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#1 EdFindlay

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Posted 24 March 2013 - 04:18 PM

A host of state transportation officials came to City Hall last week to discuss the potential extension of the MBTA’s Silver Line to Chelsea. If the number of attendees was any indication as to the level of interest local public transportation riders have in the prospects, the standing room only crowd seemed to be universally in support of the expansion project that would ultimately connect Chelsea with South Station.


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Posted 24 March 2013 - 08:26 PM

The state transportation department is launching a nine-month study to explore the feasibility of extending Silver Line bus service to East Boston and Chelsea.

Officials from the department will host an introductory meeting about the Silver Line Gateway Alternatives Analysis study at Chelsea City Hall from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, March 13, according to a website the state launched for the study


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Posted 24 March 2013 - 11:38 PM

There are some good and bad aspects about this. Obviously the Silver Lie is what is, and it appears to be here to stay. But since commuter rail and heavy rail will never get to Logan Airport proper without bus connections anyway, having this thing connect with the Blue Line and the Chelsea commuter rail station seems to be a no-brainer. Call it what you want, but it would be just as much a bus as the Massport intra-airport shuttles are now.

“One big highlight of that option is it opens up great growth opportunity with the Seaport District, which is currently really hard to get to from Chelsea and East Boston,” said Hamwey. “We’re envisioning a 10-minute ride from Chelsea to the Seaport as long as the bridge is not up.”

If this route is going to run from Chelsea through the airport and then the tunnel to the Seaport District, then no way will it make this trip within 10 minutes. The current Silver Lie makes multiple stops at Logan, and with the time needed there for passengers to get on and off with luggage, it takes a lot more time to get through the airport.

It might therefore be prudent to run one route that serves the Chelsea station and maybe the Blue Line, but bypasses the airport and heads right for the tunnel to South Station, while another goes to the airport to accommodate that market.


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Posted 26 March 2013 - 01:49 PM

If this route is going to run from Chelsea through the airport and then the tunnel to the Seaport District, then no way will it make this trip within 10 minutes. The current Silver Lie makes multiple stops at Logan, and with the time needed there for passengers to get on and off with luggage, it takes a lot more time to get through the airport.

It might therefore be prudent to run one route that serves the Chelsea station and maybe the Blue Line, but bypasses the airport and heads right for the tunnel to South Station, while another goes to the airport to accommodate that market.


The route is not going to service the terminals, just stop at Airport station. All of the route in East Boston after the bypass road that is being built on the former right of way in East Boston is airport property.

This is actually a shorter trip than you would think, it can be done fast with at most a 20 minute total trip time even with backups at the mouth of the tunnel. It might be up to 30 minutes if they choose to use surface streets in Chelsea instead of the right of way.

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Posted 12 June 2017 - 01:12 PM

 

 

MBTA Plans $82M Extension Of Silver Line 
Into Chelsea, MA For April 2018

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http://www.nationalc...shtml#MBTAPlans






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