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Safe and comfortable train top speed is an optimization of the wheels' conical profile to handle curve radii. The more conical the better it handle curves without squealing and wearing down the flange but the lower the speed it develops hunting oscilation. The Red Line has sharper curves at...

I think if they're gonna make the 1 and 66 fare free they gotta increase the bus capacity on a per-trip basis first, which means bendys, which means MBTA garage space for them, which means a different Harvard Sq circulation plan, etc. Based on Transitmatters bus route ridership data the 66 has...

If I remember correctly I think thats a combination derailment issue with the Breda Type 8s and the heavier trainsets. I know they shored up the viaduct to support the increased weight but higher speeds would mean higher forces. And on the 8s they might be playing it safe on an old bridge...

The insane cost and inconvenience of doing so was already exhibited in the Baker admin Orange Line shutdown and that was only 4 weeks at a time when Orange Line daily ridership was down to tens of thousands less than current Green Line ridership. This most certainly comes off as someone who does...

Lotta work to finally replace a signal system from 1946 with one from the 2020s as well as a tunnel from the 1890s-1920s fit a 2020s train along with its weight, power, and accessibility requirements. And the damn labor laws mean the days are gone where you can just send a bunch of Italians and...

I remember seeing somewhere deep in some documents they're floating the idea of having a morning and evening trip to Springfield as an extended MBTA Worcester Line super-express trip. I hope they actually go through with it because just the visibility of the MBTA in the western part of the state...

Throw in the KC Streetcar too. While bus transit in Kansas City is getting defunded and experiencing serious service cuts the Street car is transforming the central spine of the city and approaching C Branch ridership levels. All with no fares and enabled by levying a sales tax in the vicinity...

I myself am a pedestrian first, transit rider second, e-biker third (I work in the suburbs and reverse commute), with 4,600miles on my bike odometer, and I theorize it stems from us being a drivers-first country. I'd imagine just about all of us were raised with bikes being only a recreational...

Quite the interesting mischaracterization of the T the Globe went with here. This initial platform height raising does serve to make boarding accessible with the built-in ramps on the trains. They can't raise them to the full level boarding height because of the way the existing trains' doors...

Not to sound like im on the side of ageism just adding info: i was a bus driver from 18-22, now im 27 and still get the physical to maintain my CDL every two years. All you need to do is check your vision in both eyes (with corrective lenses if you use them which I do), then pee in a cup for a...

As mentioned, Boston Landing already jumped to near Lansdowne's daily ridership and based on the reddit graph it is one of the most bidirectional stations in the system. That's with only part of the Allston Yards development completed and only a few offices on Guest. What would be adjacent to...

Endicott Station accessibility improvements in progress

Genuinely what? If this person gets off the 65 there for work its ~600' from the Longwood galleria stop. If this meeting or recently leading up to it was their first time seeing the routing it should be a red flag for someone who's supposedly chair of a Mobility Advisory Committee. This...

Tons of ties were unloaded at Norwood Central this morning. Not sure if this is for regular track and tie replacement or finally some more progress on double tracking.

That Stop n Shop is a 10min walk at best from Lee's and all a gradual uphill coming back (I'll give you that its two stops on the 66). But that's a whole other can a worms because it's the main grocery option for the ~13k residents that live on the Southside down to Brookline. And then the ~3500...

Oh no, we've created this wonderful mixed-use town center constantly full of life, and driving our town's economy with so much demand! Coolidge Corner sure is chaotic in the best way. One that demonstrates how great it is with it always being busy and flush with people. The actual density of...

Idk to what extent the TSP activates along Beacon St but I've seen it in action. I was waiting to cross the tracks at the Star Market u-turn and the light turned green, only to immediately go back yellow to red because there was a train approaching heading Eastbound. I've been on the C when...

Unfortunately the New Bedford City Council and the residents believe the solution in the housing crisis is to only build a very specific few homes in places that they will never see them, or to magically make new homes appear that are only for the existing residents to instatntly afford and move...

A good part of those operational delays and unreliability has come from the unfinished SR-24 road works keeping the underpass as single track right next to the high traffic East Taunton Station and a long single-tracked section south of Brockton. Once that overpass is finished and the second...

Additionally, from 4 days ago: The MBTA says it’s still ‘testing’ South Station fare gates.