The futureMBTA Featured in “The History of Somerville, 2010-2100″

Artist and community activist Tim Devin has put together a collection of ideas about the future of Somerville.
From Tim:
“The history of Somerville, 2010-2100″ is a community art project that is exploring what the future might be like. Both the book and the website present what we’ve found by talking to Somerville community members about the [...]

The futureNYCSubway: Introduction

Those who follow the MTA closely will scoff at the ideas for such a fantastic expansion but like with the futureMBTA, these ideas are not based on political reality, rather they are presented to stir the mind and to inspire future leaders and city officials of the possibilities. Today, the City of New York has recovered from the population drain of the late 20th Century and now boasts a larger population than ever before with up to a million new citizens expected to move into the city in the next generation. In the past 30 years the city has planned for a reduction of population and services. Now the city needs to plan for expansion. This will take time and it is because of this I think that now is the right time to share my ideas and maps.

This is just the introduction to a series of posts I plan on writing explaining the history of subway expansion in NYC, first with an analysis of the famous IND Second System, a close look at the long history of the Second Ave Subway and my first new map of the SAS System, and finally my plans for new lines into Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Staten Island.

More futureMBTA reader submissions

I just posted some more fantastic read submissions to the futureMBTA. Head over and check them out. Great work guys, keep them coming!

Reader Submissions: Your futureMBTA

A while back I asked readers of my futureMBTA site to send in their own ideas and maps for MBTA expansion ideas. I got some great ideas and I’ve posted a bunch of them up. Head over and get your mind working on what-could-be.
http://futurembta.com