tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29666468.post2629998325626296338..comments2008-07-21T08:10:57.608-05:00Train Mon!http://www.blogger.com/profile/11481500813905290229noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29666468.post-49328380545070540942008-05-24T14:33:00.000-05:002008-05-24T14:33:00.000-05:00Thanks train mon!Rob Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11761391961696151976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29666468.post-58901124094200859172007-04-30T13:33:00.000-05:002007-04-30T13:33:00.000-05:00Rob, thanks for reading. Before I answer your questions, let me ask you, "No relation to a guy I went to high school with?"<BR/>Anyway, it took so long to respond becasue I was working on answers to your questions that were so long and drawn-out that I was working on an entirely new rant just to answer them, but then I just started rambling, so I deleted that. So <B>to keep things short</B>, to answers you first question, where I stand is that I think it should be revived. The short reason behind it is that any new/revived public transit is good public transit (yes, even the bloated Greenbush Line); the reestablished Heath Street-Arborway E Line extension would give JP riders back the one-seat ride on the Green Line that long-term residents grew up having (and anybody else visiting the area... such as myself). To all the naysayers and NIMBY's who b**** and seem to have one common complaint: the trolleys would have to deal with the double-parking on Center/Centre Street, I say that's the fault of both the BPD and "Transit Police" for not keep the tracks clear, literally. I mean the T inspectors can't even keep cars from mowing people down between Brigham Circle and Heath Street when the trolley doors open.<BR/>As far as where the project stands, the Commonwealth (State Transportation Department) is currently being sued by various activist groups in JP, most notably the <A HREF="http://www.arborway.net/lrv/index.html" REL="nofollow"> Arborway Committee</A>, over lack of action in restoring the extension; in fact the Commonwealth has taken just the opposite steps by (quietly) taking down much of the overhead wiring and paving over some of the rail. Meanwhile other pro-transit but anti-trolley groups, such as <A HREF="http://www.btwt.org/" REL="nofollow">Better Transit Without Trolleys</A>, pretty much just watch things play out, hoping that the end result will simply be better service on the Route 39.Train Mon!http://www.blogger.com/profile/11481500813905290229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29666468.post-70100061017005490612007-04-23T14:29:00.000-05:002007-04-23T14:29:00.000-05:00train mon --<BR/>I'm sure you've covered this in another post, but where do you stand on the possible restoration of the E line down Centre St in Jamaica Plain? Where does that project stand now, anyway?<BR/>Rob WillisonRob Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11761391961696151976noreply@blogger.com