Recent content by TheRatmeister

If you wanted a park and ride you'd probably need either another exit on 128 or a half mile connector following the tracks. For the volume of traffic at peak hours you probably don't want a regular signaled intersection on Rt 20 to be the main entrance to a garage there so some kind of...

Are you referring to merging the the Aqua Line into this new Wonderland-Watertown Line? In my head the Aqua Line is median running light rail down Mt Auburn St as it's so ridiculously wide and there is strong historical demand on the route for the 71 and 73 that is currently not being captured...

Now featuring wider RL stop spacing to make Cambridge look better, a couple changed station names, a couple fixed mistakes, and a new highly requested Jackson Sq-Ashmont light rail line.

Additional Braintree service probably shouldn't come at the expense of (admittedly limited) through service, but if it would allow increased frequencies on all the OC branches I don't see why it shouldn't happen. I think some infrasturcture changes might be needed to make the transfer at...

Oh, and just a fun stat, based on these numbers (1), (2), there are around twice as many daily bicycle trips made in Groningen, a city of around 200k, than in the Boston Metro Area with roughly 4.5 million residents. That's what happens when cycle mode share is >60%.

"Experts now say" what they said before the law passed too.

Ah, I've barely been to Amsterdam (And frankly I don't mind keeping it that way) so that makes sense. I'm speaking mostly from the Groningen perspective.

I can tell you this is just not true (everywhere). One particular intersection on my commute I frequently see cyclists go clear through a red light, mopeds often use the bike lanes when there are signs explicitly saying they're not allowed to, cyclists weave through pedestrian squares like it's...

I don't think I've ever seen someone yell at a pedestrian, but you're right that I also rarely see cyclists stop at zebra crossings. Cars (almost) always stop though, for what it's worth.

I'm not convinced this is an issue. Proper signage and announcements go a long way, and regardless frequent users of the line will get used to it. I would argue that how the GL branches have worked in the past terminating all over downtown is just as convoluted but I wouldn't consider that a...

I think you're probably right that the need for such a route doesn't extend past Union Sq, but I think until there is demand between MIT, Inman Sq, and Union Sq. I've been thinking about how to rope in Chelsea, so what about a ribbon-crossover-ish style line like this? With a cross-platform...

Good points all around. I think the bigger aim of the western half is to make a north-south cross-Camberville route which is something that's lacking right now (Inman Sq to Killian Court right now involves either two buses or 1 bus and 15 minutes of walking) and even with most UR proposals...

If we're just crayoning a new subway route, what about some kind of blend between the two to make a U-shape, something like this?S Stops at: Medford Sq George St Harvard St Winter Hill Gilman Sq Union Sq Inman Sq The Port Mass Ave/GJ Hynes Back Bay Holy Cross Ink Block South Station Post Office...

I will say that this leads to the same problem but with large e-bikes speeding through bike lanes and getting into accidents with other cyclists and pedestrians.

It objectively doesn't though. Mandating anything at a higher level of government is a loss of control for municipalities. However it does give more control for residents and developers, which is probably a good thing right now.