General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT)

For anyone wondering what's up with fare inspection
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Those 16 "Fare Engagement Representatives" from October were just to inform people and remind them about fares not do the enforcement and citation yet. Starting on the GLX sometime this year they will begin randomly checking for those validation receipts and if you don't have it they'll take your ID or information and issue you a warning. Further infractions will result in fines and if you refuse to give your ID or to give them information they will kick you off the train. From the project page and citation page.
 
Longfellow said:
Also, I mean fares should probably increase, right? There's been inflation.
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I think the T has stated that due to the amount of disruption this past year, decreased service and shutdowns, they did not feel it was fair to raise fares on the riders for a worse experience. We will see the plan for this year's diversions, which are supposed to be much less disruptive to the typical commuter, and see if they start discussing fare increases. The T is relatively cheap compared to other US public transit, so it's probably in the discussions.
 
Which brings us back to the question.. would it cost that much to put in some fare gates on the GLX stations? Old Lechmere station had faregates, where did those old one go? My understanding is they dropped it for value engineering, but does that have mean forever?
 
After they complete the rollout of AFC 2.0, I thought fare gates on the GLX would be unnecessary. Have they changed that plan?
 
Disabled Red line Train on the Alewife Crossovers. Northbound traffic is halted until the train is cleared. Did have a southbound train go out after the problem started though

Edit: Tentative fix. Slow moving from Davis to Alewife instead of being stopped at the station.
 
cubbe8 said:

Massachusetts Wins More Than $102 Million for Transportation Infrastructure Projects | News | MBTA

Official website of the MBTA -- schedules, maps, and fare information for Greater Boston's public transportation system, including subway, commuter rail, bus routes, and boat lines.
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  • More than $4 million for the MBTA’s High-Risk Grade Crossing Elimination Master Plan initiative, which will have the MBTA evaluate 52 high-risk, high-priority pedestrian and roadway grade crossings throughout the greater Boston regional rail network.
  • Approximately $2 million to the MBTA for the JFK/UMass Station Redesign & Replacement Project, which will bring the station into a state of good repair, increase accessibility, enhance environmental resiliency, and improve connectivity to Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood.
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I really hope the JFK/UMass redesign and rebuild includes an additional track and platform for the Commuter Rail. It would be a mistake to rebuild the station without the additional track.
 
themissinglink said:
I really hope the JFK/UMass redesign and rebuild includes an additional track and platform for the Commuter Rail. It would be a mistake to rebuild the station without the additional track.
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At EVERY chance they get, the MBTA should be looking at double-tracking the Old Colony main line since it now has Fall River, New Bedford, Kingston, Greenbush, Cape Flyer, and someday maybe Plymouth spur, all feeding into ONE track! I'm looking at you Quincy Center!
 
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Delays on Orange Line service after report of smoke

Shuttle buses are replacing MBTA Orange Line service between Forest Hills and Jackson Square Friday afternoon after a report of smoke in the area of the tracks. Personnel are actively responding to the issue, which was reported near Green Street, the T said in a post on X, the platform formally...
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ant8904 said:
Alright, thanks. The congestion revenue estimate is noted on page 15 and on the table on page 17.
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It looks like the MPO is using “congestion pricing” to mean “variable tolling on highways” like they do on interstates in Virginia and Texas , rather than a “charge to enter the central business district” like in London or Stockholm. Their map only included interstates and certain state highways, and notable excludes Storrow and Memorial Drives, so most trips from inner ring suburbs like Belmont and Watertown and Newton to Downtown or Kendall Square would not be affected by their version of congestion pricing. The central business district charge would probably yield more revenue that just the highways, but probably not to the level of NYC
 

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H2Osquare said:
It looks like the MPO is using “congestion pricing” to mean “variable tolling on highways” like they do on interstates in Virginia and Texas , rather than a “charge to enter the central business district” like in London or Stockholm. Their map only included interstates and certain state highways, and notable excludes Storrow and Memorial Drives, so most trips from inner ring suburbs like Belmont and Watertown and Newton to Downtown or Kendall Square would not be affected by their version of congestion pricing. The central business district charge would probably yield more revenue that just the highways, but probably not to the level of NYC
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Similar to what London is doing now with the expanded ULEZ cordon that encompasses much more of the city, eventually for Metro Boston (strong emphasis on eventually - acknowledging this would likely happen in phases if at all), I think the best thing would be to have a multi-tiered cordon - like a baseline charge for entering within the boundary outlined by 128 and then a CBD cordon that had a higher charge and encompassed the high demand, relatively transit-rich districts like Downtown, Back Bay, LMA, Airport, Kendall, etc.
 
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