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It would be pretty cheap to just fill it in.

How many freighters or barges go through daily?

Straus will never get there. Replacing him as chair, on the other hand....

Nothing is a red line if enough people oppose it.

$8 B for NSRL bad. $2B for crappy SCR phase I good? Go home, Bob!

Dont forget the Charles River shuttles

I was assuming one full capacity charge of high end battery packs(60ft buses) and charging inefficiency. Assuming that good battery longevity means never dropping below 20% and that some vehicles would not be used all day but that some may take more than one charge, it's tough to figure exactly...

So, nightly electric draw per bus is almost exactly the same as average household usage in MA. So, 125 buses would draw the same as 3+K households, if every bus operated every day and charged completely once a day.

The governor just came up with $5M for an engineering study for a Palmer train station. Holyoke built an entire station for the same money. We have gutted the project planning and management ability of MassDOT and we pay the price.

Thats $3M+ per bus extra for infrastructure! Im sorry, but that bird wont fly! And you don't have to tell me about IMC, I was lead author for TMs report on bus electrification. Most cities would kill to have the legacy infrastructure we are ignoring. Every other wired city is expanding use of...

It is much more than that for the North Shore. Lynnites? could cut their commute times in half, and have access to so many more jobs

There is always an excuse for the cost bloat associated with EVERY project that the T touches. Explain the nearly 10x differential between PVTAs newish bus garage and the smaller proposed Quincy yard.

I'm sorry, but in my world, spending 3x national average on tracklaying is cost blowout!

Of course they did

I'm not sure that would pass a court challenge

That's fine inside 128, but good luck selling the idea of limiting street parking in the suburban mini cities.

Too bad developers would build without sufficient parking and expect the surrounding streets to absorb the cars

5xx exist because the Worcester Line doesn't provide frequency. I used to live in Newton. I would trade OSR for a train transfer in a heartbeat.

Do you have data to back your opinion?

So, build a multimillion dollar BLX rather than adjust bus routes ? Makes total sense to me. And I agree that a Fanuiel infill is necessary, but a GL A line to Harvard through West Station could also do a branch to Allston Depot, and there might even be space to push it as far as BL or at least...