On Thursday morning, I woke to find a friend and colleague had posted a story on my Facebook timeline about the efficacy of trains versus cars in response to a blog post I had made questioning Massachusetts’s investment in SouthCoast rail. It was the unicorn of all Facebook debates—respectful disagreement accompanied by the infusion of…
This week, Commonwealth Magazine ran a story with the headline: “South Coast Rail Optimism Grows.” The article details the recent approval of $28 million to complete the design for the $1 billion first phase of the SouthCoast Rail project that will bring commuter rail from South Station to New Bedford and Fall River via Middleborough. …