I hope that the bone-headed Deval / Dukakis-ian idea of the New Bedford / Fall River Line is put on hold for the next few decades
While I'm certain Dukakis probably would have supported it, had it come up during his term, the planning began in earnest during his successor's term and further supported by Gov. Weld's successor, Governor Cellucci and then by his successor, Lt. Gov. Swift, and then by her successor, Gov. Romney, and then on to Gov. Patrick.
^ with you on this one Westie...
CSTH -- Thanks for the support -- we need to make sure that reality intrudes into these discussions from time to time
Are you just dense or deliberately playing the "I'm not touching you" game. Of all the threads, you post that line here that you are the voice of reason. The thread that multiple posters have chimed how much as waste of money and how much we would celebrate to see SCR die, you chime in this thread - that basically you and and everyone here are in agreement - but you imply the opposite.
The condescension annoys, but when you're condescending in the one thread you might not run into a ton of opposition, it's infuriating.
Now back to the slobbering love affair with all thing's EMU/DMU, GLXcess
Yeah, what's up with everyone being so into the most cost effective upgrades we could make to the T? What a bunch of idiots!
Supplementing moderately-patronized bus routes with a $2b light rail line?
Providing rapid transit access to the most densely populated town in the state?
(by the way: take the GLX debate to the GLX thread)
From Taunton-Southward, yes.Anyways, FR/NB....what's the impact of MBTA-CR service on the new port infra down on the coast? Are they sharing trackage?
From Taunton-Southward, yes.
Adding capacity via Middleboro (double tracking) or via Attleboro (passing sidings or Fairmont electrification & tie-in) and then sharing the CSX freight system southward would be much more cost effective (and get you weekend Cape Flyer-style service from BOS to both FR & NB, and also let you sponsor new Amtrak weekend New York to FR/NB/Hyannis service
new Amtrak weekend New York to FR/NB/Hyannis
The single track bottlenecks on the South Station to Braintree route need to be addressed even if you don't expect to ever have the Old Colony Lines serve station stops they aren't already serving, so it probably makes a lot of sense to just plan on double tracking South Station to Braintree commuter rail with the costs of doing that not charged to South Coast Rail, and then run South Coast Rail via Braintree and Quincy.
(And part of this probably ought to involve acknowledging that having 4 Red Line tracks and only one commuter rail track at Savin Hill makes zero sense. It made some sense when it was one freight track with no commuter rail. A new flyover south of Savin Hill might provide the most straightforward service pattern, with all future Braintree trains stopping at Savin Hill, but another option would be to keep the southbound Red Line trains on their current tracks at Savin Hill, and use the northbound platform track at Savin Hill for both Braintree and Ashmont trains; the simplest way to do that might involve left hand running on the Braintree branch.)
No one's touching the OC pinch through Dorchester until the State is willing to engage with Southeast Expressway again (if they ever want to go down that HOV lanes will solve everything path). MPO mapped out a conceptual plan for the eliminating the flyover and burying + double tracking OC from Southampton St to the Neponset Embankment as part of a 93 widening/HOV lane project. Also finally settling the "which track will the inbound come to" at JFK. That's not going to be any cheaper than SCR though, I'd say it'd carry some real benefits (especially if they tacked another infill station on the Braintree branch), but OC only happens with 93.
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