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.