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by r_klancer 1180 days ago
(Sitting in Kendall Square right now). I'm not surprised, though we're saying the same thing. So. Much. Biotech.

This is why the WFH revolution didn't make me panic when I discovered how much it would end up costing to renovate a small house 1.5 miles from here. So much biotech, and for that you need to be in the lab at least some of the time. The MBTA's recent troubles ("global slow zone", anyone?) only make it "better", like I paid them off or something.
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neilv 1180 days ago
I'm sitting just up the street right now, and -- hoping to buy a walkable nice home in town someday -- wholeheartedly counsel the East Cambridge biotech people and the Kendall MSFT/GOOG/etc. outpost people to make a luxurious and convenient commuter rail ride, between work and BFE part of their daily lifestyle.
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kitten_mittens_ 1179 days ago
If the commuter rail ever electrifies and becomes regional rail, it might not be so bad.
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lsllc 1178 days ago
The commuter rail as-is is too infrequent, too packed and too polluting with all those stops & a diesel train.

Overhead electrification on the commuter rail lines or even battery-electric trains would allow the T to run Green line style trams further out into the 'burbs out to I95 and let the commuter rail trains focus on the I495+ outer burbs/medium distance without having to stop frequently on the inner part.

Reusing the existing commuter rail lines with trams is much cheaper than building new T lines as they did with the Green line into Medford (and if you don't live in Medford, it doesn't help you!).

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