missed opportunity
I have a feeling that the improvement won't be so great in the final analysis. IMO there is a simple aesthetic fix that has been ignored in this and other cases with the green line. In most areas where the green line runs down the center median there is only a six inch curb separating it from the street. It would be far better to 'enclose' the street with a three to four foot wall. As things now stand, the eye is drawn to the train tracks which are uniformly hideous and weed choked. The solution along huntington was slightly better, as the curb is about one foot high. Nonetheless some fool thought it would be wise to plant grass in the thin strip between the tracks and the street, amidst the trees. Not surprisingly the grass is either dead, covered by weeds or a foot tall. When are designers who work for the MBTA going to realize that everything included in their plans needs to be maintenance free? Its unfortunate but true.
