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    Red Line Extension to Arlington Heights

    Okay a tunnel the whole way thanks. The grade change in the original study docs is very illuminating. They could build a portal at Mill St. since the tunnel is forced near the existing ground level to accommodate water/sewer pipes. But then after that the existing ground level rises 90 feet so...
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    Red Line Extension to Arlington Heights

    The idea for RLX would be to continue the tunnel from Alewife through Arlington Center and emerge west of Mill Street, then run at-grade to the Heights as it is now (over Grove, Brattle, Forest; under Lowell and Park)? Then the Minuteman would run alongside the at-grade section (like the East...
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    Logan Airport Capital Projects

    Logan is so constrained that any runway offline is impactful. But this one being inoperable for a while is lower on the list. 4L/22R doesn’t allow jet aircraft to take-off/land due to noise restrictions. 4R/22L parallel east is the main northeast/southwest runway.
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    Museum Of Science Renovations | 1 Science Park | West End

    The blue wing extension on the northwest side of the building (next to the parking garage) have entirely new bathrooms that didn’t exist before - single stall room enclosure super fancy toilets. There are three floors open to the public (“lower” level, first, and second - yes there is...
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    Affordable Housing | 2072 Massachusetts Avenue | Cambridge

    I drove by the site a couple hours ago and it was all fenced off. I wondered what is going here … thanks!
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    Winchester Infill and Small Developments

    These planning board people are unbelievable. Quoted from the article: “No one is thrilled with the options,” Layton said. “We’re faced with a decision that would change the character downtown or put affordable housing requirements at risk and we’re stuck.” Ah yes, it would be a travesty to...
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    MBTA Buses & Infrastructure

    Spring 2026 Better Bus Network Service Changes
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    Quabbin & MWRA Water & Sewer

    There’s no reason to consider recycling grey water or desalination in the MWRA water district. We are so fortunate in this region to have a climate where we get consistent average rainfall throughout each month of the year. As noted above, the Quabbin has sufficient capacity to handle more...
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    MBTA Construction Projects

    This is definitely not low hanging fruit, but I always thought a Green Line extension from Union Square to the western part of the Alewife development district would be a good option. The green line would have the transfer stop at Porter and then have a couple requisite in-fill stops (Park/Dane...
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    MBTA Construction Projects

    Would love a CR station at Sullivan Square
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    Green Line Extension to Medford & Union Sq

    I don’t know which party stalled it, but the Tufts Residence Hall construction on Boston Ave probably prompted the move much closer finally to the station entrance.
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    Green Line Extension to Medford & Union Sq

    It only took three years (lol) but the T finally placed inbound/outbound bus stops for the 80/94/96 directly adjacent/across from the Medford/Tufts station.
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    General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT)

    Eng was on the lead car. I was so surprised by the decor I wasn’t camera ready to snap his car.
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    General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT)

    I don’t know where to put this or if it has already been posted. I just rode an Orange Line train decked out for the holidays. I failed to take a photo inside the car but they had red and green lights taped on the ceiling too.
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    MBTA Buses & Infrastructure

    Thanks took me a while to get through the media. Yeah the existing conditions analysis is very thorough. I agree anecdotally from my own experience taking midday buses from Ruggles that they’re constantly busy to LMA. And the rush hour evening back to Ruggles from LMA is absolutely abysmal with...
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    Everett Infill and Small Developments

    Don’t make me cite a source (ha), but I recall very vaguely a proposal 10-15 years ago to build a new road to connect these parcels (and generally improve access) from where Santilli Highway now curves from north to east in front of Night Shift Brewing. It would have created a T intersection at...
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    Medford, MA Infill and Small Developments

    Yeah the renderings that were posted don’t really capture the scale and abruptness of the ledge they created by excavating the site from the side of the hill. 40 feet high does appear accurate from the rendering in terms of the actual height, but that means those houses in the back are at or...
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    Medford, MA Infill and Small Developments

    The new road created by this project is officially named Mary Kenney Way. They started rock blasting over four years ago. It’s been the slowest project ever. I think it was approved over 10 years ago. The houses look very strange so close together and right up against the ledge created from...
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    Boston transit pics

    Thanks yeah the more I look at the station appearance you can get a sense of the layout pre-97 and the expansion along the west side to add in the Green Line. What else is interesting to me is that for like the first 100 years Haymarket was the natural Green-Orange transfer point (especially...

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