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Discussion relating to commuter rail, light rail, and subway operations of the MBTA.

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  by Charliemta
 
Kind of ironic that the Montreal Metro and the Paris Metro subway systems use "rubber tired vehicles" on their subway trains. Are they banned from discussion on Railroad.Net?
  by CRail
 
Did you READ the thread? Montreal has nothing to do with the MBTA.
  by BandA
 
This is ridiculous, scrapping the fully electric, long-lived Trackless Trolleys for shorter lived, more polluting and more expensive to operate diesel and diesel-hybrid buses, and the Mainstream Media giving them all the kudos. See the electrification thread...

Guess where most of the world's lithium ion batteries are made? China. Most of the nickel comes from Russia. Nickel was recently $10,000/ton... Most (?all?) lithium is imported, while a $2B deposit in Maine cannot be mined due to restrictive state laws. Oh and very little lithium is presently recycled.
  by BandA
 
Let's stop focusing on "decarbonization" and focus more on energy efficiency, energy cost, energy security, and not enriching our enemies through imports from their cartel and our own energy oligarchies (Exxon-Mobil, BP, Shell, etc.)
  by EdSchweppe
 
Adams_Umass_Boston wrote: Mon May 16, 2022 3:47 pm The T released its proposed bus changes and you read more about any particular route here
https://www.mbta.com/projects/bus-netwo ... posal#maps
One route in particular caught my eye: the new T7 high-frequency service that, among other things, provides a direct North Station - South Station connection at least once every fifteen minutes, seven days a week, between 5AM and 1AM.

https://cdn.mbta.com/sites/default/file ... %20Bay.pdf
  by blackcap
 
It appears as if the T dug deep into the route history for some of their proposals, such as bringing back Route 133 after nearly 45 years (on much the same routing, apart from taking over route 134 north of Woburn Center and going to Anderson) and routing route 131 through the Route 1-Saugus shopping district on its way to and from Lynn Central Square.
  by Adams_Umass_Boston
 
I noticed this one since it affects me.
They are eliminating the Paul Revere contract in Winthrop and replacing the routes by extending the 120 and 119. However, they are dropping the Point Shirly neighborhood all together. I am not sure I like this.