Officials hold another groundbreaking for Green Line Extension

By adamg on Mon., 6/25/2018 - 11:44 pm

But this time they really, really mean it, and before you know it, people will be riding the Green Line hard from Union Square and other points west of Lechmere, they say.

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Nearly all of East Cambridge

By anon
Thu, 06/28/2018 - 4:05pm

The new Lechmere Station is a downgrade for EC. The GLX pushes the station over to the other side of Rt 28. If there were funded plans to improve Rt 28's walkability, then most would be ok with the change. Guess what, there's nothing, zip. zero. Just empty rhetoric. Under the current GLX plan, Lechmere will become the next Science Park / West End station. 80% of East Cambridge is anti GLX.

The woman asked for evidence, not anecdotes

By Waquiot
Thu, 06/28/2018 - 6:17pm

But they way I hear it, 90% of East Cambridge is supporting this, along with 95% of Somerville. I mean, I have nothing to back my claim up, but neither do you.

Actually there is a plan to improve the intersection walkability

By anon
Fri, 06/29/2018 - 3:29pm

A new signalized intersection at First Street and Oâ€™Brien Highway, to be completed by NorthPointâ€™s developer HYM, will provide a safe crossing for pedestrians to Lechmere Station
from East Cambridge. Design improvements including traffic islands, medians, crosswalks,
pavement treatments and lighting will increase pedestrian visibility and assist wayfinding

http://greenlineextension.eot.state.ma.us/document...

If you think C-X is going fund a project that benefits Camside

By anon
Sun, 07/08/2018 - 2:29pm

then I have a bridge I would like to sell you. All talk. This will be the first thing taken out due to "cost overruns"

The entire CambridgeSide complex is dead-set against the GLX

By anon
Fri, 06/29/2018 - 2:13pm

The new relocated Lechmere station weakens the entire region. Imagine taking a stroller, heavy shopping bags, a wheelchair, crutches, little kids, etc. across Rt 28. Riders will think twice before they head over to CambridgeSide. The new Lechmere station will be a boon for the Pru and a bust for Cambridge

And they've been so vocal

By Waquiot
Fri, 06/29/2018 - 3:48pm

That no one has heard them.

But as you note, the people who run the Shops at Prudential are driving this whole thing.

When the Inflatable Rat makes an appaearance at the GLX, what

By anon
Sun, 07/08/2018 - 2:32pm

will Cap do then? Pollack and Ramirez are doing their best to go 100% non-union to stay below 3 billion (yes the project has already ballooned) What then Cap?

You're kidding, right?

By Brian Riccio
Tue, 06/26/2018 - 11:42am

She's the wife of insouciant traitor Mitch McConnell and her position in the current Cabinet of thieves and incompetents was only bestowed upon her to further her family's business efforts and reward her scumbag husband for hiding in his office until Trump stole the White House.

You can't deny that she's

By DTP
Tue, 06/26/2018 - 12:41pm

You can't deny that she's more competent and qualified than most everyone else in this administration though.

She has prior cabinet-level experience (Secretary of Labor under Bush Jr.), and was Deputy Secretary of Transportation under Bush Sr.

It's true that she doesn't have any other transportation-related experience (but honestly, that probably doesn't matter much for that high up of a position), and her being married to the Senate Majority Leader reeks of ethical concerns, but at least she has past cabinet experience and isn't drowning under scandal after scandal.

Transportation experience doesn't matter in transportation?

By anon
Tue, 06/26/2018 - 12:57pm

Yikes DTP. Boston is 25 billion in debt due to "lack-of-experience"

That's not what I said. What

By DTP
Tue, 06/26/2018 - 3:15pm

That's not what I said. What I said is that it doesn't matter as much in a position that high up.

In our society we treat politics as a career path. When you're talking about cabinet level positions in a presidential administration, success hinges a lot more on political experience than it does experience in the specific field. No one is expecting Elaine Chao to go out and design a bridge. That's not her job. Her job is entirely politics.

Boston is $25 billion in debt?

By Waquiot
Tue, 06/26/2018 - 4:22pm

Then it's a good thing Boston isn't the level of government financing this.

er, big dig?

By anon
Tue, 06/26/2018 - 4:39pm

20-30 bil debt. feds pulled their support and funding. remember?

Not built by Boston

By Waquiot
Tue, 06/26/2018 - 6:56pm

And not funded by Boston.

Are you really that thick, or are you commenting from St. Petersburg?

Not built by the City

By Brian Riccio
Tue, 06/26/2018 - 7:14pm

But still built by a coterie of Boston based thieves that enjoyed all of the Federal money they carted away in trucks.

Bechtel is a San Francisco company

By Waquiot
Tue, 06/26/2018 - 9:24pm

Why do you want to win the race for the least informed comment.

Okay, yours wasnâ€™t as bad as the guy who insisted Boston builds highways, but it is close.

Gee, Junior...

By Brian Riccio
Wed, 06/27/2018 - 5:53pm

I don't know how long you've lived here...but does the name Modern Continental mean anything to you?

I'm sure Angel DelValle can fill you in on the rest.

By the way

By Waquiot
Wed, 06/27/2018 - 10:50am

Boston has $5.3 billion in outstanding debt, including about $4.3 billion in retiree liabilities. That's about $20 billion, or roughly 10 GLXes, more than you claim. But since Boston is not in the business of building such transportation infrastructure, we're in good shape.

its more than just

By hux
Tue, 06/26/2018 - 1:13pm

The questionable quality of her appointment is more than just about being McConnell's wife:

" Did Elaine Chaoâ€™s DOT interviews help her familyâ€™s business?"
"The transportation secretary appears with her father, founder of the family shipping business, in Chinese-language interviews with the DOT emblem behind them."

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/06/elaine-c...

I believe one of the mandatory requirements of a position in this cabinet is that you must use your power to further your individual wealth.

You can't deny that she's

By Annon
Tue, 06/26/2018 - 1:14pm

You can't deny that she's more competent and qualified than most everyone else in this administration though.

So is keytar bear.

I love that!!

By Brian Riccio
Tue, 06/26/2018 - 1:21pm

â€œReeks of ethical concernsâ€. Ya think?

That Ain't Sayin' Much

By Elmer
Tue, 06/26/2018 - 1:30pm

she's more competent and qualified than most everyone else in this administration

Adorable!

By Belmont
Tue, 06/26/2018 - 7:26pm

when your g-breaking has more politicians/aides than citizens

By anon
Tue, 06/26/2018 - 4:44pm

its a sign. a bad sign

11 am on a Monday

By Ron Newman
Tue, 06/26/2018 - 9:18pm

Had they held it on a weekend or evening, the ratio would be much different.

So?

By anon
Sun, 07/08/2018 - 2:39pm

No matter the time, you still see more residents than politicians at normal groundbreakings. However, when the project is just a big donor giveaway. Ahem, Pollack Pork. you get the 20 to 1 poli/citi ratio you saw at the GLX event.

Blue line to redline connection

By Frank Rizzo
Tue, 06/26/2018 - 10:28am

Any news on the blue line connection to the redline?

Still on track

By Scratchie
Tue, 06/26/2018 - 10:57am

For third quarter of 2747.

Look on the bright side:

By boo_urns
Tue, 06/26/2018 - 12:31pm

We'll have West Station by then!

West Station loses out to a suburban trolley line?

By anon
Tue, 06/26/2018 - 12:43pm

No wonder why Boston is the transportation laughingstock of the nation

Wow, it took a whole 59

By DTP
Tue, 06/26/2018 - 3:17pm

Wow, it took a whole 59 minutes for the anti-GLX anon troll to come out of hiding!

I'm being gentrified out of Medford because of the GLX

By anon
Tue, 06/26/2018 - 4:05pm

Call me a troll for being against an ill-conceived project. Go ahead

GLX barely touches Medford

By SwirlyGrrl
Tue, 06/26/2018 - 10:34pm

BTW, are you aware that the whole fucking area is getting incredibly expensive and GLX has total and complete shit-all to do with that?

That prices in the whole fucking area have been going up and have been going up in Medford since LONG before GLX?

More affordable in Malden - WHICH HAS LOTS OF ORANGE LINE. Explain that why don't you. THE CITY WITH MORE TRANSIT IS CHEAPER - therefore, rising prices in Medford MUST be due to a transit line that IS NOT BUILT YET barely goes here - and not the university near it or I-93 access or massively rising prices everywhere.

Sorry dear - lived in Medford for 20 years an I'm not buying it.

i know over 20 glx gentrified students who may need to drop out

By anon
Tue, 06/26/2018 - 4:42pm

if they can't find housing in time. please. consider the full effects of this project

Question

By SwirlyGrrl
Tue, 06/26/2018 - 10:37pm

How are they being "gentrified out" by a transit line that has been start stop start stop etc. for over a decade AND DOES NOT YET EXIST AND IS NOT OPEN?

Somebody is selling you a pantload of fertilizer here. Rental prices in Medford have been escalating for 25 years. This is hardly a new issue and has nothing to do with GLX. If that is what you have been told, maybe a nice wetland homestead in the Mystic is for you?

Answer: Speculation & Gentrification

By anon
Wed, 06/27/2018 - 12:05pm

Sounds like you're looking for a big payout. At the expense of your neighbors

Nope. Happening for decades before this

By SwirlyGrrl
Wed, 06/27/2018 - 10:39pm

And NOT because of the GLX, which has not been guarenteed for long.

Medford real estate has been going bonkers since 2000, and there was only a slight slow down in 2002 and 2008 - not even a loss!

Try again, dear. It ain't the GLX - its the housing market. Lack of supply. Period. Malden makes a great control for this - they have had orange line for decades, and yet Medford (which will barely see any of the GLX) is still outpacing it.

That's because it isnt the GLX but other factors.

If my property has tripled in value in 20 years, it isn't the GLX but a lack of inventory in my neighborhood and convenience from I-93 and an express bus. I am not what most people would consider walking distance from the Commuter Rail and even further from Rt. 16 or Winthrop and Boston Ave. GLX has made no difference.

Besides, I have kids in the rental market - I do care. But I also see this is a regional problem because I have a brain in my head.

I'm with ya

By anon
Tue, 06/26/2018 - 4:09pm

And btw, when the Wynn-Encore car-pocalypse arrives in 2019 and everyone starts to point fingers over why MassDOT dumped $1 billion into a gentrification machine instead of NEEDED projects like West + Wynn enhancement, any politician left from this group will be thrown out.

spare us the "wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"

By SwirlyGrrl
Tue, 06/26/2018 - 10:39pm

We have waited FORTY YEARS for the restoration of rail service.

Look at a map - this was seriously underserved area with a ROW existing and some of the most densely populated neighborhoods in the country.

Cry me a river, trolly mc trollpants. How much do the Kochs pay you, again?

I believe it's still under the three month study period.

By boo_urns
Tue, 06/26/2018 - 10:58am

I think that was issued in April, so we'll have to watch out for the results in the coming weeks. I can't recall if it's been studied before in the past, but that idea sounds familiar to me. I'm sure someone else with a better historical knowledge of public infrastructure history can chime in where I'm coming up short.

It's been studied several

By anon
Tue, 06/26/2018 - 1:29pm

It's been studied several times over, with very different results each time, depending on whether the politics want to make it look doable or completely impossible.

ask again

By hux
Tue, 06/26/2018 - 1:14pm

Ask again when Baker is no longer governor.

Make America Allston Again

By Oscar Worthy
Tue, 06/26/2018 - 10:56am

Finally, owners of $800,000 Union Square condos will have the opportunity to live the Dream that is the Green Line too. Promises made - promises kept! Thank you, Joe!

$500 million per LRT mile is astronomical. Donor red flag

By anon
Tue, 06/26/2018 - 11:39am

When I see $500 million per mile as the cost for LRT, the first thing I ask is, ok, what donors does the Gov need to appease. He's a Republican in a Democratic state. Hmmm. Does he have patronage Dems in his admin?

Stephanie Pollack Snow is the patronage dem you're looking for

By anon
Wed, 06/27/2018 - 11:59am

She's the one in all green at the groundbreaking. Her husband, Ken Snow, gave a ton of money to the current Rep Gov Baker. Once Baker won, he starting doling out patronage jobs like tic tacs, from Revenue to Transportation. Stephanie Pollack Snow got the transportation patronage slot and proceeded to cut dozens of projects across Boston to shore up money for her GLX pet project. And hence, where we are today.

Officials hold another groundbreaking for Green Line Extension

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