{"id":585,"date":"2024-04-13T21:12:34","date_gmt":"2024-04-14T01:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teban54transit.com\/migrate\/?page_id=585"},"modified":"2024-04-13T21:40:22","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T01:40:22","slug":"ideas-from-everyone-mbta-commuter-rail-and-other-mainline-rail","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/teban54transit.com\/?page_id=585","title":{"rendered":"Ideas from Everyone: MBTA Commuter Rail and Other Mainline Rail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>&#8220;Ideas from Everyone&#8221;<\/strong> series is a collection of proposals and fantasy maps contributed by other transit fans that I personally find interesting. For a full index with ideas on all topics, see <a href=\"https:\/\/teban54transit.com\/migrate\/?page_id=174\" title=\"Others\u2019 Ideas: Overview\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This post includes proposals for any <strong>mainline rail<\/strong> in Massachusetts. The majority of such proposals focus on railroads and routes served by the <strong>MBTA Commuter Rail<\/strong> system. However, other mainline rail activities such as Amtrak (including East-West Rail), CapeFLYER and even freight trains may also be included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> If a proposal is largely about a commuter rail line but also has a particular focus on a region that it serves, it may be listed in both this page and another relevant &#8220;Ideas from Everyone&#8221; page, with a brief note.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Last updated:<\/strong> April 13, 2024 (page created)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"0-system-operations\">System Operations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"1-fares-and-zones\">Fares and Zones<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/archboston.com\/community\/threads\/mbta-commuter-rail-operations-keolis-short-term.5974\/post-476824\" title=\"\">Commuter rail fare restructuring proposals<\/a><\/strong> <em>(Koopzilla24 and TheRatmeister, Apr 2024)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Some ideas for redrawing commuter rail fare zones and changing the fares for each zone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2-new-england-mainline-rail\">New England Mainline Rail<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>[Crosslink]<\/strong> In <a href=\"http:\/\/archboston.com\/community\/threads\/mbta-commuter-rail-operations-keolis-short-term.5974\/post-475109\" title=\"\">this discussion<\/a> on the official Northern Tier Passenger Rail Study <span class=\"note\">(which I documented <a href=\"https:\/\/teban54transit.com\/migrate\/?page_id=458#northern-tier-mar24\" title=\"\">here<\/a>)<\/span>, RailsRoadsRiverside included a brief crayon map of his New England rail network, also mentioned in <a href=\"https:\/\/railsroadsriverside.com\/intercity-rail-service-to-north-adams-via-springfield\/\" title=\"\">this blogpost<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8220;Ideas from Everyone&#8221; series is a collection of proposals and fantasy maps contributed by other transit fans that I personally find interesting. For a full index with ideas on all topics, see here. This post includes proposals for any mainline rail in Massachusetts. The majority of such proposals focus on railroads and routes served [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":174,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-585","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teban54transit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teban54transit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teban54transit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teban54transit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teban54transit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=585"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/teban54transit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":599,"href":"https:\/\/teban54transit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/585\/revisions\/599"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teban54transit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teban54transit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}