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Eug. In the video (at about 27:15) it shows that, for hockey, there won't be bleachers all the way down to glass behind one of the nets. Instead there will be a kind of lounge area for alum, I guess. A "premium space," he says. You can see it in some of the cross sections, too. It looks so sad...

I get your concern. But this seems like a pretty reasonable outcome, from a quick skim though the decision. The AG's summary was what was printed on the forms for collecting signatures. So the 85K+ who signed were being kind of misled about what they were supporting. That's a huge step in the...

lol. I've been through Copley the past couple mornings, and yesterday, as soon I came up from the Green Line, there were a couple of cars in some prolonged honking match on Boylston. Just to set the mood, I guess.* But other than that, the square really does seems pretty nice. It was busy...

This! 100% I'd add that, in my experience, the traffic at Boylston and Dartmouth is among the shittiest traffic in the city. And by "shittiest," I mean that's where I hear some of the most honking, depending on time of day. That's where I'm most likely to see intentionally-loud cars and...

I've seen pictures and news stories about a few giant Chinese rail stations like this one, and some just seem... odd. This one has been open since 2020, but I can't find any pictures of people actually using it. I can't find passenger count numbers. It's such a massive station, but it seems like...

I really don't understand why people think the design of the plaza needs to fit in with Trinity Church. Everything around Copley is the perfect Boston style: a total mishmash of whatever was popular at the time. Trinity is really different from the Old South Church. The Fairmount is really...

Hehe. You appear to be replying to a reply of something I wrote three years ago. Time flies. I still think it's a shame the RLX will skip East Arlington, but also, trying to include a station there only leaves bad options. What you have here is probably best among bad options. Just thinking it...

I've noticed the Hoosac Tunnel also has a long-term susceptibility to carrying train traffic. Been doing it since 1875. Seriously, your cautionary tale against tunneling though the Berkshires is that.... it's already been done, by engineers in the mid-1800's, with primitive technology, it...

An hour and ten minutes from Albany to Pittsfield... I posted something in the God Mode Transit Planning thread a little while ago, about where to build new High Speed mainlines for East-West or Compass Rail. It was this Albany-Pittsfield segment that had me thinking about it in the first...

Just to be clear, those aren't whole lines being shut down for months. The Northern Line will just be closing early (10pm) four nights a week for those months. Similar for the Piccadilly, as far as I can tell. There are a few all-day closures sprinkled in there. Barons Court will be closed for a...

There are lots of events in Copley that use that hardscape. Most frequent is the twice-per-week farmers market. They used to set up on the grass, which killed the grass. There are other events popping up in Copley that use the hardscape. It seems to be very well used. It's not just for the Marathon.

The Piers Park Sailing Center had their opening day over the weekend.

I'm not sure I agree with you which is worse. Closing a line or branch all day for a week is more disruptive. It affects far more people. That's far more people who get persuaded that they can't rely on the T and their household needs a car, or a second car, or they'll change jobs, or they'll...

Are long rapid transit shutdowns more common now than they were prior to 2024? Does anyone have the data on this? 2024 was the year of the shutdowns, when the T was closing big sections of track for days or weeks for repairs. At the time, it was a pretty big deal to be shutting down a section...

Boston recently released a Climate Action Plan. The few articles I've seen about it mostly just mention they plan to study possibly implementing congestion pricing (good!), but that's also just a sliver what's in the 200+ page document. Has anyone else done a deeper dive? Thoughts...

I guess I don't know all the facets of John Henry's wealth. What does he have to do with nuclear power?

You know what? I take this back. I was too quick to be snarky. In my experience, Providence Station is pretty nice, and it seems well scaled to meet day-to-day needs. It even has decent bathrooms. (Maybe people who use it more than I do know better.) We shouldn't be overbuilding stations to...

Curious about this. I know there's a push in some places to get away from 12 ft travel lanes. They're fine for highways, but on city streets they just encourage speeding. Any idea what the regulations would be for Eastern Ave? And besides regulations, is there some reason this street...

It's a real shame this does not also describe the city's main train station.

No, sorry. It was on display just a short time, over a year ago now. I think some people on this forum have mentioned that mockups like this sometimes end up in rail/trolley museums, but the real trains will probably be in service before that happens.