[Idea & Analysis] The Kendall-Back Bay Subway: From an Orange Line Re-route to the “Pink Line”
Welcome to Teban54’s personal space.
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.
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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…
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[Idea] Routing the Green Line Reconfiguration (Part 1): A Theoretical Framework of Capacity and Service Patterns
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…
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Data: Population Density Map of Boston with Transit Lines
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…
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[Map] Green Line Reconfiguration: A Modern Subway for a Modern Boston
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…