They haven't extended the T since I think the 80s (Not counting those silver line buses).
The commuter rail system has been extended (Worcester, Old Colony) and those relatively simple expansion ran into huge obstacles because of community and environmental concerns.
The red line doesn't go to Arlington because they didn't want it.
Thanks to NEPA. The problem is trying to find the right balance between letting NIMBYs dominate the conversation vs letting the state push through a transportation project that destroys neighborhoods (a la the original elevated artery). If the problem was easy to solve, it would have been solved by now.
The commuter rail system has been extended (Worcester, Old Colony) and those relatively simple expansion ran into huge obstacles because of community and environmental concerns.
The red line doesn't go to Arlington because they didn't want it.
Thanks to NEPA. The problem is trying to find the right balance between letting NIMBYs dominate the conversation vs letting the state push through a transportation project that destroys neighborhoods (a la the original elevated artery). If the problem was easy to solve, it would have been solved by now.