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Re: Amtrak / Regional Rail Discussion Thread Eurostar uses customs preclearance (for the time being!). Very easy. There is only one intermediate station on each side of the border though, both modern and customs-sealed. And my trip skipped both of them anyway, express. On my voyage over the...

Re: Amtrak / Regional Rail Discussion Thread I don't remember any Boston/Montreal buses taking less than 8 hours anyway. 9 hours is already competitive then subtract the track improvements...

BU East, BU Central and Blandford really should be cut down to no more than 2 stops. Possibly everything rearranged depending upon how development proceeds further west. Tough though since BU East and Central are relatively new. Blandford is still crap, though, not sure what its future will be.

Hah, yeah MBTA officials would have kittens if they visited Amsterdam.

The new Parisian trams have plenty of at-grade crossings and high frequencies. While they're not "core" they're intended to be a major backbone transit network for outer Paris. The DLR is driverless so that's it's major "driver" for full grade-separation.

Just to be clear about this point, independently from the current context: no, that's not considered best practice. Not in any place that's serious about cycling, anyway. Best practice is to create facilities that everyone will find attractive to use. If you start inserting arbitrary slowing at...

It's telling that the one person on a bike in the picture is on the sidewalk. Nice number of crosswalks on the block -- I wonder if anyone is crazy enough to use them. No visibility with parked cars blocking up the street, and highway-sized dual-carriageway. DCR is a joke.

Let's be fair -- this kind of bullshit occurs plenty in Western European countries too. Probably more so... the UK seems to suffer from a severe case of NIH syndrome when it comes to design. The cycle superhighways in London are a remarkable exception to this general trend.

Still plans for 215 parking spaces, which makes me wonder where they're going to put such an enormous amount of parking. Can't be good. Brown has a big parking lot facing Gardner Street where his employees park. If he wants to build employee parking in this project, I guess that means he wants...

The Clone Army that destroys nations.

Yeah, can't wait until the President Trump & PM Johnson press conferences... tweedle-dee and tweedle-dum.

Except that they'll lose the voting rights they had. Just as well, I guess, if Nigel Farage was an MEP, must've been worthless. Oh and Scotland and Northern Ireland will exit the UK. So it's more of an UK-up.

This project will not include a crosswalk at Naples Road. I hope it will not preclude it. However, the general thought is that the long-term solution there is going to be addressed as part of Comm Ave Phases 3&4. Packard's Corner currently only has crosswalks on 3 legs of the rather massive...

I didn't care much for the bus+bike lanes in Paris. Better than nothing, I suppose, but still pretty uncomfortable whenever a bus approached.

I believe that they are trying to coordinate the MBTA station rebuilds along with Phase 2A, as suggested. The consolidation is definitely happening, it's linked to AAB-compliance, it's just a matter of when.

There's a few things going up in Allston/Brighton, despite the city's insanely difficult approach to permitting development. For the rest, simply name the towns that border the Pike, and you will have your answer.

Switzerland just opened the Gotthard base tunnel, an impressive achievement. But that's not why I'm posting. Check out their opening ceremonies: Part 1 Part 2 Summary, article & heavily edited video Just... WTF.

Should restore it to the Cities Service sign.

A little surprised at the low numbers for the 1/CT1. Figured it would be over 2,000 people per peak period. Anyway, there might be more all-day ridership on such a route, and that's what boosts its numbers. Bus+bike lanes suck, best to avoid them as much as possible. The UK has bus lane mania...

That's why I call New Hampshire the "Freeloader" state. Freedom ain't free. Few people would be willing to pay the true cost of driving, it turns out, though. Especially once you factor in the lives lost and cut short by crashes, injuries and air pollution. The ones who yell most loudly about...