Backshophoss wrote:The painful memories of the cost over runs on the "Big Dig",and the debt service saddled on MBTA,makes MassDOT think TWICE about
tunnel building from the get-go. There might be a Coast Guard requirement that tunneling be BELOW a certain depth to clear an occasional
low rudder or Keel dragging in the sludge on the bottom.
Charliemta wrote:How about providing a direct DMU line from the west suburbs via the Grand Junction and up the rail line to the Suffolk Downs/Amazon area? Maybe run a spur right into that area? That would provide the service for the west suburb commuters.
Bramdeisroberts wrote:Though if you're not swallowing the D, then I'd build it down Brookline Ave to Longwood, with a simple stub station at Brookline Ave and Longwood Ave.
MBTA3247 wrote:Bramdeisroberts wrote:Though if you're not swallowing the D, then I'd build it down Brookline Ave to Longwood, with a simple stub station at Brookline Ave and Longwood Ave.
I would offer an alternative routing beyond Kenmore: extend the subway part or all of the way under the former A line, to further relieve pressure on the B and 57 bus.
BandA wrote:Storrow Drive isn't going to be removed until we have flying cars like the Jetsons or if the Mass Pike gets rebuilt with higher capacity. Maybe Storrow Drive will get double-stacked underground with deep transit below just like the N-S raillink.
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