Green Line extension to Tufts, maybe...

[hauntmeister.livejournal.com]

Okay, this is more Tufts-related than Davis Square related, but I figured it was close enough! First, it looks as though the Green line will extend into Somerville...Hurray!

But there are two competing proposals for the route the extension will take. Either way, it would begin from Lechmere, and then either go one stop into Union Square (and stop there) or through east Somerville to Tufts, making three or four stops along the way. You can read the Somerville Journal article about it, though the proposals make more sense if you can see the maps in the printed version.

Let me encourage people to write a letter to the Somerville Journal (if you do it today, it'll be in this week's paper) at Somerville@cnc.com and support your proposal of choice. My feeling is that the longer extension into Tufts makes more sense than a single shunt into Union Square.

Comments

[in-parentheses.livejournal.com]

I often wonder what, if anything, could be done for the bus service there to make people like it or use it.

As someone who is starting to use the Union Square buses a lot, I know I'd feel more like they were "real" public transportation if the stops were indoors. Standing around in the rain or the cold is much less pleasant than in a heated indoor T station.

Also, of course, there's the issue that most people can't get by just on a bus pass, and a bus + T pass is rather expensive.

[hauntmeister.livejournal.com]

Yes, some sort of Davis-like central bus stop would be a big win and make waiting more pleasant. And as another poster pointed out, different busses currently stop at different places, even if you can take them to the same destination.