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Posted by aem7ac on Wed Jan 12 01:35:02 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS: MBTA MPXpress Locomotive #010 In Delivery, posted by WillD on Wed Jan 12 01:22:20 2011. It isn't acceptable to combine subway and commuter infrastructure and then offer poor bus service as an inadequate substitute for the lost rapid transit service.But that's not what happened on the Southwest Corridor. Nobody set out to "consolidate commuter rail and subway infrastructure". What happened was that a large tract of land had been cleared for I-895 along the New Haven right of way. They were about to start building I-895 when some concerned citizens stopped it. Instead, the concerned citizens recommended that a rapid transit line be built in its place. So, the commuter rail became three tracks and a subway was built. There was no physical reason why Washington St. el could not have been retained as a branch even after the Southwest Corridor opened. Fine, they avoided a few new highways, but the only real investment was a geographic consolidation of mass transit infrastructure which reduced the catchment area severely. I agree that the catchment areas were reduced. As we discussed earlier, there were "other reasons" for the reduction of catchment area that had nothing to do with structural integrity and/or the new investment. But both the Lexington and Myrtle el demolitions were done for structural reasons, which you noted was not the case with the Charlestown or Washington St. elevateds. You do realize that's also a myth, right? A part of the Myrtle el still exists and trains operate over it everyday. The 3rd Ave el wasn't even of light construction like the Myrtle was. Except that it travels through one of the densest areas in the Boston Metro area outside downtown Boston and Cambridge, but has a ridership closer to Buffalo or the Portland streetcar. Where do those people actually travel? They're clearly not using the Silver Line, because that would be overwhelmed if it were to face the demand the dense neighborhoods should be placing on it. Good question. You think they have cars? You know the neighbourhood, don't you? aem7ac |
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