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This is the train to Provincetown that they took from you.
Yes, this is real footage from an actual train running up Cape Cod to Provincetown.
Yes, Massachusetts and the federal government should absolutely revive the train all the way to Provincetown.
It would be a huge boon for national and international tourism as well as local travel. Much of it can be single-tracked and then double tracked for passing.
Impossible given the politics, but I wish they’d revive it all the way to P-Town. I’d love to take the train from Boston to Truro. #CapeCodderIrredentist
I can’t believe the T is finally converting commuter rail service on the Needham Line to Orange Line service!
In July, service diversions will occur on Green Line & Red Line, & @MBTA_CR Needham Line. Projects include #TAccess upgrades, infrastructure revitalization, & bridge work.
*As a reminder, there are also Commuter Rail service changes for World Cup.
ℹ️mbta.com/news/2026-06-17/mbt…
ALT A yellow Yankee shuttle bus driving down the road alongside a row of houses.
Just reminding everyone that Germany’s firetrucks exist
The $2M ladder truck responds to 3,000 calls/yr while Providence had 90 structure fires in 2025 with 7 ladder companies. So 13 structure fires per station. Meanwhile 2/3 of those are single family homes, not requiring a ladder.
So call it one true “ladder truck” fire every 3 months per truck. Aka 0.13% of all calls this new $2M truck will run. The rest will be 4-man crewed calls operating a ~65,000-75,00lb apparatus for auto accidents, medical emergencies, “good intent” calls and so on. Most of which involve waiting for an ambulance that’s slower to arrive because we just keep buying ladder trucks and don’t have enough ambulances. Yet almost no one finds this cycle problematic.
(Ironically the FD’s chosen photo is the truck posed blocking a highway. No tall buildings in sight)
They’d probably only run that service clockwise to avoid crossing the opposite track.
It looks like Framingham used to have a track turning towards Boston that could be rebuilt, and Mansfield appears to have space for a track to turn southbound trains towards Foxboro.
Transit should not be free for everyone. That would take critical money away that would otherwise be used for expansion, maintenance, higher frequency.
If you want to massively boost the Massachusetts economy, then the federal government should fund the North-South Rail Link.
Boston’s fare free buses have boosted ridership and saved riders’ money. Boston’s success shows it’s time to pass my Freedom to Move Act with @RepPressley so any community can reap the benefits of fare free transit.
ALT Three MBTA bus routes to remain free through end of year By Niki Griswold and Chris Van Buskirk Globe Staff,Updated June 9, 2026, 4:42 p.m.