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  1. The EGE

    Green Line Reconfiguration

    I think spacing depends a lot on what the plan is for serving the LMA - i.e, whether the Huntington mainline is the primary access from the rapid transit network. If it is, then you need station entrances as close to Francis and Longwood as possible, which lends itself to a 1500' spacing. The...
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    General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT)

    I don't think it's significant enough to make a difference, though the MBTA has origin-destination data for subway trips that would verify that. From my experience, undergrad and grad students mostly tended to live on the B or 57, and professors tended to the western suburbs. Non-academic staff...
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    General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT)

    It's heavily weighted towards the LMA, for which the current service pattern of the D and E is intended. Ridership between North Station and the B, C, and the rest of the D isn't much. It would be nice to have the C run to North Station to untangle its headways from the B and to spread the load...
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    Red Line Extension to Mattapan

    While I still place the blame 99% on the NIMBYism of Milton, the MBTA didn't do the state any favors. They let the main stairs to Milton station deteriorate, kept them closed for 5 years, then demolished them rather than repair. In a sane world, the town could have used the poor Mattapan...
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    Chelsea Branch Railroad Remains/Route

    Yes, slowly working through all of New England. I plan to release it as kml/shapefile for others once it's in a reasonable state of completion.
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    Chelsea Branch Railroad Remains/Route

    Maroon is the Eastern Railroad and the Chelsea Beach Branch. Purple is the Boston, Winthrop and Shore Railroad. Blue is the BRB&L, including the 1890s realignment.
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    Reasonable Transit Pitches

    I tend to be iffy on most infill stations; the value proposition often isn't great, especially since it lengthens the ride for everyone not using the station. Many of the existing stations are at nodes where bus routes, walk/bike corridors, commercial squares, etc all come together, so you get...
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    "Dirty Old Boston"

    It's the Fiske Building: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiske_Building And yes, there was a 1964 renovation which added 5 very ugly stories.
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    Green Line Reconfiguration

    There's enough width for two, but not length. With two pocket tracks, you want a crossover between them (not on the main tracks, so that trains crossing over don't foul the opposite main track). Since the 1971-built fare lobby occupies half the length of the old platforms, there's probably not...
  10. The EGE

    Green Line Reconfiguration

    There's probably enough room for a single pocket track, but I doubt there's room for two with a crossover.
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    Green Line Reconfiguration

    The platforms are still there, with some storage use. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Haymarket_station_from_northbound_train,_July_2019.webm
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    Transit history/trivia quiz

    I'll bet 73 as the most commute-centric, and the 1 as the least.
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    🔷 Open Thread

    https://metro-memory.com/boston
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    MBTA Commuter Rail (Operations, Keolis, & Short Term)

    One super-express a day, not timed for typical commute hours, being turned into a regular zone express is not exactly powerful evidence for a lack of demand.
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    MBTA Commuter Rail (Operations, Keolis, & Short Term)

    As indicated in the report, the Worcester Line is going to have to bear a lot of the load during the Allston Viaduct reconstruction (and the 495 interchange work) - it's the only real alternative in the entire Metrowest quadrant. That bumps it quite a bit up the priority list, especially...
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    MBTA Commuter Rail (Operations, Keolis, & Short Term)

    There's no need to elevate anything but the mainline passenger tracks (and a spur to the Agricultural Branch if passenger service is added), and nowhere does TM suggest to do so. Elevated only passenger vastly reduces the complications and allows for steeper (ie shorter) approaches. Only 2,100...
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    Transit history/trivia quiz

    Remember this question from the Worcester quiz? Here's the statue: I still don't know who it is. There's nothing on the statue that indicates ID, no explanatory plaque. My attempts to search for information only get results about the Columbus statue. Anyone with clues?
  18. The EGE

    If You Were God/Goddess | Transit & Infrastructure Sandbox

    A bit of a non-answer, but I would prefer widening or parallel spans for the Harvard, BU, and Anderson bridges. There's no transit gap (save for arguably Grand Junction LRT, which has a bridge available) worse than the chokepoints these bridges are for the 1, 47, CT, 66, and 86. Currently, there...
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    General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT)

    Yes, you're entirely right. There will be assumptions made no matter what system you're using; one of the jobs of those processing the data (and sometimes that of the planners using the data) is to check whether those assumptions are valid. One of the ways to check this assumption would be to...
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    General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT)

    It does, just as nonpayment does. This is generally accounted for by scaling the number of known trips: if 10% of passengers (per APC) pay in cash or don't pay, then you scale all known trips up by that much. (Tap-in/tap-out systems scale to account for those who hop the faregate.) You can even...

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