Bostonist: "Little Dig" to be Big Pain in the Ass

yuppiescum

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:43:28 -0500

The silver line is very handy for getting from the airport to the redline. The blue line connector might have been a more cost effective way of making that happen, but I'll take a 15 minute one seat ride to SStation over a long walk with luggage to the blue line and two train changes.

cheap_robv

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:13:14 -0500

It would be nice if they had connected the "Silver Lines" in the first place, but I can wait... a long time... without a major increase in the T fare, please... Also: Anyone who thinks digging another tunnel in Boston would meet budget and time projections is dreaming.

Kerry Skemp

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:02:04 -0500

well, if that $1.2 billion comes OUT of massachusetts taxpayers' pockets, nobody's really getting ahead here.

lalala

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:55:00 -0500

Public construction = jobs. Surely you want $1.2 billion in Massachusetts families' pockets?

Rick Sawyer

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:37:25 -0500

I mean that hyperbole is currency in Boston and on the internet. Nobody wanted the Silver Line. It's a poor way to offset the environmental impact of the Big Dig (nobody's sure about the environmental costs of BRT but they aren't especially low compared to light rail) and an even worse replacement for the Washington St. Elevated. I'm not sure if other BRTs get the same shitty rap in their cities, but who cares? To call the Washington St. Silver Line a BRT is like dressing up a turd and calling it a chocolate bar. It gets stuck in traffic, piles up in threes, and is never on time. There is no practical difference between the Silver Line and a regular bus route except for the fancy bus stops.

romulus

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:59:21 -0500

"world's fanciest and most often maligned bus routes" How do you figure? BRT systems are hardly unique to Boston. Or you mean that Bostonians bitch about everything even while secretly knowing they'd hate it more if they didn't exist?