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I wonder if this layout means we can have at least a shred of hope that the ceiling of the Haymarket GL fare gate area + connector to the platforms will get re-waterproofed when HYM is able to get around to building its lab building?

When Newton was debating its zoning, the Healey administration and Newton's congressman weren't too subtle about threatening to deep-six the commuter rail station rebuilds if something didn't get passed and if it didn't include more density around Auburndale.

In fairness, the T's predecessors did have such a conversion in mind when they built Kenmore, and the T gave it a study in the early 1970s, via extending the Blue Line down a narrow side street in Beacon Hill cutting a diagonal across the Common to meet up with the Central Subway near Arlington...

If you're looking for alternative visions, here are two examples of how to do zoning differently. Japan: Germany:

The 2025-2029 CIP project list is out: https://www.mbta.com/financials/the-proposed-capital-investment-plan-cip

This is a big part of it. Conversions involve a lot of expensive work -- installing new plumbing, new doors, new walls, etc. etc. If interest rates and construction costs are stunting ground-up construction, you can bet it's affecting conversions. The big fall-off in building permits...

Clearly they were worried about prowling German submarines. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazzle_camouflage

My other thought was that maybe construction costs escalated or local politics got in the way and they're having to delay work on a station?

Happening tonight: https://www.mbta.com/events/2024-04-10/public-meeting-newton-stations-accessibility-improvements-virtual Did I miss something? What's being shrunk?

Add Market Basket to that list, too. They tend to not like leasing their stores, so the rumor is. In Stop & Shop's case in Allston, that was what unlocked the parcel -- they saw bigger value in redevelopment. From your lips to God's ears. But color me skeptical that these are anything more...

The problem is the things more or less print money, they're low-risk for the landlord and leases typically guarantee a specific number of dedicated parking spaces for each store, so a lot of what looks like unused asphalt is actually very much being used. You'd need some kind of major...

Although, without a big upgrade to the Cape RTA service, all that's going to do is feed the Hyannis ice cream shops and the Nantucket and Oak Bluffs ferries.

I have to think that someone somewhere would want to elevate the whole ROW somewhat, given how close to the water it is and how much sea level is supposed to rise in the next 30 years.

Devil's advocate regarding Silver Line branding north of the Mystic: Few Everett residents ride the SL4/5 on a regular basis or have knowledge of the "equal or better" promise. And the SL3 busway just over the border in Chelsea looks really snazzy compared to what they have on Broadway...

Putting @Delvin4519's explanation another way: The rule of thumb in the real estate world is that a majority of folks who work in the urban core are more likely follow established transportation connections. So, if you work around North Station or Government Center and aren't living on a subway...