You can make multiple quotes in a single post, FYI. A lot easier to read.
Went looking some more, found this:
https://cdn.mbta.com/sites/default/files/2021-04/2021-04-26-fmcb-bus-transformation-update.pdf
Looks like Quincy is budgeted at $305m for a stated capacity of 150 buses.
$300m for construction and $30-70 for design....IN FY22! They have already spent significantly in FY21 and will in FY23...nearly $470M
$400m for 200 buses seems pretty much exactly in line with Quincy's costs.
The PVTA garage looks to have been built on an empty lot in an industrial park, and of course, at Springfield's much lower labor/everything rates. The Arborway garage project is also going to require demolishing an ancient office building that's probably full of asbestos, the current Arborway garage + CNG fueling stations, and various other site work. On the same note, is the PVTA garage fully equipped for a
full electric fleet? Or is it just equipped for the ~20 they have now? Lot of difference in electrical work between that. I'm not suggesting that covers the whole of the cost difference, but there are potentially significant differences here.
7 times the cost...for asbestos and chargers? Reallŷ, that's what your going with?
Sounds odd to list the square footage of a building that isn't...the square footage of the building.
Again, a rough estimate based on a render without scale. No diagram of the basement was shown. And, if you have a realtor who tries to include the basement in the sq ftage, RUN!
Looked to me like it was another 20ft above the existing sidewalk, is that not the case?
The drawing showed the "Emerald Necklase" starting from the curb of the existing road, not the existing sidewalk OR the bikeway
Do we have a render or any sort of more detailed plan to suggest that's the intention? Your PVTA example has a fairly attractive frontage.
Yes, that's what the 8 acres are for. Nothing else in the quotes in that article sound like opposition. If they are opposed, it's certainly not obvious from the comments they've made.