bigeman312
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Well said. To piggy-back on that, here's my tweak on @AndrewOnTheMBTA 's pitch (let me know what you think):
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- Truncate the E-Branch to Brigham Circle (current inbound platform) for the duration of construction, leaving the Brigham Circle - Copley stretch untouched.
- Cut-and-cover under Huntington/Washington from Brigham Circle to Brookline Village for a stretch of Green Line subway with three portals and two intermediate underground stations:
- Portal 1: Just east of the Huntington/Tremont/Francis (Brigham Circle) intersection, feeding the current Huntington Ave reservation to the east
- Portal 2: Just south of the South Huntington/Huntington (Riverway) intersection, feeding the current street-running E-Branch tracks on South Huntington
- Portal 3: Near a junction with the D-Branch near Brookline Village (see the Green Line Reconfiguration thread)
- Station 1: Mission Park (served by all trains)
- Station 2: Riverway (west of junction/portal/intersection of South Huntington and current E-Branch)
- Take the cut-and-covered section of roadway and build center running bus lanes from Brookline Village to Brigham Circle for the 66 (entire duration of center running bus lanes), the 39 (from Riverway to Brigham Circle), 60/65 (a short stretch of Route 9), with four stops:
- Brookline Village (66) at the western end of bus lanes
- Washington/Walnut (60, 65, 66)
- Riverway (39, 66) east of the South Huntington intersection
- Mission Park (39, 66)
- Leverage this operational improvement and extend the E-Branch from Heath Street to Hyde Square.
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