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I know we in Boston tend to look askance at ideas from elsewhere, but why is all the electrification around catenary? Metro North seems to have done decently well with third rail. Couldn’t the T crib from them, up to and including grabbing EMUs off the shelf from Kawasaki?

Was Piedmont also in B? They were another of the airlines I frequented while growing up. I would love to see a gate by gate breakdown of Logan over time, to refresh my memory on all the changes and moves over the years.

I would rather they ante up the money for grade separating Park St, instead of a token “provision” for a future transit station.

Some gig workers commute from areas like Fall River or RI because the demand (thus pay) is better. Congestion pricing might mitigate some of that, but Secretary Tibets-Nutt got scolded for even hinting at that.

I did a double take when scrolling past both the 470 Western and 298 Cambridge projects. The render was close enough that I thought they were the same project for a moment.

I remember doing a sleep over near Mathematica in the Blue Wing, before they hid it behind the Van De Graff generator.

Unless the roles become employees, paid for their time and not by the piece, the incentives will never align for proper curb use.

Who was in A before the demolition? I remember Eastern as a kid, but I’m drawing a blank after.

The excavation appears to have stalled out. Looking down from the bike path, I can see a large ledge exposed. I hope they’re not delayed on account of blasting.

What would it take for them to rebuild the terminal from the ground up? It seems to be the dumping ground for domestic airlines that don’t consider Boston a focus city. How did Delta handle the complete rebuild of Terminal A?

The weekend work at Magoun didn’t finish the job. The ramp surface was ground down, but it still needs reconstruction. I assume that means another day without service.

Depending on traffic, the Route 16 eastbound to right turn on Main St move will be a mess. The Mystic Valley Parkway off ramp to Harvard Ave move is a mess under most traffic conditions, even though it has more space than the proposed ramp.

METCO specifically came about from a fear by the suburbs that education might become super-regional. Bringing a few kids from the city to Lexington would enable the residents to feel like they were doing something, while not disturbing their personal comfort. Attempts to make it reciprocal or...

Public space design these days wants to discourage loitering, so we get a train hall with seating for ticket holders only.

Small request: please include the address (1021 Mass Ave). It makes it easier to place the project when skimming the thread.