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  1. Charlie_mta

    North Washington St Bridge

    The Charles River Dam is old and needs a "Herring" aid.
  2. Charlie_mta

    Biking in Boston

    I'd still take that any day over the carmageddon all too typical in large American metro areas.
  3. Charlie_mta

    Biking in Boston

    Lots of ways to solve the space constraints, ranging from eliminating on-street vehicular parking all the way up to and including construction of elevated bikeways (being done in China and Europe). How to finance? Congestion e-tolling of motorized vehicles on expressways.
  4. Charlie_mta

    General Boston Discussion

    Yes, Boston is incredibly clean and nice looking compared to Seattle, Portland OR, and San Francisco.
  5. Charlie_mta

    Biking in Boston

    E-bikes are becoming a serious component of urban transportation, and if the right infrastructure of bike lanes and law enforcement are sufficiently developed in the (near) future, e-bikes could cut down significantly on urban traffic congestion and automobile parking. I'm thinking of getting...
  6. Charlie_mta

    Museum Of Science Renovations | 1 Science Park | West End

    Oops, I didn't notice the date of the post.
  7. Charlie_mta

    Museum Of Science Renovations | 1 Science Park | West End

    Man, the Museum of Science was one of my favorite places. When I was in grade school I would go there myself and really enjoy it. This was back in the late 1950s. I loved the science library, the transparent woman exhibit, Spooky the Owl, the Planetarium. It was like my second home.
  8. Charlie_mta

    Dick’s House of Sports | Prudential Center | Back Bay

    You're right. I'm just wishful thinking. Eventually it will be redeveloped, hopefully in the next building cycle.
  9. Charlie_mta

    General Boston Discussion

    Well, in 1971 all new highways inside Rte 128/I-95 were cancelled, so we were left with gridlocked 1910 vintage roads. Not that expressways were the answer, but an expansion of rapid transit, commuter rail, bus rapid transit, and multi-use paths/bike lanes extensive enough to offset the...
  10. Charlie_mta

    Crazy Transit Pitches

    Yes, that would be because you posted exactly the same map as last time. Deja vu all over again.
  11. Charlie_mta

    Dick’s House of Sports | Prudential Center | Back Bay

    Not a requirement for a supertall, but a zoning minimum height of 10 stories. At least that height would fit the surrounding buildings, and not look like the sunken hole it does now.
  12. Charlie_mta

    AI Redraws Boston

    Boston on steroids! Most of these AI depictions of Boston end up looking way more like Chicago.
  13. Charlie_mta

    Crazy Transit Pitches

    I like it, but would extend the northern end of it to Chelsea via a new transit-friendly Tobin Bridge replacement.
  14. Charlie_mta

    Dick’s House of Sports | Prudential Center | Back Bay

    Or sell it to someone who was willing and able to develop a taller building.
  15. Charlie_mta

    Museum Of Science Renovations | 1 Science Park | West End

    That can't be right, because 63 years ago I was going to the Museum of Science and the planetarium..
  16. Charlie_mta

    Dick’s House of Sports | Prudential Center | Back Bay

    Too bad the city's zoning doesn't require a minimum height for specific parcels such as this one.
  17. Charlie_mta

    Roads and Highways General Development Thread

    I would remove only the west-bound Route 16 overpass, and move both directions of Route 16 to the surface. The existing east-bound Route 16 overpass would be left in place, but converted to a greenway "land bridge" carrying a new multi-use path (in yellow) over Main Street.. The bright green...
  18. Charlie_mta

    Green Line Reconfiguration

    Except that the GL tunnel curve from Tremont St to Boylston St might be tight, because the elevated trains didn't go in that part of the tunnel.
  19. Charlie_mta

    MBTA "Transformation" (Green Line, Red Line, & Orange Line Transformation Projects)

    Eliminate all on-street parking, add bike lanes, keep one traffic lane in each direction, construct a GL reservation down the middle, and there you have it!
  20. Charlie_mta

    "Dirty Old Boston"

    Wow, that first one is surrealistic to the max. Love it!

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