tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293100068373105830.post3565234269653335460..comments2024-03-29T03:02:00.140-07:00Comments on The Amateur Planner: Terminating the Fairmount Line in the Seaport makes no senseArihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058285362842737187noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293100068373105830.post-44471633271292296222023-10-09T00:21:39.877-07:002023-10-09T00:21:39.877-07:00Hello mate great bloogHello mate great bloogEl arte de vivir con artehttps://yvettereubenalfandary.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293100068373105830.post-73422134122394715482018-06-18T13:52:43.785-07:002018-06-18T13:52:43.785-07:00Yes the folks over at the MBTA enthusiasts discuss...Yes the folks over at the MBTA enthusiasts discussion group had the same criticisms. I think with the new cars and upgraded signals it wouldn't be much of a problem, the NYC subway deals with that many branches on some lines. The freight issue to south boston might be the bigger problem, though. Its a shame because trains every 5 minutes on the line could do a lot for affordable housing in the region. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01984307440838809902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293100068373105830.post-37563323225932629462018-04-25T12:57:06.134-07:002018-04-25T12:57:06.134-07:00It's an interesting concept but it has some fl...It's an interesting concept but it has some flaws. The first is that you'd now be splitting the line in to three branches, rather than two, so you'd have less service on each branch feeding in to the same amount downtown, or you'd be trying to squeeze more service in to the main Cambridge-Dorchester subway. The second issue is that you'd cut Fairmount off from ever carrying main line rail, i.e. freight, or anything from the Franklin Line or NEC.Arihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06058285362842737187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293100068373105830.post-60436742376310283482018-04-24T08:46:32.511-07:002018-04-24T08:46:32.511-07:00Could the Fairmount line become another branch of ...Could the Fairmount line become another branch of the red line? Seems like all it would take is a bridge by the south Boston bypass and a flying junction to connect south of broadway. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01984307440838809902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293100068373105830.post-1309234518395993412017-01-26T19:35:52.263-08:002017-01-26T19:35:52.263-08:00Ha, I almost made that comparison. The SL Phase II...Ha, I almost made that comparison. The SL Phase III was very much a solution in search of a problem, especially since there is already a tunnel which leads from the south in to the Green Line, straight to Park Street, with a flying junction at Boylston so it actually wouldn't create capacity issues (since some cars from the west could be looped at Park). Of course, this would require upgrading the Silver Line to Dudley to light rail, at which point the extension down Blue Hill Ave would make too much sense for the small minds at the T and the City.<br /><br />From the west, the less obvious connection would use the bellmouths under Arlington to build a 1/2 mile tunnel to connect to the Silver Line at South Station and then onwards to the Seaport and the Convention Center. So you'd get an east-west connection from Back Bay/Hynes to South Station and the Convention Center. From there, you could head down Track 61 to parts unknown. It would cost, but it would make way too much sense.Arihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06058285362842737187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293100068373105830.post-60740599248572974782017-01-26T10:22:41.544-08:002017-01-26T10:22:41.544-08:00Great write-up (as usual!). This reminds me of sim...Great write-up (as usual!). This reminds me of similar nonsense that happened with Silver Line Phase 3. That was the 1+ mile tunnel, multi billion dollar that was going to connect the Washington Street Silver Line branch directly to the Seaport / Logan branch. Like this commuter rail proposal, it was dressed up as a noble service to the predominantly minority community in Roxbury so they could have a "one seat ride to the seaport and airport". As in this case, it was very hard to find anyone in that community that wasn't pressing for fast, reliable connection into the main MBTA system at Park / Downtown Crossing. <br /><br />Once you took a look at the Silver Line Tunnel, you realized that it's bizarre mile plus loop to connect places that were a couple of hundred yards apart was entirely and completely due to Convention Authority demands. The weird, location of the tunnel entrance on Arlington Street was to allow easy access for buses which were to run from the Hynes (owned by the Convention Authority) down Boylston. The contorted looping of the tunnel led it through the edge of the Common Garage (owned by the Convention Center) and then on to the Seaport Convention Center.<br /><br />These two legislators may be very well intentioned, but at the end of the day you'll find ....the Convention Authority still trying to foist a transport plan that will only benefit the Convention Center, while sticking the bill to taxpayers. And screwing the Roxbury community. Ah, the spirit of Billy Bulger still lives on all these patronage schemes from the Convention Authority dressed up as benefiting the Commonwealth as whole.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com