"Reverse commuter lanes" and "drive in break down lanes" are both only addressing peak commuter traffic, not general transportation
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Picknelly: if you're so worried that people will rush onto trains and abandon your buses at the first opportunity, build rail yourself!
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In his defense, I *am* very fond of the idea of a general transportation pass--sort of. Costs and distances vary way too much...
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...to actually use it like a pass, where you flash it and ride for free: what you need instead is something like a statewide CharlieCard
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A prepaid card which deducts the appropriate amount for any given kind of trip, across all modes.
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Anyway, this is all from a piece in the advocate:http://valleyadvocate.com/2017/10/23/will-western-mass-ever-get-high-speed-rail/ …
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Incredibly frustrating for advocates of CONVENTIONAL RAIL to lie to people by billing it as High-Speed Rail. They are not the same thing!
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But then I see the dishonesty and excuses peddled by the "do nothing" crowd, and I'm left assuming these are just terms of engagement
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My takes: - Urban & suburban rail are more important than intercity rail - Modernization & solvency are top priorities, not expansion
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Keeping those in mind, Boston's urban and suburban network should eventually be tied into the rest of New England, including Western MA...
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...this can be done in tandem with modernization etc, or after it, but shouldn't happen *before* it
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and unlock world's largest innovation econ if all smaller cities in region inc. BOS-Springfield happened. 4/4
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East-West rail from Boston-Springfield +some svc over Berkshires to Pittsfield can work,
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That NYC-Albany +additional Empire Services are NYS-supported because of the importance of connexting state's largest cities up/downstate 2/
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Not to mention if you look at NYS and Amtrak runs NYC-Albany svc; Metro-North itself already runs halfway there to Poughkeepsie. 1/
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