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  1. dshoost88

    MBTA Construction Projects

    Per page 62, the 27-31 CIP acknowledges the $2.118 billion price tag of the Green Line Extension, but only shows $115.1 million as programmed in the 27-31 timeframe. It's important to note that a CIP is a cash flow document, so the timeframe of expenditure on a project may not necessarily align...
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    Rose Kennedy Greenway

    The Greenway's transition to a Tivoli Gardens-style urban theme park is on its way! ✅ Merry-Go-Round ✅ Ferris Wheel ✅ Jumping Fountains ✅ Trolley Tours ✅ Sausage & food truck vendors ✅ Gardens ✅ Boat hire (ferry service) 🟩 Log flume 🟩 Roller Coaster(s) 🟩 Zip Line 🟩 Drop Tower 🟩 Chair swing 🟩...
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    Lyra (née The Huntington) | 252/258/264 Huntington Avenue | Fenway

    Phil, this is stunning! I wonder if the developer would purchase this one from you.
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    New England Revolution Stadium | 173 Alford Street | Boston-Everett

    As an Everett resident and multimodal commuter, I invite you to sample the 7 MBTA bus routes and TMA shuttle bus services I can access within 2 blocks of my home. Or try the walk to Wellington orange line stop & Chelsea commuter rail stops that—though not physically within city boundaries—are...
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    New England Revolution Stadium | 173 Alford Street | Boston-Everett

    I'd love to see a hotel integrated into the stadium's Harborwalk-facing edge(s). Like most uses, Boston region has a dire shortage of hotel rooms, and an event space like this stadium (not to mention the casino across the street) will only increase demand for hotel nights north of the city. TD...
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    Logan Airport Flights and Airlines Discussion

    From April to September there are several dozen cruise vessels a month that start or end in ports near Anchorage, AK (Seward and Whittier principally). That's in addition to the ones that homeport in Seattle or Vancouver. They alone represent several thousand visitors daily that start or end...
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    Everett Docklands Innovation District | 52 Beacham Street | Everett

    Me? (lol) In all seriousness, it's funny you mention that. If you review the conditions/recommendations from the City's Planning office for the development team, the City of Everett is actually requiring a minimum of 400 street trees as part of the Everett Docklands site plan. This is in line...
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    Everett Docklands Innovation District | 52 Beacham Street | Everett

    I was snooping around the Everett Planning Board meeting documents from December 1st and found a 160 MB appendices for this development with a few graphics worth sharing:
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    Logan Airport Flights and Airlines Discussion

    Is this the first non-stop service between Boston and the African continent?
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    Assembly Sq <-> Casino Footbridge

    In both scenarios, the project designer & contractor require an MBTA ROW Access Permit (which can take a long time). And I imagine between the river proximity and the presumed contaminated soils at the site that the costly hazardous waste removal/concerns are a non-starter for a tunnel here...
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    MassDOT News Updates

    I believe that’s generally true for toll revenue, but the collection of toll revenue also frees up other existing funding—federal and non-federal dollars—that could then be invested in other priorities, including the flex of highway funds to transit investment (like east-west rail). Something...
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    Sidewalks/Walkability in Massachusetts

    Vision Zero is the goal, obviously, and it's refreshing to hear that pedestrian fatalities fell nationally year-over-year. What I'm curious to know, though, is what the location quotient of pedestrian mode share is in MA relative to other states/nationally, and how the number of deaths stacks up...
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    Foundation Medicine/Hasbro | 400 Summer Street | Seaport

    @Justbuildit I think @Equilibria is referencing the fact that the commuter area for existing Hasbro employees in/near Pawtucket is at least still accessible to South Station via MBTA commuter rail service... whereas GE's move from Connecticut to Fort Point (much like Lego's to Back Bay) was...
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    One Mystic | 1 Mystic Avenue | Charlestown

    AND "reduction of 111 onsite parking spaces to an internal EV carshare program with 5 vehicles." 🥳🥳🥳 I may be wrong, but if that modification gets approved then that may make 1 Mystic Avenue the largest non-institutional multi-family in Massachusetts without onsite parking (in the conventional...
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    BCEC expansion | Seaport

    ... I think that's called humility. Working for a different state agency (MassDOT), I can offer anecdotally that the list of projects/investments we make annually is far greater than the press or fanfare for which we receive. And I mean projects that affect everyday citizens of the Commonwealth...
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    Assembly Square Infill and Small Developments | Somerville

    This is an out-of-date render. MBTA headhouse connection to Draw 7 Park is neither designed nor funded at this time. The rendering in Cooper's post is the latest.
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    Lyra (née The Huntington) | 252/258/264 Huntington Avenue | Fenway

    Why stop there? Huntington Avenue and the Green Line E-Branch have slowly demonstrated what a truly transit-oriented development corridor looks like when you leverage the transit availability and walkability of the corridor. Every single rapid transit corridor throughout the city--and...

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