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This is an op ed by someone who really doesn't understand nuts and bolts but loves grand schemes.
As far as I can tell there are only three viable options for improving seaport transportation:
- bus lanes with reconfigured bus routes. Cheap and effective for the short term at least.
- reroute the Red Line further east. More expensive but very effective. This was part of the original Transitway study back in the late 80s or early 90s (not sure on the date).
- connect the Green Line to the Silver Line and use the SL tunnel for dual modes. More expensive than anyone wants to admit but would be a total game changer. I know we've discussed the myriad different ways this could happen in the Green Line thread so let's not bother with the details here.
As far as I can tell there are only three viable options for improving seaport transportation:
- bus lanes with reconfigured bus routes. Cheap and effective for the short term at least.
- reroute the Red Line further east. More expensive but very effective. This was part of the original Transitway study back in the late 80s or early 90s (not sure on the date).
- connect the Green Line to the Silver Line and use the SL tunnel for dual modes. More expensive than anyone wants to admit but would be a total game changer. I know we've discussed the myriad different ways this could happen in the Green Line thread so let's not bother with the details here.