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I think you could run into a safety issue with the southbound afternoon bus doors opening on the righthand side into traffic and I don't think they'd be handicap accessible.

I live in Roslindale and this almost certainly the biggest shortfall of an otherwise positive step. The question is how to create that outbound lane, I don't think they could use the same parking restriction as they do with the morning inbound. The only way to get a two way dedicated bus lane is...

Re: Fall River/New Bedford Commuter Rail I have long been a proponent of this project though the current plan is not my ideal. But I don't let perfect be the enemy of good. Unfortunately I think the current attention being given to the MBTA this winter over it's mismanagement and financial...

Re: Driven By Customer 'Service' Parte Dos I get my Zone 8 Pass through work so getting this email was a pleasant surprise. My hope is that this is the first step is fully modernizing the commuter rail ticket system.

Re: Fall River/New Bedford Commuter Rail I would imagine double-tracking could/would occur sometime in the future similar to what they've been doing on the Fitchburg line.

Re: Fall River/New Bedford Commuter Rail I will agree this would be the best way to do this however are there cost estimates on a two track system? Was it considered at some point and eliminated for some reason?

Re: Fall River/New Bedford Commuter Rail Does anyone have a link to the official South Coast Rail budget because I'm 75% sure that a decent chunk of it is actually used for economic development purposes beyond the actual construction and implementation of rail services. Somewhere to the tune of...

This is the kind of elitist mentality directed at these cities that I hate. But anyways... I also heard the phrase "Legacy Cities" which I also like but regardless of what they are called these cities represent a huge opportunity for the state to provide the benefits of urban living in a more...

If Portsmouth had better commuting options to Boston I would love to live there.

Re: Fall River/New Bedford Commuter Rail I'd be happy to phase it, it should start with Taunton, then NB, then Fall River. That I will agree with you on to judge which ridership projections are more correct. Regardless that will not happen because that's not the way public works...well work...

Re: Fall River/New Bedford Commuter Rail First off that nastiness is totally unwarranted. And considering the South Coast is the only major population area within 50 miles of Boston without T access and gets an extremely small portion of investment compared to Suffolk and Middlesex I'd...

Re: Fall River/New Bedford Commuter Rail Can you provide a source?

Re: Fall River/New Bedford Commuter Rail The commuter rail serves plenty of none-bedroom communities, I hardly consider Providence, Lowell, Worcester, and Plymouth to be Boston's bedroom communities yet they are all connected via commuter rail. No one has the opposition to these lines because...

Re: Fall River/New Bedford Commuter Rail Holy crap, you mean Bristol County may actually get some investment dollars from the state instead of paying for the Boston Metro's infrastructure and never getting any benefit? Well image my surprise. Most of the opponents of the South Coast Rail tend...

All three city's have their own unique circumstances and it wouldn't be fair to say what happened in Brockton is exactly what will happen in FR or NB. I can't speak for Fall River but in for New Bedford there has been a lot of development happening in the city recently and it's starting to turn...

I wasn't considering Waltham too seriously at first but after hearing that I may look into it more. Quincy has some awesome development plans but they appear to be stalled at least for the short term anyway, hopefully they get that back on track. I hadn't considered Winthrop but I may look...

The analysis was much appreciate! Very insightful. NH unfortunately manages to outperform in some areas and underperforms in others; transportation in focus on urban development are two areas it seems to to be falling short on. As a Republican (le gasp) I usually side on the low-tax, limited...

I can deal with a train timetable, I do it now haha.

I think I've put together a list of towns outside of Boston I'm interested in: Salem Quincy Waltham Norwood Opinions on these?

Extend the Newburyport Line to Portsmouth, NH with a stop in Hampton...mostly because I want to live in Portsmouth and T access would be awesome.