MBTA Buses & Infrastructure

[Koopzilla24]

That's why the estimate for reaching 1,725/1,859 is roughly about 3 - 4 months after December 2024, not a full year. April 6th, 2025 seems like an excellent time since 1 more class's worth of ~30 trainees after the current one will pretty much fill the entire roster of 1,859 in.

Hence Phase 2 in early 2025 where they're gonna need a significant number of new drivers to support service changes, unlike for Phase 1. December 2024 isn't the start of full BNRD only Phase 1 which is much more of a resource re-allocation than an expansion and does not require the full roster.

 

[as02143]

Generally, you want the bus system to either operate in a grid pattern or a radial pattern, and avoid having bus routes duplicating subway lines, and limiting instances of multiple bus routes on the same street (of course a radial bus network would have some unavoidable trunk&branch routes). This is how a transit system is legible, easy to understand, and runs the maximum amount of frequency.

That's the difference between an ideal model system and the actual physical and human geography of a location. The activity and development patterns match the physical geography -- which means that there's a "former OL" activity spine, Columbus Ave spine, and a Warren and Blue Hill Ave spine.