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the_passengerMA t1_iy0k6wf wrote

The time to build it would have been 30 years ago. It's just as good an idea now as it was when first proposed, but I don't expect it to ever happen.

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eber24 t1_iy0nz9j wrote

The closest we will get in the near future is bus rapid transit similar to the silver line extension in Chelsea.

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bostonthrowaway135 t1_iy0pktr wrote

It was announced about 10 years that they were not going to use the Grand Junction for significant rail expansion. Closet thing that will probably still happen at some point is a station in the old Beacon Rail yard.

Grand Junction is a single track going through Cambridge and literally goes through MIT buildings.

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fakeuser888 t1_iy12r5n wrote

Yes. Do a search for "fantasy MBTA map" in this sub.

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Marco_Memes t1_iy1kgsk wrote

There was one a decade or 2 ago called the urban ring project, but it got cancled because of a lack of funds. It got partially implemented, the SL3 to Chelsea is the only piece of the plan to ever get built. Shame it got cancled, it woulda made 8 new crosstown bus routes, 2 express commuter routes, 6 BRT routes forming a circle around Boston, and some new rail service from assembly sq to Nubian sq via east Cambridge. But hey, 2.8 billion for a rapid transit scheme that would add 300k new riders each day, 42k of which would be converted from cars, is an insane deal when you can spend 20 billion on the big dig, a highway project that ended up being a great example of induced demand

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UniWheel t1_iy2909r wrote

How many 128 commutes are purely circumferential though?

Sure, the main distance might be around the ring, but the fatal problem with the concept of the suburban office park is that it means that there's a last mile (or two) problem on both ends, and not just one.

Imagine if there were a rail line that goes where 128 does. Now how many work place are truly walkable from it?

Lots are surprisingly close, but walkable?

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jamesland7 t1_iy0hnim wrote

Nope. I would not expect any mbta expansion anytime soon. Too many property owners who wouldn’t want to sell or would fight having it nearby because “property values”

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The-Invalid-One t1_iy1968n wrote

There are no hard plans for any capital investment projects with the MBTA afaik. Soft discussions for orange line expansion is what I know of.

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Peeeculiar t1_iy1769n wrote

128 and 495 are as close as we're going to get.

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