Green Line to come to Somerville!

[ceo]

Today the state announced that the Somerville Green Line extension is a go.

Comments

[glowroper.livejournal.com]

Is there a map of the proposed line? Looks like either my rent is going up or I will have to move.
:(

[ceo]

This is a map of Alternative 1c, which I believe is the one they're going to build.

Now, I don't know what other hurdles the project faces at this point (funding, etc). The Union Square stop ought to keep the MVTF folks (and Mayor Curtatone, who has really pushed for it) happy.

[kissoflife.livejournal.com]

Zowwie- it'd use that rail line that seems to run quiet sleepy supply trains at odd hours? Does seem like a hella-cheap idea.

And either door-to-door Ting for pampered me, or vagabond exile from Somerville. *sob* Better start saving my pennies now...

[rmd.livejournal.com]

and with a union square stop, in a few years people can push to get the union square branch extended along that rail right-of-way to the porter square stop and you'll be able to get from somerville to cambridge without going through boston.

[ceo]

I think that would be considered a low-priority project, given as Porter already has a perfectly good T stop. Plus, you'd have to widen the trench east of Porter to make room for it.

[rmd.livejournal.com]

true. i figure this is a fight for 20 - 40 years down the line.

[canongrrl.livejournal.com]

you've just made my night with that map. Not that I live amazingly close to Gilman Square :-) and the commuter rail extension in Uniion is exactly what I need for work