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Okay, here's the deal. I made a somewhat sardonic comment over in the Olympics thread about how Bev Scott would need to announce the MBTA equivalent of Fast 14 before I could even begin to entertain the theory that someone (perhaps several someones) were using transit improvements as part of gearing up to make an Olympics bid.
Now, that got me thinking... what would an MBTA Fast 14 actually look like? Obviously, all the projects would need to have some kind of common theme tying them together beyond "transit improvements," and it would need to be something that is physically possible to get done over a number of months. There are a few categories that I think would fit the description quite nicely.
This merits further consideration, even though it's more or less guaranteed to never happen. So, I decided to open the floor to general commentary.
What would you all consider to be the most important projects that need getting done, and could be bundled together in some kind of Upgrade Blitz?
I'll get things started by suggesting that we could, if we really wanted to, overhaul the ten stations that most badly need it within ten weeks:
Now, that got me thinking... what would an MBTA Fast 14 actually look like? Obviously, all the projects would need to have some kind of common theme tying them together beyond "transit improvements," and it would need to be something that is physically possible to get done over a number of months. There are a few categories that I think would fit the description quite nicely.
This merits further consideration, even though it's more or less guaranteed to never happen. So, I decided to open the floor to general commentary.
What would you all consider to be the most important projects that need getting done, and could be bundled together in some kind of Upgrade Blitz?
I'll get things started by suggesting that we could, if we really wanted to, overhaul the ten stations that most badly need it within ten weeks:
- Boylston (ADA)
- Arlington (ADA)
- Hynes Convention Center (ADA)
- Symphony (ADA)
- Porter Square (Shouldn't even count, but ELEVATORS UGH)
- Fairmount (High-level platforms)
- Readville (High-level platforms)
- Canton Junction (High-level platforms)
- Mansfield (High-level platforms)
- Attleboro (High-level platforms)