Joel N. Weber II
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Also, 350 should probably go to Davis via 87's route instead of going to Alewife. I first noticed the inefficency looking at 350's schedule and not 79's.
Do a CT/Ring route that'd hit some mix of
+ Alewife
+ Clarendon Hill
+ GLX
+ Medford Sq
+ Orange Line
Presentation to MBTA Control Board meeting on 12/04/2017 suggested MBTA hopes to exercise option with New Flyer for 194 hybrids in 2018 for 2018-2019 delivery if board approves later in 2018.
While rerouting 350 to Davis and getting rid of 79 in favor of 87 to Arlington Heights might be good for Arlington residents west of Arlington Center, it may not be so good for folks who live near Mass Ave between Arlington Center and Alewife Brook Parkway.
So how do we tell the MBTA Bus people to include either an "all hours 87 to Arlington Center (or Arl Heights)" (and eliminating the 79) or rerouting the :79& 350 to Davis" in their upcoming review of routes?Why not extend both 87 and 89 to Arlington Heights, and eliminate 79? According to the PDF schedules, 87's trip from Arlington Center to Davis (8:20 AM to 8:34 AM is 14 minutes) is faster than 79's trip from Arlington Center to Alewife (8:36 AM to 8:54 AM is 18 minutes), and then a lot of riders would avoid a few additional minutes of Red Line time from Alewife to Davis.
So how do we tell the MBTA Bus people to include either an "all hours 87 to Arlington Center (or Arl Heights)" (and eliminating the 79) or rerouting the :79& 350 to Davis" in their upcoming review of routes?
The first places that should have bus lanes are trunk areas near terminals where a bunch of lines come together. You'd see the most use and they would be the easiest to enforce.
Arsenal St
Bus lanes are studied but discarded as an option (with an explanation).
The first places that should have bus lanes are trunk areas near terminals where a bunch of lines come together. You'd see the most use and they would be the easiest to enforce.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1UhJv-b1I8zTvUa0HvGg6TM1ownhzS_86&usp=sharing
I've sketched up some ideas on this map. Major bus hubs are labeled, the Sliver Line is there in the sections where bus lanes exist, black lines are proposed or in design, blue lines are trunk lines which see the most concentration of bus routes, and red are new BRT routes either as bus lanes or separate ROW (but often a combination of both).
A couple of the trunk lines I've altered from there current courses (most notably through Longwood and BMC) as a way to speed up travel.
New routes aren't fully developed, some are new crosstown lines taken from combining existing lines and some are new routes which parallel existing trunks which could be developed to replace the many different routes.
Let me know what I might be missing or better ideas.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1UhJv-b1I8zTvUa0HvGg6TM1ownhzS_86&usp=sharing
I've sketched up some ideas on this map. Major bus hubs are labeled, the Sliver Line is there in the sections where bus lanes exist, black lines are proposed or in design, blue lines are trunk lines which see the most concentration of bus routes, and red are new BRT routes either as bus lanes or separate ROW (but often a combination of both).
Let me know what I might be missing or better ideas.
No love for Kendall? It has laughable bus service at present, so maybe that is why you overlooked it. The 64, 68, and CT2 get bogged down on Broadway outbound. I suspect auto traffic in the area will only get worse when Longfellow reopens. The EZ Ride is also an absolutely critical bus route for Kendall though it is not provided by the MBTA. It could use some help too.