RandomWalk
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Between West Medford and Winchester, there are enough NIMBYs to ensure GLX will stop at the U-Haul.
Well, the point is there *were* enough such NIMBYs in 2005-2009. It has now been 15 years, enough for a lot of generational turnover. Whereas the former residents of my neighborhood (the West Medford through which the route must pass) worked for employers like the school system or at Lawrence Memorial or owned the dry cleaners in town or had man-in-a-van kind of businesses, now the new neighbors work more in Cambridge (particularly in tech or life sciences) or in the Seaport (Amazon, or the other big employers).Between West Medford and Winchester, there are enough NIMBYs to ensure GLX will stop at the U-Haul.
getting into Woburn on the old Woburn Branch would very difficult (though theoretically possible with a minor reroute on the southern end).
There’s absolutely no viable Woburn branch redux. ROW room for four track to Wedgemere if MVP bridge problem can be solved. But then more problems functionally with burying four tracks through West Medford plus a CR and GL superstation? Forget about that.Sorry to get on a Crazy Transit Pitches tangent, but what minor re-route opens the Woburn Branch? The ROW's been encroached by multiple buildings.
Yes. The lighting is the major public art for Magoun station. Since it’s solar LED, they don’t require the full station power feed to work. If you look closely under the bridge you can see the generator temporarily wired into the switchgear, while they are constructing the final electrical feed.
I figured this one out, based on GTFS data the very first outbound D branch train of the day leaves from Union Square on weekdays because vehicle scheduling quirks. One train a day is enough for a mapping app to decide that branch goes there.GLX station information has officially been uploaded to various online map services… one thing that caught my eye is that Union Square is listed as having E and D line service. Is it possible that they’re going to run all E and D services to Union until the Tufts branch opens?
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The mystery of which branches are going where continues with this post on the MBTA website which I feel like must be inaccurate because it contradicts all their own maps and previous statements.
Oh and just to keep everyone confused GLX will temporarily have an entirely unique way of fare payment used nowhere else in the system.
All other branches terminating at Lechmere? That can't be right, right?
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The mystery of which branches are going where continues with this post on the MBTA website which I feel like must be inaccurate because it contradicts all their own maps and previous statements.
Oh and just to keep everyone confused GLX will temporarily have an entirely unique way of fare payment used nowhere else in the system.
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This. The real solution beyond GLX@UHaul is definitely the overhaul of commuter service (electrification, densification, infill stations, North Station Expansion), and I think you could see more like 10 minute headways (like :00 Manchester, :10 Haverhill, :20 Anderson short turn, :30 Lowell, :40 Haverhill, :50 Anderson). I picture a CR-GLX superstation CR infill (Tufts? Gilman? E. Somvl ?)If you have every-half-hour all-day service to Lowell and Haverhill, that gives Anderson, Montvale, Winchester Center, and West Medford every-15-minutes all-day service. A two-track line with added passing sidings (especially at West Medford and Montvale) would be sufficient to support that service plus Concord and Portland service. At that point, the longer running time of the GL with local stops would probably offset the frequency benefit of the GL.
I don’t quite know what to say about the fare validation process shown in that video. This is just until AFC 2.0 right? Are they actually going to enforce it, or do I just waste 15 seconds of my time if I happen to feel generous to Steve Poftak on that particular day?View attachment 22392
The mystery of which branches are going where continues with this post on the MBTA website which I feel like must be inaccurate because it contradicts all their own maps and previous statements.
Oh and just to keep everyone confused GLX will temporarily have an entirely unique way of fare payment used nowhere else in the system.
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I don’t quite know what to say about the fare validation process shown in that video. This is just until AFC 2.0 right? Are they actually going to enforce it, or do I just waste 15 seconds of my time if I happen to feel generous to Steve Poftak on that particular day?
The current Charlie cards support transfers, so why can’t that same functionality be used to demonstrate a fare is paid? Everyone will just say they lost their receipt when checked.
They also say this is the only option for magstripe CharlieTickets... How on earth are they going to validate those fares? The on-board fareboxes printing out validation receipts? Asking the driver if they saw you pay?Hilariously, the GLX page itself says you can validate at the FVMs or use the fareboxes on the trains.