Forum: Design a Better Boston
02-13-2019, 05:02 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 3,806
Re: Crazy Airport Pitches
Just build a floating airport beyond the harbor islands:
- Floating, so sea levels are never a concern
- Modular, so you can start small and expand it out as needed
- Absolute freedom of where to...
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Forum: Transit and Infrastructure
02-11-2019, 08:15 PM
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Replies: 1,270
Views: 229,384
Re: New Red and Orange Line Cars
I think it is fair for people to be skeptical of the Chinese government. I think it is also fair for legislators to not be experts on such technical matters - if they were experts, they’d be wasted...
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Forum: Transit and Infrastructure
01-23-2019, 08:10 AM
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Replies: 893
Views: 153,903
Re: General Infrastructure
So, has anyone else been unimpressed with the general response to this relatively minor snowstorm we had over the weekend? I don’t think anyone got towed in Boston, and they barely plowed before the...
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Forum: Transit and Infrastructure
01-07-2019, 03:44 PM
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Replies: 236
Views: 27,015
Re: Summer St. Gondola
I hope you don’t mind me lasering in on one point, but since you’re the one that raised the issue of disruptiveness, in your prior post, I think it is valid to reach a conclusion. More specifically,...
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Forum: Transit and Infrastructure
01-07-2019, 10:47 AM
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Replies: 236
Views: 27,015
Re: Summer St. Gondola
As the options are not mutually exclusive, and a gondola is by its definition not disruptive, I still have to disagree. I’d like to push back on a bus lane along this route, in particular. Due to the...
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Forum: Transit and Infrastructure
01-05-2019, 04:31 PM
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Replies: 236
Views: 27,015
Re: Summer St. Gondola
It seems to me that most of the fo us is on how other options are better, and less on how a gondola would be bad. It would take up so little actual real estate that I really steuggle to understand...
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Forum: Transit and Infrastructure
12-29-2018, 03:44 PM
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Replies: 1,445
Views: 242,788
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Forum: Design a Better Boston
12-28-2018, 11:19 AM
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Replies: 595
Views: 92,650
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Forum: Design a Better Boston
12-22-2018, 06:04 PM
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Replies: 1,516
Views: 222,226
Re: Reasonable Transit Pitches
Are there any plans to redevelop the Braintree Station area?
I look at the plaza north of Union Street, with the Hobby Lobby, Best Buy, Staples, etc, and think it really is wasted potential. That...
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Forum: Transit and Infrastructure
12-22-2018, 01:26 PM
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Replies: 5,764
Views: 801,608
Re: General MBTA Discussion Thread
I agree with this, kinda glad you said it first. Its not like people are changing physically that much in a decade, so as long as the design is human-centric, its not like it matters if its super up...
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Forum: Transit and Infrastructure
12-19-2018, 03:01 PM
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Replies: 893
Views: 153,903
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Forum: Transit and Infrastructure
12-19-2018, 02:00 PM
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Replies: 893
Views: 153,903
Re: General Infrastructure
Does anyone know where would be a good place to send some road safety concerns, in Boston? I regularly see people pull up to a light on Atlantic Ave (next to Columbus park, wherw it briefly turns...
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Forum: Transit and Infrastructure
12-17-2018, 01:44 PM
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Replies: 5,764
Views: 801,608
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Forum: Transit and Infrastructure
12-15-2018, 02:44 PM
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Replies: 1,445
Views: 242,788
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Forum: Transit and Infrastructure
12-14-2018, 01:45 PM
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Replies: 1,445
Views: 242,788
Re: North-South Rail Link
I’d be hesitant towards making such broad generalizations. I’m very agreeable to the idea that we’re seeing a general restructuring of how society organizes itself when it comes to work and life, but...
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Forum: Transit and Infrastructure
12-14-2018, 10:17 AM
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Replies: 1,445
Views: 242,788
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Forum: Transit and Infrastructure
12-09-2018, 11:18 AM
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Replies: 236
Views: 27,015
Re: Summer St. Gondola
The only actual negative listed there was the potential blight. That the Silver Line exists is not a negative, its just something else that could be done. The other two concerns are entirely...
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Forum: Transit and Infrastructure
12-08-2018, 05:49 PM
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Replies: 236
Views: 27,015
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Forum: Transit and Infrastructure
12-05-2018, 10:03 AM
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Replies: 263
Views: 60,097
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Forum: Design a Better Boston
12-04-2018, 04:19 PM
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Replies: 3,441
Views: 575,614
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Forum: Design a Better Boston
12-03-2018, 05:28 PM
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Replies: 3,441
Views: 575,614
Re: Crazy Transit Pitches
Unrelated to the BLX discussion, but supposing that everything on our wishlists for regional rail got built - NSRL, full electrification for EMUs, etc. - and we started to hit the physical capacities...
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Forum: Design a Better Boston
12-01-2018, 01:39 PM
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Replies: 55
Views: 2,756
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Forum: Design a Better Boston
12-01-2018, 08:58 AM
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Replies: 55
Views: 2,756
Re: Idea for fixing the housing shortage
If the market cooling is real, and we still need more housing built, then we need to make it easier and cheaper for developers to build more. That means simplying or eliminating regulations and...
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Forum: Design a Better Boston
11-30-2018, 10:16 AM
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Replies: 1,516
Views: 222,226
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Forum: Design a Better Boston
11-29-2018, 11:50 PM
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Replies: 1,516
Views: 222,226
Re: Reasonable Transit Pitches
This one is a little different, and I’m almost tempted to make a dedicated thread. Anyway, what is the feasibility of expanding Boston’s system of pedestrian skyways? At the moment, there’s pretty...
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