MBTA Buses & Infrastructure

From Seaport Square permitting docs:
the 2000 South Boston Transportation Study which outlined a full build Silver Line condition of 89 vehicles per hour during the peak hours via the use of three bus sets operating in tandem. This would result in the Silver Line accommodating 195 passengers approximately every 2 minutes with an hourly capacity of 5,785 passengers between South Station and Silver Line Way.

as for station size, rumor has always been it was designed when there was a potential for the Sox to be moving here (McCourt stuff). dont know if thats correct or not.
 
real_EthanHunt said:
From Seaport Square permitting docs:
the 2000 South Boston Transportation Study which outlined a full build Silver Line condition of 89 vehicles per hour during the peak hours via the use of three bus sets operating in tandem. This would result in the Silver Line accommodating 195 passengers approximately every 2 minutes with an hourly capacity of 5,785 passengers between South Station and Silver Line Way.
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By my quick reading of the GTFS schedules there are 25 vehicles per hour in each direction between SS and SLW between 8-9am, meaning the MBTA is delivering vastly less service than planned, as expected.
 
The EGE said:
Here's one I recently finished for a (somewhat larger) project in SF:

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Thanks. I was thinking more locally. But this is a good structure!

The Geary (and Van Ness!!) projects are at once really great proof of the value of bus priority and the stinking hell that is "environmental" regulation. It's still so wild to me that i was 18 when I heard about those concepts and only now that I'm near middle age they are finally in some form built out.
 
NETransit is reporting that 26 of the 28 trackless trolley buses stored at Everett have been sold for scrap, with removal through Spring. Units 4104 and 4110 are being held for museums (one almost certainly for Seashore Trolley Museum up in Maine, since they have all other generations of Boston TT's represented on their roster).
 
Some city workers were handing out surveys today about a new pilot program on Summer Street for combined bus/truck lanes. Very promising to see and I hope the program is successful! Center-running bus lanes down Summer in the near future would be huge, especially with the planned BNRD T7 corridor. The 7 has not been nearly sufficient lately for the amount of riders that use it.

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Summer Street Pilot Program

The South Boston Seaport Strategic Transit Plan (SBTAP) is an ongoing planning effort. That planning effort will make recommendations for bus and rail access improvements to the Seaport. Early community feedback has highlighted the need for near-term improvement along Summer Street. We plan to...
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Bus service improvements to the seaport are great, but imo a temporary solution. I have a hard time imagining the 'well heeled' residents, tourists, and workers in the area fully utilize improved buses.

Screenshots of the bus related portion of the Report (apologies if these have been posted before)
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LexSEDotVille said:
Bus service improvements to the seaport are great, but imo a temporary solution. I have a hard time imagining the 'well heeled' residents, tourists, and workers in the area fully utilize improved buses.

Screenshots of the bus related portion of the Report (apologies if these have been posted before)
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Interesting set of crosstown service recommendations there. A direct connection to Columbia Point (#14 on the map) is a unique one that I haven't seen before, though I'm not sure about its necessity.

It also seems like this was not planned in tandem with BNRD. Bidirectional service on A St (#5) is presumably for the 11 bus, but the BNRD wants to cut back the 11 to Tufts Medical Center and skip A St altogether. Same for T under D to a lesser degree: while I think it's very useful to have in the long term (especially with LRT conversion), the BNRD assumes no T under D and thus makes the SL1/3 turn at D St for a shorter detour to the Ted.
 
SOMERVILLE: East Broadway Bus and Crosswalk Improvements Pop-Up

Thu, March 30, 2023 – 3:00pm – Thu, March 30, 2023 – 6:00pm
City staff will be tabling at the corner of Broadway and Cross Street to share information and answering questions about upcoming bus and crosswalk improvements on East Broadway. Stop by anytime between 3:00pm and 6:00pm to talk to City staff. Learn more about the project and other in-person and virtual engagement opportunities at somervillema.gov/eastbroadway.
Tue, April 11, 2023 – 2:00pm – Tue, April 11, 2023 – 4:00pm
City staff will be tabling at the corner of Everett Avenue and Cross Street (near East Somerville Community School) to share information and answering questions about upcoming bus and crosswalk improvements on East Broadway. Come by anytime between 2:00pm and 4:00pm to talk to City staff. Learn more about the project and other in-person and virtual engagement opportunities at somervillema.gov/eastbroadway.

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East Broadway Bus and Crosswalk Improvements:Virtual meeting/Street Pop-Up

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Driving down Revere Beach Parkway this morning, I noticed one of the parking lots at Wellington appeared jam-packed with normal buses and articulated buses in Silver Line livery. Couldn't get a good look at either as traffic was moving to quickly, so unsure if these were old Neoplan vehicles awaiting disposal, overflow from the Everett/Charlestown/Medford yards, new vehicles waiting for space to open up at yards to enter revenue service, or what.
 
Aprehensive_Words said:
Driving down Revere Beach Parkway this morning, I noticed one of the parking lots at Wellington appeared jam-packed with normal buses and articulated buses in Silver Line livery. Couldn't get a good look at either as traffic was moving to quickly, so unsure if these were old Neoplan vehicles awaiting disposal, overflow from the Everett/Charlestown/Medford yards, new vehicles waiting for space to open up at yards to enter revenue service, or what.
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I've noticed these for about the past month. Seems to be overflow storage because you can see the old electric buses from Watertown / Cambridge, etc over behind the McDonalds on Rt 99 / Everett.
I'm honestly waiting for Encore to push the bus depot out and redevelop the property.
 
Aprehensive_Words said:
Driving down Revere Beach Parkway this morning, I noticed one of the parking lots at Wellington appeared jam-packed with normal buses and articulated buses in Silver Line livery. Couldn't get a good look at either as traffic was moving to quickly, so unsure if these were old Neoplan vehicles awaiting disposal, overflow from the Everett/Charlestown/Medford yards, new vehicles waiting for space to open up at yards to enter revenue service, or what.
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Those are the Neoplan diesels and dual modes awaiting scrapping.
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Diesel buses running under wires has become the new norm on the Silver Line now. Only the SL1 is still using the old dual modes regularly as the luggage rack equipped "extended range hybrids" (aka diesels) were last to arrive but are on site now in testing.

I do wonder if the buses now having bike racks means bikes are now allowed...
 
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Diesel buses running under wires has become the new norm on the Silver Line now. Only the SL1 is still using the old dual modes regularly as the luggage rack equipped "extended range hybrids" (aka diesels) were last to arrive but are on site now in testing.

I do wonder if the buses now having bike racks means bikes are now allowed...
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This is one of the five battery electric buses being used on the silver line as part of the pilot program. It runs on battery power in the transitway. There is a small diesel generator on board these, as is standard in most BEB's.

Bus Electrification | Projects | 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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BosMaineiac said:
This is one of the five battery electric buses being used on the silver line as part of the pilot program. It runs on battery power in the transitway. There is a small diesel generator on board these, as is standard in most BEB's.

Bus Electrification | Projects | 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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Incorrect, it's a photo of bus 1323, an XDE60 extended range hybrid diesel bus. The pilot BEBs were 1295-1299, the pilot was deemed a failure because they didn't have the range to meet operational needs so in 2020 the MBTA ordered 45 of these new diesel hybrids, based on the pilot bus 1294, a hybrid.

These are the new diesel hybrids: https://pantographapp.com/newengland/vehicles/10003/1300-1344

These are the 5 BEBs you're referring to: https://pantographapp.com/newengland/vehicles/10003/1295-1299

The pilot BEBs still run a few trips a day, but it's nothing compared to the hundreds being run by the new hybrids now. The MBTA has kept rather quiet about it because the decision to get rid of the wires and put out non-electric buses was unpopular.
 
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