violet b. chumblefort III @violet.sickvid.city · 07/10/2026This would explicitly not be an extension of the MBTA Regional Rail system, as this would be an intercity service with limited stops 100
violet b. chumblefort III @violet.sickvid.city · 07/10/2026The goal of the service planning for all Compass Rail projects would establish Springfield as a hub for transfers between services 100
violet b. chumblefort III @violet.sickvid.city · 07/10/2026Fare assessment would be included in the SDP. As a state-supported route it would be within the purview of the Commonwealth to set the fares 100
violet b. chumblefort III @violet.sickvid.city · 07/10/2026Current estimated time for when service might start: “it depends” 100
violet b. chumblefort III @violet.sickvid.city · 07/10/2026Current travel time between Boston and Albany is roughly five hours. SDP will evaluate travel time savings as part of selecting infrastructure improvements 210
violet b. chumblefort III @violet.sickvid.city · 06/10/2026The Inland Route will use Amtrak Airo trainsets, at this point it is premature to determine what fleet would be on the B&A 110
violet b. chumblefort III @violet.sickvid.city · 06/10/2026Additional station stops in the hill towns? “It depends”, adding more stops improves access at the expense of this being an express service - will evaluate what thresholds for e.g. population might warrant a stop 100
violet b. chumblefort III @violet.sickvid.city · 06/10/2026Boston <-> Montreal service? Outside the scope here, but there’s a separate SDP looking at the Vermonter corridor, Springfield and points south going up to Montreal 110
violet b. chumblefort III @violet.sickvid.city · 06/10/2026Q&A time: The goal of the chosen slate of infrastructure improvements would be to minimize or avoid interference between passenger rail and freight rail. 100
violet b. chumblefort III @violet.sickvid.city · 06/10/2026The SDP will likely be completed in Spring 2028. Next public information meeting late summer ‘27, additional meeting in spring ‘28. 100
violet b. chumblefort III @violet.sickvid.city · 06/10/2026Governance: Amtrak is the presumptive operator of the service, study will evaluate funding for operations and capital investments, future corridor development 120
violet b. chumblefort III @violet.sickvid.city · 06/10/2026Station planning: what stations should it stop at, and how will people access the stations? (People walking, biking, taking transit, driving, other rail connections) 110
violet b. chumblefort III @violet.sickvid.city · 06/10/2026SDP will evaluate how people are traveling through the corridor area, origins and destinations, population and economic trends. Look at route options (where will trains operate), service options (how will trains operate - stops, # of trains, etc), investment options (what improvements are needed) 100
violet b. chumblefort III @violet.sickvid.city · 06/10/2026Paraphrased themes of public feedback to date: we want it quick and we want it now, dammit 120
violet b. chumblefort III @violet.sickvid.city · 06/10/2026Notes that inconsistency with rail service for infrastructure upgrades (e.g., track outages, bus replacements) has limited the growth of ridership on the Hartford Line but typically ridership is trending higher 120
violet b. chumblefort III @violet.sickvid.city · 06/10/2026B&A would be an Amtrak “state-supported route” paid for by MassDOT, unlike Amtrak’s Lake Shore Limited which is one of their long-distance routes 120
violet b. chumblefort III @violet.sickvid.city · 06/10/2026MassDOT Compass Rail, “COMmonwealth PASSenger Rail”, the vision for intercity rail in Massachusetts - Hartford Line, Valley Flyer, Vermonter, Berkshire Flyer, Northeast Corridor, Lake Shore Limited, future Inland Route, future Boston & Albany. 110
violet b. chumblefort III @violet.sickvid.city · 06/10/2026Pioneer Valley Planning Commission (e.g., Springfield and its environs) representative provides positive testimony. Springfield will be a major hub connecting routes east/west and north/south, such as the future Inland Route (Boston to New Haven, estimated 2030) 120
violet b. chumblefort III @violet.sickvid.city · 06/10/2026After this planning document is completed, the slate of enabling infrastructure projects would be eligible for additional funding. 110
violet b. chumblefort III @violet.sickvid.city · 06/10/2026B&A is one of the 69 corridors accepted into the FRA’s Corridor ID program. Nice. 110
violet b. chumblefort III @violet.sickvid.city · 06/10/2026The B&A corridor travels through Framingham, Worcester, Springfield, and Pittsfield. Currently used by the Amtrak Lake Shore Limited, MBTA Worcester Line, CSX. Connects to Empire Corridor, Adirondack, Green Mountain, Vermonter, Hartford Line, Northeast Corridor, and Downeaster (with a transfer) 110
violet b. chumblefort III @violet.sickvid.city · 06/10/2026What is a Service Development Plan?: It’s a planning document to assess the appropriate level of service for new passenger rail, as well as any required enabling infrastructure 100
violet b. chumblefort III @violet.sickvid.city · 06/10/2026the webinar will begin shortly. please stay on the line 110
violet b. chumblefort III @violet.sickvid.city · 06/10/2026this is the Boston & Albany Corridor Service Development Plan Public Information Meeting thread 350
Reposted by violet b. chumblefort IIIEtel Haxhiaj (ha-jee-eye) @etelhaxhiaj.bsky.social · 06/10/2026🚨Chandler Street and May Street Traffic Improvement Project Public Meeting for 100% design phase. ➡️Thur, Oct. 15th, 6 pm. Worcester Dual Language Magnet School Auditorium, 525 Chandler St. ➡️ Accurate info-> www.worcesterma.gov/calendar/cha...worcesterma.govChandler Street & May Street Improvements Public Meeting | City of Worcester 062
violet b. chumblefort III @violet.sickvid.city · 29/09/2026If you’re tracking your team’s workload, instead of categorizing into buckets of “High”, “Medium”, or “Low”, ask instead: “How cooked, chat?” “Well-done”, “Medium”, “Rare” 010
Reposted by violet b. chumblefort IIImattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 29/09/2026awoke this morning with a Vision 49103291830
Reposted by violet b. chumblefort IIISecond Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 28/09/2026If you would like to feel old, it's been 16 years since Chris Christie canceled ARC. 1426
violet b. chumblefort III @violet.sickvid.city · 22/09/2026for anyone as excited about passenger railroads as I am: movement on Compass Rail f.k.a. East-West Rail! www.mass.gov/event/boston...mass.gov 120
violet b. chumblefort III @violet.sickvid.city · 18/09/2026this is my formal declaration of interest (not in NYC, but just a (long) train ride away) 011
Reposted by violet b. chumblefort IIIA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Same people who seem to think it’s bad for China to beat us at AI are perfectly fine with China beating us at high speed rail, solar energy, wind energy, shall we go on 8685432214
Reposted by violet b. chumblefort IIIcait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 17/09/2026well the good thing is it's not like we live in the most car-brained society in the world and all our infrastructure wasn't built around driving and parking and everything is walkable and we have lots of efficient and dependable public transportation. at least there's that 231626300
Reposted by violet b. chumblefort IIIscary angel drags you to heaven @shiningangelx.bsky.social · 16/09/2026you are like a baby to me no offense 7413
Reposted by violet b. chumblefort IIIJames @james.tarnation.lol · 11/09/2026[tucking her into her straightjacket] goodnight baby 56917
Reposted by violet b. chumblefort IIIRyan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Amtrak will start running the new Airo trainsets on Amtrak Cascades on September 30, according to a WSDOT presentation happening right now at the Puget Sound Regional Council. 828046
Reposted by violet b. chumblefort IIIIan Rennie @theangelremiel.bsky.social · 09/09/2026 111116202812
violet b. chumblefort III @violet.sickvid.city · 09/09/2026TODDLER: (unprompted) does Ana like smoothies? ME: Ana..? …from Frozen? TODDLER: yeah ME: probably, yes? TODDLER: okay 020
Reposted by violet b. chumblefort IIIBoo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 08/09/2026I’ve thought about this a lot and the Segway, a rechargeable, electric device that was hyped to change the way that humans live it cities, did actually largely do that, just not in the form factor they had designed. They should have just made it look like a bike or a scooter. 1172957
Reposted by violet b. chumblefort IIIJason @jrock08.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Today a preeminent climate scientist said that building a bike lane in Berkeley California is bad because not everyone can bike to get groceries. The US climate movement has a cars blindspot, and it's why we aren't making progress the way other countries are. 2784392
Reposted by violet b. chumblefort III🦉 @smallmutuals.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Privatization of government capability is the reason you cant build an apartment for a homeless person for less than a million dollars or a subway line for less than nine billion Every state and city needs in house construction agency 2397
violet b. chumblefort III @violet.sickvid.city · 04/09/2026“What word do you use to describe a […]” I’m clicking “rotary” since that’s what it wants me to select but a rotary, roundabout, and traffic circle are all different and there’s no option for “circular intersection”. Unlike “highway”, where I know that’s technically incorrect but IS the term I use. 000
violet b. chumblefort III @violet.sickvid.city · 04/09/2026“What do you call a milk / ice cream drink?” “What, like a milkshake? [reads options] Oh, a frappe! It wants me to click ‘frappe’.” 120
Reposted by violet b. chumblefort IIIGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I've been thinking about how the Trump administration is engaged in an endless war that is driving up gas prices, promoting non-EVs that are larger and less fuel efficient, and also fighting active transport and public transit. They are entrenching car dependency while making it even more expensive. 710917
Reposted by violet b. chumblefort IIIMike.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @dumbmike.bsky.social · 02/09/2026HBO just released a new trailer for counting to 100. I know I'm supposed to have outgrown it, but it feels so magical to see all my old friends again: 7, 20, 5, and this time they even managed to include 22. 392793502
Reposted by violet b. chumblefort IIIRuth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 02/09/2026My view of @edmarkey.bsky.social at last night’s election party. He gave a great speech, but honestly what truly moved me was the first speaker — a trans young person who spoke about the meaning of this win. About seeing MA vote for someone who was unabashed in their support… 1/ 237590
Reposted by violet b. chumblefort IIIGeoff Pfeifer @gdpfeifer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I hope a big part of this story is how Trans rights won. Markey wrote the transgender bill of rights. Unabashedly campaigned on that (among other things). Moulton questioned whether trans kids should play sports. Then doubled down. Dems should take big note here. 013643
violet b. chumblefort III @violet.sickvid.city · 02/09/2026I honestly might actually crack open some sparkling wine right now. The extremely wide margin is very comforting to me. 010
Reposted by violet b. chumblefort IIIGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026My post mortem on Seth Moulton's campaign 014233
