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<chanting> Do it! Do it! Do it! It looks good. I will say, what I had in mind was more specifically that the new lines be basically indistinguishable from other subway lines. I think that means lines for the new routes should be shown the full width of existing subways, and each with their own...

I've got a request. I'd love to see a fantasy map that shows the network with the NSRL and S-Bahn-like service running through it. Specifically that would mean running Regional Rail trains at subway-like frequencies inside 128. Then it would make sense to show those lines as equals to the rest...

I think this already exists. Did you just mean something like ramp metering? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramp_meter https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/fhwahop14020/sec1.htm This is just a traffic light on on-ramps that limit how many cars can get onto the highway. They can be a simple...

Do you mean this study from Newton? The one @Stlin posted upthread? https://www.newtonma.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/30859/637271911561600000 Some of that study looks... not especially trustworthy. It says the new branch to Needham Heights would get 15,000 riders per day, 6,000 of which...

That all makes sense. Which was the last study? Without knowing what exactly is is needed, I figured the logical place for a yard would be around Needham Junction. MBTA still owns the wide ROW heading southwest from there, and there's even still abandoned rail for about a half mile. That's...

Hey @Riverside , I saw someone posting about this tool, and it reminded about this recent conversation. https://cartoview.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-railway-curvature-timetabling-tool.html It's a python script for QGIS that measures track geometry for a line, calculates max possible speeds along...

What are the downsides to just running the Orange Line all way to Needham, and skipping any new Green Line branches? It should be quite a bit faster than the Green Line. It definitely wouldn't affect the Central Subway or require any short-turns. It's mostly grade separated already. Just...

With the discussion of new landfill, I finally remembered to get from the library Gaining Ground by Nancy Seashoals. I'm just browsing through, but I highly recommend it to anyone interested in landfill in Boston. It is an extremely detailed history of Boston's expansion, practically parcel by...

You gave this some thought, but I'm not really sure what you're trying to accomplish. What was your thought process? What are the benefits? I agree with @TheRatmeister here, but I'll elaborate a bit: You say you still want a subway between North and South Stations. To be clear, that is...

Can't they move in a day's worth of equipment and material in the middle of the night and move everything to track north of Harvard?

Could you explain this? I don't have a good sense of the logistics of this work, or why that truck pad would make such a big difference here. Also, I've seen construction crews on the tracks on the Longfellow Bridge this week, so it seems like they did have work to do along the whole length of...

I know politicians often have higher ambitions. I don't know much about Wu personally, but I wouldn't doubt she has that ambition, too. For those politicians, there are some (fairly) innocuous things they can do to start angling for their next job: get on tv more; start making speeches on topics...

I don't think that's what she's doing. She just seems so committed to process, dialog, and caution that she's too slow to actually get things done. But if that is what she's doing, that would mean she's stalling street safety projects, literal life-and-death projects, because of her personal...

So much bike news the past couple of weeks, I'm surprised people aren't talking about here. A bunch of city deliberation over bike lanes has been FOIA'd. It looks like it was a mess internally, not always clear who was in charge, and some people using that mess to pull out flexposts and stall...

Oooh, that's why you were using that map. An annoyingly easy mistake to make. On The Map is such a great tool, but some of wording in those toolboxes is ambiguous and always seems to do the opposite of how I interpret them. I see where you're getting those numbers, but I think that's a little...

@Riverside There are some neat ideas in there. Especially consolidating everything onto the Lowell line so there's better ROI on investments there. The downside there is then you have to do 34 miles of significant track upgrades from Lowell to Fitchburg on reeealy crummy, ~10mph freight...

Which part of the Red Line isn't handicapped accessible?

Yes, @stick n move 's drawing for the megaproject is inaccurate. It should have also included lines along Hull, Winthrop, and probably Revere, at least on the Atlantic sides. But I think their point is pretty clear. One ~3-mile megaproject dyke from Hull to Deer Island could be built instead of...

Just practically, I wonder if anyone has studied how much housing this is likely to produce? I doubt it'll help much. I'd guess churches mostly use the land they own, and most are probably focused on things other than building housing. Some will want to build, and every bit of new housing helps...