This section contains additional pieces of mine that may not warrant full posts on their own, but which I want to collate for reference, or which are useful as ongoing resources beyond their initial publication as blog posts. This also includes appendices on blog posts, as well as various things I have written on ArchBoston over the years.
Contents
Resources
Mapping the MBTA’s Current Frequent Bus Network
Mapping the MBTA’s Proposed Redesigned Frequent Bus Network
Mapping the MBTA’s Financial District platforms and a potential Congress St subway
Mapping New York City’s Super Commuter Rail Network
Proposals
The Gold Line
Getting from Boston University to Longwood to Ruggles
Bay Village
My current proposal for Bay Village is: Tremont, Shawmut Ave, and Tufts Medical Center Stations: a design for a new set of stations and junctions at Bay Village
This proposal builds on previous work, listed below
Brickbottom Junction
Sketches for a half-Aldgate junction at Brickbottom Junction
Brickbottom Junction via East Somerville
BRT
An idea to relocate the Silver Line out of the Piers Transitway
The Navy Line: A new BRT line for Boston
Regional Rail
Boston <> Foxboro <> Providence Commuter Rail (and “village hopping”)
High-frequency Regional Rail to Lowell is a no-brainer
Norumbega Junction: Extending the Green Line to the Framingham/Worcester Line
Intercity Rail
Adding New Hampshire to the Northeast Corridor via Worcester
Intercity rail service to North Adams via Springfield
Whimsical proposals
Ideas that are “out there” but could maybe still work
A whimsical proposal: Overnight Sleeper Services For Boston
A whimsical proposal for ferries on the Charles River
A whimsical proposal for (moar) ferries to Logan Airport
The Longwood Transitway: Getting to a Reasonable Transit Pitch from a Crazy Transit Pitch
Wheatley, Alcott, and Zipporah: Why we should consider renaming some of our stations
Unserious proposals
“Proposals” that aren’t really proposals
An unserious proposal: Project Blue Lace
Appendices
Appendix: Mapping Boston’s 1921 Subway-Streetcar Network
Appendix: Mapping the Bus Network Redesign: Somerville’s Buses, Present and Proposed
Appendix: New York City’s Super Commuter Rail Network
Analyses
Bus
Analysis and Map: the MBTA’s Current Frequent Bus Network
Analysis and Map: the MBTA’s Bus Network(s) in Dorchester
Analysis: Super High Frequency Routes in the Bus Network Redesign
Analysis: the 29’s current ridership may underestimate its potential for rapid transit
Analysis: Silver Line ridership patterns, on SL1, SL3, and among downtown transfers
Commuter Rail and Regional Rail
Analysis and Map: Mapping the Commuter Rail’s hidden network (pre-pandemic) (building on previous work here and here)
Analysis: Commuter rail to New Hampshire makes just as much sense as commuter rail to Providence
Radial Light Rail (Green Line & Gold Line)
Analysis: the curious case of the B and C Lines
Analysis: why quad-tracking Government Center would be difficult and unneeded
Analysis: F Line to Nubian isn’t enough: a speed and travel time analysis of different transit modes
Analysis: utilizing existing Central Subway capacity for Green Line service to Needham
Gaming out a dual-model LRT fleet
Assorted thoughts on converting Brattle Loop to stub-end operations
Analysis: stop spacing on an extended Huntington Subway (and ensuing discussion)
System Expansion
Analysis: F Line to Nubian isn’t enough: a speed and travel time analysis of different transit modes
Analysis and map: crayoning greenfield rapid transit to Chelsea and Everett
Analysis: utilizing existing Central Subway capacity for Green Line service to Needham
Gaming out a dual-model LRT fleet
Assorted thoughts on converting Brattle Loop to stub-end operations
Analysis: Layered circumferential services for the Urban Ring Corridor
Other
Analysis of Seaport job locations
Previous work for Bay Village
Alternatives for a future-proofed station and portal for a Green Line branch to Nubian