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    General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT)

    The T is starting "exploratory borings" along the Mattapan Line as part of planning what they need to do to support the Type 9's there: https://dotnews.com/2024/t-moving-ahead-trolley-line-upgrade
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    General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT)

    From that press release: I found it interesting that they're doing signal work, after the Red Line Signal Upgrade work there is marked as "complete":
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    Green Line Extension to Medford & Union Sq

    Also, despite Boston not getting much actual snow, parts of Somerville have been. The area around Medford/Tufts is pretty slushy with snow laying on top of the slush:
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    Green Line Extension to Medford & Union Sq

    I rode across the viaduct in both directions today, and clocked it at ~20-25mph in both directions on my phone's GPS!
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    Green Line Extension to Medford & Union Sq

    I watched the recording of that board meeting to see if they had any more details about the Lechmere Viaduct speed restriction. Nothing in the slides, but this is what Phil Eng said: "Back to the Lechmere Viaduct, that currently has 2 speed restrictions, one in each direction, 10 miles per hour...
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    General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT)

    This lines up with when Angel Peña left. He was the one who always signed the weekly emails for these updates. On October 11, he sent an email to the GLT/OLT/RLT mailing lists with a farewell note:
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    Green Line Extension to Medford & Union Sq

    I rode the green line between GLX stops and North Station today, and noticed something interesting. In previous closures between North Station and Government Center for garage demolition, when going towards North Station, the train would cross over from the inbound track to the outbound track...
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    General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT)

    Ron Ester, Chief Safety Officer at the T, is resigning at the end of the month: https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2023/08/15/mbta-chief-safety-officer-resign-ron-ester-phillip-eng-rod-brooks/
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    General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT)

    Globe article about the T's continued dispatcher shortage, one year in. It also includes some detail about a couple April safety incidents related to dispatching
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    MBTA "Transformation" (Green Line, Red Line, & Orange Line Transformation Projects)

    Dorchester Reporter article reporting about the public meeting: https://www.dotnews.com/2023/mbta-proposes-razing-ashmont-station-s-trolley-loop Includes a rendering of Milton post-reconstruction, and diagrams for potential changes to Ashmont and Mattapan stations
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    Green Line Extension to Medford & Union Sq

    GLX did have 40mph running sections when it opened (I clocked it a few times on my phone back then too :D), but, when the global slow zones hit earlier this month, it was down to a max of ~25mph. Great to hear it's back up to 40mph again!
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    General Infrastructure

    This looks like a planning/design grant; what are the chances they find money (or a private developer partner) to actually construct something once they have a plan?
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    MBTA Commuter Rail (Operations, Keolis, & Short Term)

    Interesting; thanks for the insight!
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    MBTA Commuter Rail (Operations, Keolis, & Short Term)

    Looking for a refreshment on your next Commuter Rail trip? Earlier today I happened to spot what looks like an Amtrak cafe car (edit: not a cafe car, see below) in the middle of a commuter rail consist: I was walking across the West Fourth Street bridge (looking south), so I'm guessing it was...
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    General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT)

    I wonder if that's due in part to poor source data (due to GLX stations not having faregates). In the README for the source code for the TransitMatters covid recovery dashboard, one of their sources for ridership data is this MassDOT data. Within there, looking at the "2023.03.01 MBTA Gated...
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    MBTA "Transformation" (Green Line, Red Line, & Orange Line Transformation Projects)

    In today's safety subcommittee board meeting, they presented an update on GLTPS. From the slides, here's the new timeline: Also, there isn't any info about this in the slides, but in the presentation itself they mentioned the delay was (at least partially) due to the BBR* being bought out by...
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    Logan Airport Capital Projects

    Another couple shots of the Terminal E expansion from the air:
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    Green Line Extension to Medford & Union Sq

    Not sure where that photo was taken, but it definitely doesn't look like it was taken at Medford/Tufts. It looks more like somewhere in the central subway
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    MBTA Commuter Rail (Operations, Keolis, & Short Term)

    It doesn't look like they mention electrification in that memo at all, but does anyone know if they're leaning one way or the other on whether to electrify the tracks in the whole facility from the start? It seems like an obvious move to me, especially since construction is proposed to end in...
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    Green Line Extension to Medford & Union Sq

    Yeah; the trains still slow to a crawl (10mph or so) to go over any switches (it is still the Green Line, after all), but for the longer straight stretches on the Medford Branch, we were hitting 40mph regularly

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