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hero_ad_interim t1_j6nea4c wrote

Reply to comment by TheManFromFairwinds in Extremly Unrealistic Fantasy MBTA Subway map. The Silver Line is converted into light rail. Let me know what your favorite part of the map is and what I missed. by Wide_right_yes

It's like a suburban ring. Honestly, I don't think it's that bad to have if there was an inner ring too. What would the inner one look like? Roxbury/Dorchester > East Newton > Medford type of thing?

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TheManFromFairwinds t1_j6nhsth wrote

I'd still say that's too far out, if you're in somerville and want to go to allston you'd still be stuck going downtown first. Something like this sounds good to me.

https://www.reddit.com/r/boston/comments/5wm9z7/three_years_ago_i_created_a_hypothetical_future_t/

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Master_Dogs t1_j6njlvj wrote

They did an inner ring - it's based on the classic MBTA Urban Ring proposal from the looks of it. It's the Silver Line basically that runs from the Airport to Wellington to Union to Central then to BU / Longwood / Ruggles / etc.

You can see the similarities in the MBTA's proposal here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MBTA_Urban_Ring_map.svg

I want to say they basically copied it. Maybe there's some slight differences I'm not noticing - like the lack of a proper Airport station on their map, vs the T's proposal would actually have one in that little loop de loop.

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