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  1. J

    General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT)

    I haven't had a chance to ask this here, but several weeks ago as I was walking into Costco in Everett, I turned around to hold my daughter's hand I noticed the Downeaster flying through the line next to Assembly... how often does something like that happen, because that was the first time that...
  2. J

    Logan Airport Capital Projects

    Yes, they're CT scanners, and I didn't notice any difference in speed. I think the times that I've used the CT types in MUC and AMS, as well as ORD. They were in the PreCheck lane at ORD and I didn't have to take my iPad, laptop, phone, or any liquids out and in the EU I was able to transit...
  3. J

    Logan Airport Capital Projects

    I've heard stuff that the lot is going to be going away. I don't know exactly what is going to replace it but I would not be surprised if it were a hotel.
  4. J

    Brookline Infill and Small Developments

    That's insane what they are doing with the windows on the Driscoll School that open that way, as opposed to the German/European ones that open in and tilt at the top. Even the Frankfurt Marriott has tip-in windows on the 43rd floor. It just seems stupid to have that in a school, where kids will...
  5. J

    Crazy Transit Pitches

    Are they even able to build something that high so close to 15R/33L? Maybe if they built it without the suspension/cable-stayed bridge factor, then I could see that working... According to Wikipedia, the bridge has a 45-meter clearance so I can possibly see that working.
  6. J

    General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT)

    Slightly off-topic, but this was in my YouTube feed today... No, I didn't make that comment either.
  7. J

    General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT)

    While that might be an older photo, I have seen several years ago a bus in Offenbach that was the BEB. I'm thinking / hopeful this is what we are getting.
  8. J

    MBTA Buses & Infrastructure

    I believe it was towed to Wellington today when I was at Starbucks at Station Landing.
  9. J

    "Dirty Old Boston"

    Holy shit, I’ll be damned… I eat my words then.
  10. J

    "Dirty Old Boston"

    Um, isn't the left exit from Storrow Westbound before the Kenmore exit, also on the left? I'm pretty sure because I took that exit last week, and it's a special place for me as that was where the transmission in my shitbox 1990 Mazda truck literally shit itself at rush hour in 2007.
  11. J

    Regional Rail (RUR) & North-South Rail Link (NSRL)

    I would concur... Look at Caltrain, I think that line is at most 45 miles between SF and San Jose, and they started in 2018 and it's still not done. There is no way in hell that MassDOT could get the Fairmount constructed in 18 months. Just look at their track record, no pun intended.
  12. J

    General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT)

    Slightly off-topic from the above, however, I was going through old photos and wanted to share them here. What I find most impressive is the empty land around Station Landing. These were taken in November 2002.
  13. J

    General Infrastructure

    So just messing around on Google, the address is 90-92 Berkeley St in Boston. Searches for that address and what comes up as Mott Iron Works. So while on satellite images the building is on top of the NEC rail line, my best guess is that this is a power substation. On the other hand, I got some...
  14. J

    MBTA Buses & Infrastructure

    I've noticed these for about the past month. Seems to be overflow storage because you can see the old electric buses from Watertown / Cambridge, etc over behind the McDonalds on Rt 99 / Everett. I'm honestly waiting for Encore to push the bus depot out and redevelop the property.
  15. J

    General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT)

    I lived in Germany for eight years, and frequently traveled to Amsterdam for work. The infrastructure is amazing, however I couldn't live in Amsterdam. Rotterdam on the other hand, it is amazing. Amazing architecture, amazing city, no potheads or tourists (for the most part) and one of the...
  16. J

    General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT)

    Haven't they done this in the past few years on the Orange line? I remember bus shuttles coming online at 21:00 from Wellington or Sullivan within the past five years.
  17. J

    General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT)

    When did the Acela get out to Palmer? Maybe a different Amtrak but I can't recall any massive expansion of electric OCS in Mass.
  18. J

    MBTA Red Line / Blue Line Connector

    Somehow I don't think that would fly (no pun intended) with the Beacon Hill crowd. Plus given the size of the columns on the GLX, the footprint would be huge. In a perfect world, I would like to see viaduct used like the Marta north line has utilised in Atlanta around Perimeter / Dunwoody.
  19. J

    Logan Airport Flights and Airlines Discussion

    Just wanted to say that I did fly the 748 from FRA > BOS back in 2019. I was booked direct from MUC but LH rebooked via FRA. Only difference from the 744 for me was that the engine noise was much less noticeable but it was uncomfortable AF in the back. Main gripe was that the seats were too...

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