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Why is the single track pinch there in the first place? Also, prepandemic working at Brandeis the traffic could get brutal with the gate crossings, not sure if thats still an issue

This is one of them, pretty sure he goes more in depth on another thread too https://archboston.com/community/threads/encore-boston-harbor-casino-1-broadway-everett.5181/page-117

weird question that I can't find any data for: how much does it cost to run a train? I'll take anything here, cost per mile, cost per line, really any kind of financial data to say it would cost X to run 1 more train or save X to cut one train. I know that running costs are probobly insanely...

If anyone is interested in it, I did a project on evaluating TOD potential along the commuter rail and could post those numbers. Idea was to see what dev potential of underutilized, CR adjacent land currently is, then see if buying and building on that land could offset the cost of things like...

I kind of tackled this idea for my undergrad thesis, and one of the biggest offenders not mentioned were mall and retail parking lots next to stations like Newmarket. My analysis was looking at the ratio between land value and building value to determine what areas were "underdeveloped", and...

Westfield State grad here, and I proposed a million crackpot ideas for bringing commuter service in. The problem is that there isn't a sensible next stop for commuter service to Westfield; either you enter no mans land headed west to Pittsfield, or you curve north towards Holyoke Mall/Holyoke...

I hate the usage of Flyer for things that aren't seasonal/ tourist focused, it would've been nice to maintain the same branding as the Cape Flyer for similar projects. Should have gone with the Shuttle branding or something else entirely

I agree with you, but semantics wise it is actually closer to Beverly Depot (0.8 miles vs. 1.4 miles if using dead center at Cummings Center). Given that Cummings Center is developing just fine on its own, and all the redev surrounding Beverly Depot Rantoul Street, I think reconfiguring and...

Assuming the T went with the four track NSRL, would a Central Station make sense if it only served two tracks for the Indigo Line/Regional Rail/RER style EMU's? I'm guessing that might limit capacity by dividing the tunnel between EMU's and thru-running Amtrak/whatever dual mode commuter rail...

Hypothetically, would this issue be offset by Indigo esque headways and the OL coming from Back Bay/Forest Hills to hit those areas? Obviously it makes 0 sense for them to blow by these stops only for commuters to backtrack towards them, but is there a # of riders lost (or annoyed/screwed over)...

Hey, I'm doing a project on TOD in Boston for school and wanted to know who made these maps, I'd love to use them in a presentation if I can get permission from the authors. Thanks! Edit: Also, which parcel(s) made up the "9.3-acre Yard 21" that was sold by MBTA to Somerville in 2000? Based on...

This is the best analogy I've seen to explain this, thank you

Not sure if this the right thread, but Im sitting in the cell lot at Logan right now and can’t get over how much of the traffic is made up of busses between the Massport shuttles, Silver Line, private lot shuttles, and private coach busses. This might be overanalyzing the situation, but its...

Does anyone have any info about the proposed study to convert the freight tracks from Salem to Peabody to some kind of road-rail trolley boondoggle? Posts from the local papers have been describing this as operating between Salem and Peabody, with a CR transfer. The articles seem to believe...

The building has 503 units, but does anyone know what the makeup of those units are? I've tried their site, this thread and a couple articles but I can't find a breakdown and total # of each size unit (studio, 1bd, 2bd, 3bd units). Any help would be greatly appreciated

Maybe I'm overestimating demand on the NEC, but I feel like converting Fairmount to heavy rail ignores the value of having a second ROW into South Station. In a post NSRL world would missing Back Bay be a huge deal for some commuter/Amtrak trains?

Not sure if we're allowed to link to other forums, but the first result from googling "loop tracks South Station" brings up a relevant thread. It sounds like they were intended to be used by the New Haven for electric commuter service which never ended up happening. According to that thread the...

Re: North-South Rail Link Just saw this report from the Urban Land Institute on the potential impacts of NSRL, reading through it now and was curious if anyone had thoughts on it. https://americas.uli.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/125/ULI-Documents/Boston2018_Flo.pdf

Re: North-South Rail Link The way I've had the best results explaining it to people who are normally very anti-transit and/or fiscally conservative is this: 1. Train terminals take up a ton of space because they don't just spend 2 minutes picking up/dropping off passengers and leave, they have...

Re: Amtrak / Regional Rail Discussion Thread There's actually a "proposal" by CDoT called the Central Corridor to open up north/south passenger service to Amherst, but I'm not sure how likely this is or if it's still on the table at all. Also, I do know that a private shuttle van service...