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The article is from the December 1988 issue and also discusses Ruggles and Forest Hills: https://usmodernist.org/AJ/A-1988-12.pdf

Per that article, about 1/3 of the riders using it are 92/93 riders, who do live in Boston. For the record, this was the press release when it was installed: https://www.mbta.com/news/2021-08-24/massdot-mbta-and-city-boston-announce-the-completion-new-outbound-bus-lane-north

Correct! They appear to be a secondary access point (emergency exit?) for the trail tracks. I'm not sure if they're ever actually used.

A slightly more revealing angle:

The new northeast headhouse and elevator at Courthouse are coming along. (Photos from June 3). This project is rather behind: when the contract was issued in June 2021, it was supposed to be done by the end of 2022.

https://www.mbta.com/news/2025-06-27/mbta-opens-new-north-wilmington-station-june-30 North Wilmington becomes accessible on Monday as well.

A slightly asinine one: where are these stairs located?

This is good to see - currently, there's no actual access to the river between Mattapan and Fairmount because of the thick brush.

Haverhill station coming back on Monday: https://news.keolisna.com/commuter-rail-service-to-return-to-haverhill-station-june-30

Let's go back... way back... to proposals back when "tear down South Station" was the going concern. The first serious proposals seem to have been in 1958. Here's a 3,000-car garage (with heliport!) proposed by the city that year: Here are two proposals from 1966: BRA plan from 1967. They...

I've become convinced that Route 1 really isn't the best alignment. It's the least efficient of the three likely routes (Everett Broadway, Route 1, Revere Broadway) in terms of riders per mile, and it doesn't hit the commercial centers of either Everett or Revere. It doesn't relieve the Everett...

I'm really not a fan of this design. The substandard platform length isn't great - I really don't like the pattern of ignoring the agency's own standards - but it's not the end of the world. 600' is enough for a 7-car set, and I can't imagine we'll be seeing 8-car sets on the northside anytime...

From 6/3. Even with construction all around, these arches are just incredible. I just hope that they get the transitions to the platforms, and to the station interior, right. The future elevators to the bus station, at the head of tracks 5 and 6: The future escalators and stairs, at the...

The small building along the riverbank - the Fens Gate-house - is still there today. It was built in 1909 when the Charles River Dam was constructed, which changed the Charles River Basin from saltwater to freshwater. A new conduit was built along the riverbank to carry (most of) the...

Did anyone attend last night's meeting? Very curious to hear if there was anything of substance on the service quality front.

I rode all of SCR except the Freetown-Fall River segment today. Of the seven trains I rode, every single one was >5 minutes late. The line is so fragile with the amount of single track - any delay is pretty much guaranteed to cascade. The 3:25 inbound from New Bedford that I was on waited near...

There's not that many that are really outside the town centers. Those I can think of are: Greenbush Line: Cohasset Kingston Line: Kingston, Plymouth**, Halifax*, Hanson**, South Weymouth Fall River/New Bedford Line: Freetown***, East Taunton Providence/Stoughton Line: South Attleboro Worcester...

Several recent discussions about ring routes, reverse branching, and Tobin replacement have got me thinking. Presenting: the "teal, or whatever color we have left" line! The primary intention is to give dense and underserved areas - Everett, Chelsea, Revere, Charlestown, Roxbury, and...

So the reason that the CIP doesn't include any rail expansion appears to be because the document that establishes a strategic vision is going to be two years late. https://cdn.mbta.com/sites/default/files/2025-05/MBTAAB_CIP_Oversight_Report%2805-20-25%29.pdf