MBTA Construction Projects

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They've managed to get around to pouring the new outbound platform at Arlington. Surface work continues to rebuild the sidewalk on the Arlington St. Church side of street.

Bus stations should always, ALWAYS be made of concrete, not asphalt.

Sadly it hasn't helped the Waterfront Silver Line. There are some nasty ruts in those tunnels now.
 
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"In at least two spots viewed by the Reporter, heavy bus tires have re-molded the asphalt so much as to reveal the concrete underneath. That concrete underneath was apparently not scarified or torn up as city streets routinely are before they are repaved. In other locales on the bus way, the asphalt is being pushed up onto the sidewalk or into storm drains. The wavy road could provide a challenging job for snow plows this winter."

Bus stations should always, ALWAYS be made of concrete, not asphalt.

There could well be a utility trench below the asphalt which was not allowed enough time to settled properly, before paving. If you've ever wondered a trench is paved temporarily after sewer work or the like, and left this is it.

Don't want to go off topic with this discussion. I am just commenting on the quote above.
 
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Whyyyyyyyyyyy????

I think you know what I'm asking.
 
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So thats what theyve been doing...NEW LIGHTS AT KENMORE!!!!

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I have never seen Kenmore station so clean or bright.
 
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T removing Red Line seats
Overcrowded riders will have a cow
By Hillary Chabot
Thursday, December 4, 2008 - Updated 4h ago


Red Line riders will be packed like cattle starting Monday as part of an MBTA plan to herd more passengers into already crowded cars by ripping out seats in the region?s overloaded subway system, the Herald has learned.

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority will run Red Line trains with two retrofitted cars that will leave only four seats on each for elderly and disabled users, according to a state official briefed on the plan.

The move, which will be discussed at today?s MBTA board meeting, will cut seating by half on some trains, which usually have four to six cars.

?Obviously people who want to sit down will have to find another car,? said the state official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the plan had not been formally announced.

?These cars will be clearly marked and the T is prepared to undergo a publicity campaign,? the official added.

The middle two cars on the busy North-South line will be transformed into so-called ?high capacity cars? meant to be used during rush hour to cram roughly 27 more people aboard. The official was unsure if seats would be restored during lighter commuter periods on the trains, which run from Cambridge to either Dorchester or Braintree.

A train attendant will let riders know some cars don?t have seats and the cars will have special posters alerting passengers, according the official.

The pilot program follows an unpopular $2 hike in commuter rail parking lots statewide and a push for a subway fare increase to bail out the embattled agency, which is burdened by $8.2 billion in debt and interest payments.

MBTA General Manager Daniel Grabauskas also handed out a 9 percent raise to top-level staffers in August, only to rescind the raises at the request of Transportation Secretary Bernard Cohen.

Ridership on the T skyrocketed this year when the cost of gas surpassed $4 a gallon. Grabauskas has made other changes to accommodate the surge, such as increasing the number of buses and train cars. Ridership in August surged 2.3 percent past the number of riders in August 2007.

Commuters will be encouraged to weigh in on whether MBTA officials should fold or expand the program, according to the official.

The program is fashioned after ones in other cities such as New York that implemented seatless sections in four of 10 subway cars last summer. After rush hour, workers simply unlock flipup seats for riders to use.

http://bostonherald.com/news/region...d_riders_will_have_a_cow/srvc=home&position=0
 
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T removing Red Line seats
Overcrowded riders will have a cow
By Hillary Chabot
Thursday, December 4, 2008 - Updated 4h ago


Red Line riders will be packed like cattle starting Monday as part of an MBTA plan to herd more passengers into already crowded cars by ripping out seats in the region?s overloaded subway system, the Herald has learned.

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority will run Red Line trains with two retrofitted cars that will leave only four seats on each for elderly and disabled users, according to a state official briefed on the plan.

One of the worst ideas I've ever heard.

If the seats flip up and down, how long does that take each train out of service each day to accomplish the flip-task? Why not just run the trains on time?

If they don't flip up and down, how long does that take each train out of service each day to remove these cars from the trainset? Why not just run the trains on time?
 
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Aren't some train sets run only during rush hour, and taken out of service at other times already?
 
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why can't they stop all the BS and save money (read: cut off loads of fat, become a lean and efficient organization) to get new cars that fit more people?
 
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Removing seats is an easy and cheap solution, one many other systems has taken.

A longer term solution would be to have all seats be the kind that flip up. I think the new blue line cars have some flip seats
 
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What are the odds people will be willing to give up a seat so they can cram more people onto the car? Unless the T can lock them in the up position before they leave the yard.
 
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This must be a joke

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Clearly, it's a conciliatory piece to satisfy the UACMUL (United Association of CMU Layers).




...but seriously, wtf?
 
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Ok, I found some renderings. What are they going to clad that thing in? Brick?

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guess what! clad in none other than precast concrete!!!
 
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...so it's an elevator for the disabled. But why so tall?
 

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