't really have the answer for you, but are you sure the premise of your question is correct? My guess is that Europe didn't build a lot of high level platforms in the late 19th-early 20th century, just like the US. That probably wasn't the de facto thing to do in major stations until a bit...

That all makes sense. But it doesn't explain why these kind of places hardly existed 10-15 years ago, and now there are a bunch. What changed? Oh boy, you missed the news! Boston now has one Michelin Star! https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2025/11/18/michelin-boston-restaurants-2025/

Does anyone have a good explanation for why these kinds of food halls are suddenly so popular? I feel like these were kind of rare even 10 years ago, and now there are a bunch in every city I visit. What about the economics of running a restaurant has pushed businesses in this direction? Or is...

I see, you're absolutely right. There's way more encroachment than I was thinking. Going along Route 6 looks tough in places. There are also some power line ROWs to look at, but I don't have any good suggestion for how to string them all together. This whole network you've drawn out is easily a...

@TheRatmeister , you designed this vast network, but didn't extend the Cape Cod rail all the way to Provincetown? C'mon. It's got a small year-round population, but in the summer it grows to ~50,000. That's bigger than Everett. Truro, along the way, has a similar summer swell from 2,400 to...

Not directly about MBTA Communities Act, but this blog post is related to a bunch of stuff people are talking about here: https://www.maxdubler.com/blog/2025/11/10/on-the-tension-between-yimbyism-and-strong-towns This guy has been working on making ADUs legal in California. The post is about a...

I'm so glad you finished this! Or, at least round one. It'll be fun to look through, but some initial thoughts and questions: For reviving abandoned routes, how much were you paying attention to what's been built over them already? Reviving rail-trails, fine. But a bunch of this requires...