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Author Archives: Garrett Wollman
A further examination of the Agricultural Branch for Regional Rail
About a month ago, I posted the most recent of several posts about using the former Agricultural Branch Railroad, the CSX-owned freight line which runs from Framingham to Clinton, for passenger service under Regional Rail. I made a Google Maps … Continue reading
Posted in Transportation
Tagged Agricultural Branch, commuter rail, MBTA, Regional Rail, U.S. Census
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Three Reasons the Commonwealth Needs to Commit to Regional Rail Now
After writing that very long slide deck, I thought it was worth boiling down my conclusions for policymakers to three important points: 1. There is a large investment of some sort required in commuter rail infrastructure over the next ten … Continue reading
Posted in Transportation, Uncategorized
Tagged commuter rail, MBTA, politics, Regional Rail
A comprehensive Regional Rail slide deck
Hard to believe it’s my 400th post on this here blog, but given recent trends it’s not hard to believe that it’s about transportation rather than computer networking, figure skating, sliding sports, travel, or (most of all) cooking. I’ve spent … Continue reading
Posted in Transportation
Tagged commuter rail, MBTA, Regional Rail
Interlude: Physics of train acceleration
This past week I’ve been working on a slide deck that people can use to present the Regional Rail concept to non-transportation-nerd audiences, and one of the things that I wanted to include, just as an aside, was a couple … Continue reading
Restoring passenger service to the Agricultural Branch
I’ve written here a few times in the past about the prospect, under Regional Rail, of operating passenger service on the former Agricultural Branch Railroad through Framingham. Twitter user @h100gfld convinced me to take another look, and I identified a … Continue reading
Posted in Transportation
Tagged commuter rail, MBTA, Regional Rail
Next steps for Regional Rail
At the October 1 meeting of the MBTA’s Fiscal & Management Control Board, there was an extended discussion of capital investment planning. The presenter, in the capital projects department, noted that in past years, the MBTA had been unable to … Continue reading
Service delivery standards for Regional Rail
Relax, this is not going to be another 2,500-word opus, just a few thoughts on how the MBTA’s service delivery standards need to change for Regional Rail. The Regional Rail concept encompasses a significantly expanded rail service over existing MBTA … Continue reading
Posted in Transportation
Tagged commuter rail, MBTA, Regional Rail
Rolling stock for Regional Rail: What and how to buy
If you’ve been reading these posts at all in the past weeks, you’ll have noted that I’m very high on the JKOY Class Sm5 electric multiple unit trainset (pictured above if you’re using a desktop browser) used on Finnish railways … Continue reading
Two outlines of a Congestion Charge District for Boston
In today’s exercise in transportation blogging, I’m writing about congestion charging. Boston is an old and congested city, and suffers a great deal from air, water, and noise pollution as a result of automobile traffic. Unlike congestion pricing, which is … Continue reading
Posted in Transportation
Tagged congestion charging, MBTA, traffic congestion
The cost of implementing Regional Rail
I just finished watching the video replay of Monday’s MBTA control board meeting, which was mostly about buses and bus drivers, and I found very little notable about it other than the fact that the MBTA’s Chief Engineer hates catenary, … Continue reading