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It doesn't. Fixing the Braintree Split requires a whole bunch of exit ramp reconfiguration, but I'm not convinced that it's an implausible project even if you assume that there's going to be zero ROW acquisition. Now, that's not to say life doesn't get a whole lot easier if you put ROW...

One of the less immediately apparent (yet still fascinating) missteps buried within Amtrak's ridiculous Vision statement is their plans for redistributing traffic around the Philadelphia area. Completely overshadowed by the boondoggle proposal of a new tunnel for high-speed trains itself...

Earlier this month, the Brookings Institute released A New Alignment: Strengthening America’s Commitment to Passenger Rail. While the 30-page report covers a number of issues germaine to the state of Amtrak in 2013, there's one issue in particular I'd like to talk at length about - that being...

File this one under "Unexpectedly!" Well, hold on, you know how these things are. I'm sure it was just some kind of minor problem, right? A blown tail light, or something. Nothing to be overly worried about... Whoops! Of course, as we all know, this is just the latest in a long series of...

Okay, here's the deal. I made a somewhat sardonic comment over in the Olympics thread about how Bev Scott would need to announce the MBTA equivalent of Fast 14 before I could even begin to entertain the theory that someone (perhaps several someones) were using transit improvements as part of...

I swear on my life that this is a serious proposal. Pros:Transit is probably the most useful thing we can ever hope and/or expect to build on the Greenway, now and forever. Single-seat ride from South Station AND North Station to any of the airport's terminals 70~80% of the impact is...

Desperately in need of a better title! http://transportation.blog.state.ma.us/blog/2012/10/south-station-expansion-open-houses.html

Seems like the Portland Transportation Center is in a very awkward location, both in light of the impending extension to Brunswick (which will require a reverse move due to the station's location) and just in terms of general connectivity to Portland itself - hardly something I would describe as...

I'm sure everyone has seen this by now - or, almost everyone. This is the map of every officially designated (by the FRA) high-speed rail development corridor. It's a great start, but there's a lot of absences that strike me as pretty glaring, like...Someone over at the FRA must really hate...

I've been hanging around downtown more recently, and this is something that I've recently noticed that bothers the hell out of me. Where Tremont Street runs next to Boston Common, between Park and Stuart Streets. it opens up to a gigantic four lanes... all moving one way. Why is Tremont Street...

Boston Back Bay is not a bad station, strictly speaking. While I never actually use Back Bay, except for the Orange Line, I think it's an excellent station in dire need of some improvements. I envision the future Back Bay as 'Boston West Station' - while a North-South Rail Link will enable...

Let me start by laying out some facts as I understand them. If any of this is wrong, please correct me: The final approach of the Northeast Corridor ROW into South Station utilizes the Providence/Stoughton, Needham and Franklin Lines ROW, forcing both Regional and Acela trains to stop at Back...

I've been taking the train out of Wickford Junction lately, and it's the strangest thing. You see, I keep seeing signs telling me how I can live, work, and commute at Wickford Junction... but places to live are quite conspicuously absent. Of course, that's neither here nor there, but it got...

Well, as of tomorrow morning, Wickford Junction has been open for business for a whole month - the next step in a many step plan to get proper commuter rail running through Rhode Island, instead of just to and out of Providence. Future plans call for service to Westerly and Woonsocket, with...