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It looks like they even provided ADA compliant access to around the back side. ;)

Also, I don't believe above ground Green Line to Green Line transfers are free -- you pay the fare again even with Tap and Go.

To understand all this, look at European cities with effective, frequent regional rail. Almost all have a cross CBD tunnel system used by multiple regional lines. The Elizabeth Line in London is effectively a new cross CBD system connection of multiple regional rail terminuses West and East of...

Maybe we need to break the mindset that all transportation infrastructure needs to be paid for by sucking at the Federal teat. The East Boston Rail tunnel and the Sumner tunnel were paid for locally, by the Commonwealth and the City of Boston. Even the Callahan tunnel only had modest Federal...

There is no meat left in reporting at the local, state or national level. "Reporters" are little more than scribes who copy whatever uninformed position is squawked by both sides, and print them as "controversy". There is no attempt to get to facts, just clickbait quotes from "both sides".

I don't believe the tradeoff in cost is what you are suggesting. By protecting the utilities in underground conduits, repairs become much less frequent. The cost of an individual repair may be higher, but it is compensated by the reduce frequency of repair. In utility dense areas, where...

People should be warned about the Silver Line. Even in the transitway, it is hardly "rapid transit quality" -- unless you think 10 mph qualifies as rapid transit. :rolleyes: Putting a slow ass bus in a tunnel does not make it rapid transit.

Pretty sad commentary on the USA that CalTrain is some how a "proof of concept" for a technology base that started spreading the Europe a century ago. America is so exceptional in our blindness to progress.

It is a multi-platform subway and commuter rail station, with several levels, entrances, and exits, and lots of ADA compliant vertical access requirements. All those outdoor, all-weather elevators cost a lot of money. (Part of the reason the stations in GLX got so seriously downsized $$$)

Even if it is not the service pattern, you need to allow some level of interlining at Innerbelt and Brickbottom. You don't want the rolling stock on the Grand Junction isolated from the rest of the Green Line.

Encore is a pretty big money interest that might object to an EL.

You have to use rail to get enough surge capacity for a stadium. And that bus/rail reservation better be absolutely car proof, otherwise game day drivers will cluster it up.

But actually not South Station Tower related. One Financial Center management is at fault.

You don't have to rescind leases to cluster the entire industry. Just basic rulemaking can spook investment. Earlier this year U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) streamlined the process for design, fabrication and installation...

I would not say NEVER to this issue. Watch the interstate compact work in progress among the Northeast States. If the Feds go truly rogue on a host of issues (ACA, education funding, clean energy transition, mass transit, etc.) the Northeast states are looking to replace those funds regionally...

Which is one of the big problems with underfunded transit systems. Sure, reliable, frequent, on-time performance is first on commuters lists. But second is the quality of the experience. There are a lot of riders that won't use systems that are consistently dirty, poorly maintained, dingy due...

I am pretty sure you could strategically toll "around the exits" in a way that does not force Fed scrutiny.

There are more windows, they are much larger, and the space in the windows used up by electronic signage is a much smaller percentage.

The original R1 massing seemed much more "residential appropriate".

I can sniff out floor after floor of large-floor-plate cube farms.