EZRide Cambridge is Now One of the Most Frequent Buses in Greater Boston

Just another transit enthusiast
I’m based in metro Boston, Massachusetts. I love transit. I take photos of transit, analyze data about transit, and make my own crayon proposals and maps about transit.
EZRide Cambridge is now one of the most frequent bus routes in the region — and likely the most underrated by far. The fare-free, non-MBTA bus route already ran every 8 minutes during rush hours before, but thanks to recent service…
This post is a follow-up on my recent post of the Kendall-Back Bay subway, and is particularly driven by subsequent discussions on archBoston. When I first wrote about the Kendall-Back Bay proposal, I did not intend to treat it as…
TL;DR Background: The “Mass Ave Red Line” Proposal You had probably seen this proposal before: Reverse branching the Red Line (RL) via Mass Ave. The motivation is very natural and explains its popularity: Mass Ave, a major north-south road corridor…
How many trains can we run with Green Line Reconfiguration? How should we actually route them? I design a theoretical framework for understanding GLR’s capacity, and arrive at a variety of interesting ways to connect the (potential) origin and destinations…
Population density plays a crucial role in any kind of transit planning, from amateur to professional. In most cases, there is a general consensus that neighborhoods and routes serving a greater population deserve higher qualities of transit. Yet, data and…
Here is my submission to the Transportation Dreams Challenge by the Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library: Green Line Reconfiguration. This is a fantasy map on a concept that had been discussed on ArchBoston for almost…