Commonwealth Avenue Improvement Project

What will they actually do in the communication room?

Hold the buses till the trains arrive?

Is that even desirable?
 
ablarc said:
Hold the buses? Is that desirable?
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If you can time the buses with the trains then I'd say so.

Shit, at the very least they could just have a sign with the "Next Train" wait times. That isn't hard to do since the T already knows where every train is at all times.
 
vanshnookenraggen said:
If you can time the buses with the trains then I'd say so.

Shit, at the very least they could just have a sign with the "Next Train" wait times. That isn't hard to do since the T already knows where every train is at all times.
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Every station should do this. They should have a map, showing exactly where the next train is. I bet that in the future, cities will track every bus and train, and it'll be displayed at each stop for those waiting. Of course, not in Boston.
 
ablarc said:
Hold the buses? Is that desirable?
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The last bus runs of the night have always waited for the last trolleys to go through.

This is true of every major transfer station.
 
kennedy said:
I bet that in the future, cities will track every bus and train, and it'll be displayed at each stop for those waiting. Of course, not in Boston.
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They have this in a lot of places already. In fact they used to have this exact thing at Maverick station (I have no idea if it is still there.)
 
jass said:
The last bus runs of the night have always waited for the last trolleys to go through.

This is true of every major transfer station.
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That's a valuable service at the end of the day. They need a communication room for this, and how big a staff?
 
Let's speak plain: this was a works project.

They're fine if properly administered and implemented, but Kenmore was flawed at every juncture: design, planning, execution, use. The cost overruns guaranteed a low ROI, and it now stands as a poster child for the pervasive culture of waste and mismanagement by the MBTA (and their contractors).

It sunk into a Lewis Carroll-esque farce when the success of the Red Sox was blamed for every subsequent delay.

And, with still a year of work to be done, blade, there is NO noticeable improvement (this was all rescoped and trumpeted as a way to provide ADA access to the platforms? There's still no elevators!)


EDIT: adminstrated and implementated are not words. sorry, i just watched this comedy by Oliver Stone about a president with pronounciational issues.
 
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I have to admit it looks kinda nice in that shot.

Too bad it's become an extreme example of form over function.
 
When assessing the appearance of something new like this, it's always good to ask, "how will it look when it's older and dirty?"
 
They are painting green on comm ave bike lane over the bu bridge. Which I think is very nice as that part of the bike lane seem the most dangerous (and somehow the paint was already rubbing off on the bridge part). I wonder if that is still part of the improvement project.

BTW, I recall there was a ceremony about the project but I missed it. Does anyone know what the surprise was?
 
Who thinks that, when the reconstruct the BU bridge, they should have to put in a staircase from Storrow Drive??
 
ant8904 said:
They are painting green on comm ave bike lane over the bu bridge. Which I think is very nice as that part of the bike lane seem the most dangerous (and somehow the paint was already rubbing off on the bridge part). I wonder if that is still part of the improvement project.
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That may have been a student demanded addition. The general BU consensus is that the lanes are great, but the bridge is scary to cross.
 
The green was always part of the bike lane plan, as motorists merging over to enter onto the bridge need to be highly aware of bicyclists going straight along Comm Ave. It just took the city until now to actually paint it that way.
 
not sure about 'impossible', since there is an ADA ramp from the Mass. Ave. bridge to the Esplanade. A ramp is more useful than a stairway for bicyclists and strollers, also.
 
Impossible not by engineering or space, but lack of political will and the large cost for relatively minor benefit. If BU paid for it, sure, asking the city or state, likely not.
 
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