Non MBTA buses, School buses and electrification

[KCasiglio]

is poised to launch a system of "several new shuttle routes to supplement MBTA service throughout the city," apparently as DRT (given the mention of app based booking) and apparently currently under the name of LINKUP Boston, apparently focused on areas like Charlestown, Seaport and Allston-Brighton. That's an... Interesting... Idea that I think should be discussed.

A small part of it is on-demand microtransit in dorchester, but the routes you're referencing are fixed route, every 30 minute shuttles provided by Via.

 

[stick n move]

I didnt know where else to put this but it falls under electrification.

Cambridge gets a charge out of new garbage trucks​

“Cambridge today rolled out the first of four battery-operated trash trucks it's buying to reduce carbon emissions from city vehicles.
Along with the first Mack LR Electric trash hauler, the city installed two DC fast chargers to keep its 376-kWh battery pack fully charged at the start of each trash day.
The city plans to accept its next two electric trash trucks in early 2025.”

https://www.universalhub.com/2024/cambridge-gets-charge-out-new-garbage-trucks

 

[The EGE]

Permit me a little bit of bragging: after 6 months of research and writing, I've finally finished my article on the Worcester Consolidated Street Railway. It's probably the longest thing I've ever written aside from my thesis. It has 445 sources and 42 images. (Despite that, several major abandonment dates are still an open question.) It traces the history and operations from the first horsecars in 1861 to the WRTA takeover in 1978. I've managed to identify and photograph a dozen powerhouses, carhouses, substations, and waiting stations that still exist.

Worcester Consolidated Street Railway - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[themissinglink]

Permit me a little bit of bragging: after 6 months of research and writing, I've finally finished my article on the Worcester Consolidated Street Railway. It's probably the longest thing I've ever written aside from my thesis. It has 445 sources and 42 images. (Despite that, several major abandonment dates are still an open question.) It traces the history and operations from the first horsecars in 1861 to the WRTA takeover in 1978. I've managed to identify and photograph a dozen powerhouses, carhouses, substations, and waiting stations that still exist.

Worcester Consolidated Street Railway - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Great job!

Seeing this makes me very sad that Worcester doesn't have any trolleys/streetcars anymore:

 

[cubalibre]

Permit me a little bit of bragging: after 6 months of research and writing, I've finally finished my article on the Worcester Consolidated Street Railway. It's probably the longest thing I've ever written aside from my thesis. It has 445 sources and 42 images. (Despite that, several major abandonment dates are still an open question.) It traces the history and operations from the first horsecars in 1861 to the WRTA takeover in 1978. I've managed to identify and photograph a dozen powerhouses, carhouses, substations, and waiting stations that still exist.

Worcester Consolidated Street Railway - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Excellent! I recall that there once was a street car (light rail?) link along route nine, with an hourly service between Boston and Worcester. Was that somehow integrated into this railway system?

 

[The EGE]

Excellent! I recall that there once was a street car (light rail?) link along route nine, with an hourly service between Boston and Worcester. Was that somehow integrated into this railway system?

Yep, that was the Boston and Worcester Street Railway. It used WCSR tracks and crews from downtown Worcester to just east of Lake Quinsigamond. It was the only streetcar line entering Worcester that didn't become part of the WCSR.