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HRJafael OP t1_iy5yh5f wrote

Reply to comment by 28Widget in What is something that if built would improve the city overall? by HRJafael

Speaking of fantasyland: do you think there is room for another form of connection after updating the current commuter rail? What if Worcester was connected by a tram line (kind of like the Mattapan line) that connected either to Forest Hills or Boston College on the MBTA's Green Line?

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the_sky_god15 t1_iy61kjg wrote

That would be like a 4 hour trip. Transit higeratchy is important. Instead let’s run our own light rail routes to the suburbs.

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HRJafael OP t1_iy639ja wrote

Do you mean making Worcester another hub? I can see that. Right now everything reroutes through Boston so I wouldn't mind if Worcester had its own little network

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the_sky_god15 t1_iy94w7z wrote

Basically what I’d wanna see is something like the t to bring people into worcester from the suburbs. Ideally, these lines would have a number of places to transfer between eachother and the busses with all lines meeting at union station where you can transfer to fast and frequent electrified regional rail to Boston, Springfield, RI and CT.

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NativeMasshole t1_iy6dht1 wrote

That's what I was thinking. Get people off the roads. It's the only way Worcester is going to be able to keep growing. We need to be able to get people into, out of, and around the city without adding to the congestion.

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SmartSherbet t1_iy832c6 wrote

I think such a network could have the following as its core lines:

- Worcester to Providence, stopping in Millbury, Sutton, and a couple RI towns along the way

- Worcester to Marlborough, tracking 290 to give those commuters another option

- Worcester to Fitchburg, with stops in West Boylston and Leominster

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