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jbray90 t1_j5xjll4 wrote

Reply to comment by Roszo21 in Lawmakers pushing for MBTA to electrify Commuter Rail by 2035 by ToadScoper

Orange/Green. Amtrak already has claimed capacity max on the NEC in the next 15 years so Needham will become forced transfer at Forest Hills. Don’t take your time legislature

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HistoryMonkey t1_j5ye6eb wrote

It would be nice if Needham ran 15 minute headway shuttle all day and then trains to South Station at rush hour peak.

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jbray90 t1_j5yljc7 wrote

It would, but Needham is being sacrificed (necessarily) at the altar of bigger fish with more passengers and more room for passenger growth. An electrified Regional Rail with 15 minute frequencies is going to eat up even more slots than Amtrak had provisioned for. There is no future where Needham doesn’t become a shuttle service to Forest Hills at rush hour. If the whole line wants high frequencies to downtown, they are going to have to switch to rapid transit over the commuter rail.

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Roszo21 t1_j5z7jj4 wrote

It's really embarrassing that West Roxbury and Roslindale are about to be even more grossly underserved by public transit and Wu is saying nothing publicly (despite it being her own neighborhood) because white people.

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Roszo21 t1_j5yf6r7 wrote

An OL stop at Roslindale Village is a viable option within that timeline (or much earlier), but any other expansion seems highly unlikely even though the alternative is screwing over thousands of commuters.

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