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South Station
by Miles Taylor | Jan 19, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA | 29 comments
It's the fifth anniversary of this blog, and we've gotta do something special for it! Here we are: South Station. The biggest station on the MBTA. The busiest station on the MBTA. The last station on the MBTA. Let's. Do. This.
Well, this isn't starting us off very grandly…
I've always been lukewarm about the Red Line platform at South Station. Sure, there's no denying that it's clean, much cleaner than the other downtown stations. Still, though, isn't it dark and dingy? The ceilings and the divider between the tracks are painted black. It's like a cave! A spotless cave, but still a cave.
The virtually identical inbound side.
Still, for what the platform lacks in aesthetics, it still has all your basic amenities. There are benches, wastebaskets, countdown clocks, and TV screens showing ads (as well as old-fashioned paper ads – woah). The Red Line station can be somewhat quiet or really busy, depending on how connections have timed up – if a few Commuter Rail trains arrive at the same time in the morning rush, you can bet this place will be packed.
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There are a few exits from the platform to choose from. My favorite is the one that takes you straight out of fare control, getting you to the Commuter Rail in a faster time (board at the back of the second car going south if you want that one). If you want to get to the Silver Line, though, there's an exit featuring a staircase, a really narrow escalator, and an elevator.
That's nice!
The overall quality of South Station's elevators is high, and this is no exception. It doesn't smell that bad, and it even has this convenient placard showing what services each floor serves. One problem, though…would it hurt to show that you can transfer to the SL1 and SL2 on P1 as well? I mean, just a suggestion – seems like it's important information.
Down on the Silver Line platform.
To get to the Silver Line platform, you have your choice of stairs, escalators, or another elevator, glass this time. The Silver Line platform has a similar aesthetic to the Red Line one, except this time the ceilings and track (road?) divider are concrete, so it feels less dark. Again, there are benches, wastebaskets, and TV screens, but no countdown clocks.
Lots of people heading to the airport.
Well, there are countdown clocks of another type: they have screens showing flight departures at Logan Airport! They even tell you when the next SL1 heading there is coming. The problem is that a lot of the time, at least one of the screens is frozen at some random time, but the sentiment is good. One day both screens shall work at the same time!
Well, it's much quieter here where no one actually boards…
Meanwhile on the "inbound" Silver Line platform, there are still amenities for people to wait. Could this be in preparation for the much-anticipated Silver Line Phase III that's never ever going to happen? One rather nice feature is the presence of Red Line countdown clocks so passengers know if they have to run for the next train or, in the case of the photo above, crawl downstairs on their hands and knees and still have 3 minutes to spare.
A slice of the mezzanine.
The station's mezzanine curves all the way around fare control with multiple signs, maps, and fare machine locations around the gates. You've also got wastebaskets, ads, and newspaper boxes spread around. Finally, there's a small convenience store that I believe is only open on weekdays – it's near the ramp to the Commuter Rail.
An elevator down to rapid transit.
That elevator looks pretty good, right? Looks like a lovely ride, doesn't it? It's even glass! It has to be great! But when we rode this one, it had such an awful smell. I don't know why, and I don't want to know why. All I knew was that I wanted to get off!
One of the rapid transit entrances.
As grand as the station's main building is, there's something to be said about the interesting geometric structures leading to the rapid transit station. They're clearly more modern constructions, built at the same time the Silver Line opened up in 2004. I like them a lot, and they make for a vibrant sight along the Rose Kennedy Greenway.
Ah, she's a beauty! I'm not sure why that ambulance is parked up in front, though…
Of course, nothing compares to the glorious South Station building. Built in 1899, it's a Boston icon, full of amazing little architectural details. Just look how ornate it is! It's seriously hard to describe in words, it's just so…awesome. It's also a really nice touch how the front doors just open automatically.
The SL4 stop.
In lieu of Silver Line Phase III, we got the SL4, which runs from South Station to Dudley. It doesn't board in the fancy underground station, though…no, it only gets the lame surface-level shelter. To get to it, you have to go a block south down Atlantic Ave, then turn onto Essex Street.
Looking in awkwardly.
There isn't much to it. You've got a bench within the shelter itself, as well as a second one outside it under an awning (the awning wasn't helpful – the bench was wet). Inside the shelter, it's very barebones, with just a fare validation machine (it was out of order at the time), a map in a small corner of a larger poster, and a countdown clock of dubious accuracy, although it seemed to be working fine when we were here. At least the shelter is heated!
Next to the main station.
Alongside the main station, there's a long concrete bench underneath the full name of the complex: the Michael S. Dukakis South Station Transportation Center. As you walk further down Atlantic Ave, there's some nice foliage along the edge of the station property. Unfortunately, questionable people like to hang out along here, and I often find myself walking quickly past it all.
Never thought I'd see one of these here!
What else is here? Well, for one thing, there's a ramp leading up to one of the Commuter Rail platforms and the bus terminal, yet the sign for it claims it goes to the SL1 and SL2! Also, we've got a Pedal & Park cage, something I didn't think would work at a downtown station (since most people would park their bike at an outer location and take the train in), but it was full!
What a grand sign!
There are two entrances into the building itself from here. The first is, as a really nice-looking sign says, a doorway into the food court, which we'll get to later. The other entrance is simply an open passage to the Commuter Rail platforms, from which passengers can enter the station proper. It's also perfect to use if you're going from a train to the SL4 if anyone…uh…ever does that…
Well, this is interesting.
I never thought I would review a CVS on this blog, but there's one in the station, so I guess I should. When you walk into the main entrance (you know, the awesome building), there are two separate entrances to the store! The first is a door to the right, and you come in on the ground floor, which is where most of the snacks are.
Floor number two!
A staircase or a rather nice elevator takes you up to the second floor. Here is where you'll find the items that you're more likely to specifically seek a CVS for: household goods, arts and crafts, and more. The store is designed well on that front – the things that people will want in a hurry like snacks are on the first floor, while some of the more long-term CVS items are on the second floor.
Goodbye, CVS!
Of course, the best part about the second floor is the view of the station. It's a great place to hang out at rush hour, watching everyone scurry around to catch their trains. While we were admiring the view, a store employee reprimanded us for filming (in the weirdest and most passive-aggressive way possible, I might add) and asked us to leave the store. Oh well…we headed down the direct escalator that goes back to the main entrance, which is very convenient.
In all my years going to South Station, never have I actually noticed that that restaurant is there.
But while I somehow spent three paragraphs talking about a CVS, there is more to talk about in the main entrance. Firstly, you've got three ATMs for three different banks: Citizens, Santander, and Bank of America. It's an interesting place to put them, and I'm not entirely sure who they're supposed to be for (after all, they're rather far from the ticket offices to be helpful for train passengers), but it's nice that they're here. There's also a sit-down Mexican restaurant called Tavitas whose existence I was completely unaware of until this review – in their own words, they're "badass."
We're getting closer to the main station!
There are even more businesses within this entrance, too! For one thing, you've got a tourist shop of sorts, selling Boston shirts and other trinkets. Meanwhile, on the other side of the CVS escalator, there's a…cake shop? It's called Delectable Desires, and it's a little table that was unstaffed when we were here, but I am definitely intrigued at what it is and why the heck it's here.
Time for the main station yet? Ha! Nope.
A set of brochures stands at the the entrance down to the subway. Yes, South Station boasts a direct underground connection to rapid transit lines from its main station, which is awesome. The transfer is as simple as going down a set of stairs (or an escalator), then descending a ramp to get to the subway mezzanine. But what about if you need an elevator…?
Weird hallway time!
Yes, in order to get to the elevator, you have to go down this strange hallway that doesn't feel like people are supposed to go down it. First, I'll briefly touch upon the room you pass through on the way: although there are tons of transfer passengers that pass through here on the way to the Red Line, the majority of the room is probably not seen or noticed. It has a wastebasket, an old "Mail Box Rentals" box-thing, and a store called "General Shoe and Luggage Repair" that seems a lot like the store in Downtown Crossing.
Is this…the right way?
The hallway to the elevators feels weirder and weirder the further you go. At first, there are some framed historical certificates on the wall, and despite being printed in very low quality, they make things feel a little more inviting. But eventually the photos get replaced by weird black doors that are closed to the public.
Finally, you arrive at the elevator, which has an awful exposed wall right next to it. As for the elevator itself, it's an old and dingy affair, certainly not of the quality of some of the other elevators in this station. It accomplishes its goal of getting you to the main station, but it's not an enjoyable experience!
The Amtrak Station Services office.
In close proximity to the elevator in the main station is the Amtrak Station Services office. I don't really know what it is or who it's for, but it seems nice enough. Look, it has a lovely comfy chair in which to wait!
Main station yet? Nah!
Before we can review the main station, we have to go to the bus terminal! Yes, continuing with the weird order of this review, we'll be heading there now. To get there from the main building, you can go down Track 1, which has been in a constant state of construction since the beginning of time, and will probably continue to be until the end of time. A ramp leads down from the platform to the entrance of the terminal.
The building's main entrance.
There's another entrance to the bus terminal, though, and that's the main one. Once you walk a ways down Atlantic Ave, you find some foliage out front and the neat-looking building that houses the terminal. One highlight is the neon sign on the door, which feels very much like a classic bus terminal sign.
In the atrium.
There's not much in the station atrium, but it seems like some people hang out there anyway. Perhaps it would be a good idea to put some benches in and create a little waiting area. Behind some fancy potted plants, there are screens showing the arrivals and departures of different buses, and that's about all that's in here.
Going into the building proper.
A set of stairs and an upward escalator leads up to the building. The first thing that comes up is a sign saying everything's to the right, and straight ahead there's…nothing much. Yeah, I've never understood the point of the room in front of that sign, but it's there.
I love this hallway!
Leading from the Room of No Purpose is the Cool-Looking Hallway of No Purpose. Sure, there isn't much along it aside from some benches and potted plants, but you gotta admit that it's a great-looking hallway. There is a security office at the start of it next to the Room of No Purpose, for what it's worth.
Oh, classic!
I have to give special mention to the map in this hallway, because it's awesome. It shows every single coach bus route and train service (Commuter Rail and Amtrak) in Massachusetts and New England, and I love to just stare at it every time I walk through here. The added bonus is that it can't be found anywhere online as far as I can tell, so this is the only place where you can look at the map (until now, that is).
The concourse!
The hallway eventually opens up into the awesome concourse of the bus terminal. With its circular formation and skylight, this is a wonderful modern centerpiece for the facility. There isn't much on the ground floor aside from some more plants and a kiosk selling various souvenirs and trinkets, but a set of stairs and escalators symmetrically lead up to the second level.
Some of the food offerings.
The second floor is where all the action is. Flanked by some art pieces hanging from a third level, there are a few fast food options here for eating while you wait for the bus (McDonald's and D'angelos). Seating is rather limited, though, with only a small area designated specifically for eating food – passengers could always opt to use benches or standing tables, though.
Inside the bathroom.
Continuing around the circle, we arrive at the men's room (don't worry, there's also a women's room). Now, as a bathroom, it's perfectly clean and modern for transportation standards, but the layout is very strange: the urinals are clustered in the middle of the room, with sinks on one side and toilets on the other. It's an interesting design choice, for sure.
People waiting for their buses.
We get a row of seats as we continue, one of the few designated waiting areas within the terminal. There's also an elevator that takes passengers back down to the ground floor (and up – we'll get to that later) and a row of payphones. Oh, and there's a random bus platform directly from here. I guess they had to fit as many as they could into the terminal.
The quieter ticket-selling area.
The ticket areas of the bus terminal are split into two sectors: the normal one and the crazy one. The normal one is where many of South Station's smaller bus companies are located, such as Boston Express, Concord Coach Lines, and Lucky Star. The crazy one houses Peter Pan and Greyhound, and it's almost always a mess, despite some self-service ticket machines in an attempt to shorten the lines.
Speaking of messes…
I'm sure if one visited the bus boarding area at 3 AM, it would be a wonderful place: a wide, long hallway with clear berth signage, sleek modern architecture, and plenty of available seats. Unfortunately, if you come at any other time, it's a flurry of activity, angry passengers, and harried bus company representatives trying to calm them down. Heck, I wouldn't be surprised if it was like that at 3 AM!
Going into the elevator.
Okay, time to take the elevator up! Although these elevators aren't glass (aside from a little window at the door), they're perfectly normal and clean. Now, most people are going to use these to get between the main hallway and the second floor of the concourse, but there's another place you can go. A place most people probably don't know exists…
Uhh…wait, this isn't the exciting part yet.
Travelling up to the fifth floor of the bus terminal, we arrive at a weird little waiting area. There's actually a bench up here for some reason – perhaps it's for people waiting for service at Package Express? Because yes, there's also a Greyhound Package Express up here. I don't even know what it is, really, but from what I can gather, it's some sort of mailing service. So I guess if you want to ship something via Package Express, the fifth floor of the South Station Bus Terminal is the place to go.
Here's the exciting part!
Before I reviewed this station with a bunch of other people (and thanks to them for coming along), Sam and I did a quick scout of it the night before. And on that Sunday night, we ended up on the roof of the station and its parking lot for the first time, and it was amazing. The view of the city and the station was unique and unparalleled, and there was no one up there.
Looks like it's full.
Even barring the view and the atmosphere, the lot is still an anomaly. Why is there a parking lot at a station right in the Financial District? What commuters are going to drive here? Maybe that's why the lot is small, housing a paltry 226 spaces. Because we're downtown, the rates are high for the T at $4 per 30 minutes, but that's probably better than what you'll get at other lots in the city. Heck, this place even has overnight parking!
The fun way down.
Why take the boring elevator back down when we can use one of the exit-only staircases? I'm pretty sure these were built just for emergency purposes, because there is absolutely no way anyone would want to use them for any other reason. I mean, they're just these winding staircases that take you all the way down to the ground in a glass chamber with no exits. I don't think people ever use them…but then again, if that's the case, why are there lights at the bottom casting an artful glow upon the bottom of each step? Pretty weird…
Lots of activity in the food court.
Okay, now that we're back at ground level on Atlantic Ave, we can go into the main station again! Using that fancy food court entrance from before, we arrive at the premiere center for dining at South Station. You've got everything from a Pizzeria Regina to a Master Wok to our second "Micky D's" of the review! The point is that there's lots of choice here.
What is it with this station and out-of-the-way elevators?
There are two ways to get up to the food court mezzanine. The first is right there in the center of the action: a few lovely symmetrical staircases goes right up. The second is an elevator, and once again, it's in a weird location that's quite difficult to find! I mean, it's a fine elevator on its own and it does have some signage from the food court, but still…
Made it!
Yes, unlike the bus terminal food court, the one in the train station does have a good amount of seating. There's no doubt that the mezzanine can get and feel crowded, but it's still seating and I'll take it. Plus, it has some nice amenities, including a phone charger and a screen showing train departures.
Totally not trying to prolong our look at the main station for as long as possible…
How can we cover the main station before looking at its bathroom? Yes, the bathrooms are back near the entrance and the staircase to rapid transit, and they are some top-notch bathrooms indeed. They make great use of space, they're clean, and they offer a lot of capacity. Mm-mm, gotta love these bathrooms. Okay, okay, we'll do the main station now.
The station…from above.
Ahhhhh, we're finally here. In all its glory, here's the main station. Man, you gotta love it. For all its insanity at rush hour, you just gotta love it. It's huge, it has lots of amenities, and it's so incredibly iconic. The best time to appreciate it is arriving here on a train at night: the whole thing is just silent and completely open. However, I didn't review this station at night, so it's time to fight the crowds in an attempt to talk about everything here!
Da big board!
It's hard to even find a place to begin here! I guess we'll start with the departure board, because it's a South Station classic. There isn't even much to say about it: it tells people when their trains are leaving, and that's about it. But still, the board is the station's centerpiece, and it plays that role fantastically.
A few of the food options within the station.
It's funny how the station's food court could easily go unnoticed, because there are plenty of food options right here in the main hall! You've got an Au Bon Pain, a frozen yogurt place, and the obligatory Dunks, among others. There are even tables at which to eat right here! Who needs the food court mezzanine?
Sorry that a lot of these photos are kinda blurry…
Moving on, we have a Tavern in the Square that I never really pay attention to. I mean, it looks closed in the photo above, but apparently it's been open for a few years at least! Oh well, regardless, it's neat that there's a full-service bar and restaurant right in the middle of the station, and I'm sure it's a nice place to go for commuters on a Friday night.
The line of schedules underneath the departure board.
The center of the station is defined by a line of posters showing schedules for all the different lines that serve South Station, even for special trains like the one to Foxboro. Also, this is as good a time as any to talk about the advertising onslaught the main hall has experienced. It's always dominated by gigantic posters for one single company, while big screens on either side show various other ads. Oh well…if it makes the T money and it's not that intrusive, I can't really complain.
Martin's News Shops.
Yet another South Station business whose existence I was unaware of until this review is Pret a Manger. Yeah, apparently I like to walk through the main station really quickly! Another aspect to the station that I only discovered as my family was racing for an Amtrak train on Saturday is more seating in the form of tables to the left of the center aisle. I thought these were new when I saw them, but nope, they've always been here. Clearly I never paid attention to anything in here before reviewing it!
Get some reading material for your train ride!
There's a fairly typical news shop next, offering the classic variety of snacks, magazines, and trinkets. I myself use it a lot to grab a bag of pretzels before a train ride. The southeast corner of the main hall plays host to something a lot more specialized, but a lot more unique: Barbara's Bestsellers. That's right, it's a small bookshop right in the station! I really love that this is here, and while I've never gone beyond simply perusing its selection, it's a wonderful inclusion regardless, and I hope they get good business.
Some stuff alongside the ticket halls.
This section of the station features some waiting space in the form of big wooden benches. Are they comfortable? No, not really…they get the job done, I guess. The ticket halls are across from the benches, but passengers are given options to ignore them in the form of MBTA ticket machines and Amtrak Quik-Trak machines. Seriously, though…two MBTA machines, one of which is cashless? Come on, that's a recipe for long lines!
Wowie!
Inside the ticket halls is where the "fancy" side of South Station really shines, at least for the general public (we'll get to that later). They play host to some very ornate architecture, and as little as that matters to the average commuter, it's small consolation if you have to wait in a line for tickets. I can't speak for the Amtrak section, having never used it, but the MBTA section is usually well-staffed, and I haven't had to wait longer than a few minutes to get a ticket.
The information desk.
There's an information desk near the front of the station that's always well-staffed, even though I don't usually see a lot of people actually using it. Oh well, it's a nice resource (and we've already proven I don't pay enough attention to the goings-on of this place when I use it, so maybe people do use it a lot), and there are plenty of interesting brochures and schedules around the desk. A neat-looking sculpture sits near the area, while next to it is a screen showcasing various attractions in the area (and some way outside the area that are a pain to get to from South Station – who's going to the North Shore from here?).
And all of a sudden, it's quiet.
I'll briefly cover the Summer Street exit from the station, since I had never seen it (let alone used it) prior to this review. It's an odd one, with a row of payphones being the first thing a passenger sees as they walk through its passageway. Going through an ornate, if rather plain room, one passes by the South Station lost and found office (again, I had no idea there was one until this review) and gets deposited out onto Summer Street.
The very important bus stop!
As part of my policy of reviewing every part of a station, we do have to take a look at the bus stop on Summer Street. As a hub for six bus routes (a whole three of which run at times other than rush hour!), some very expansive facilities are definitely needed. Nah, I'm kidding – the one shelter is fine for the most part, and though it might experience some crowding at peak hours, it's practically empty at all other times.
A secret passageway!
Okay, the path from Summer Street to the platforms isn't a secret, but I doubt it's a connection people think about all that much. There's not much to it: it's just a leafy plaza that loops around the side of the station and opens up to the train platforms. Hey, it's pretty helpful if you're going from the Commuter Rail to the Seaport District or to a bus connection.
The main platform area.
Let's use that passageway to get to the platforms. There are thirteen in all, but to travel to any of them, you have to pass through this open area first. It's what you would expect: there are some wastebaskets for depositing any trash people might've had on their train ride, as well as convenient electronic signs showing where the trains on each platform are going and when they're leaving.
Deep in the bowels of one of the platforms.
As for the platforms themselves, most of them look like the one above: they're bland and boring. That being said, there's no need for them to have anything special along them, since there's plenty of waiting space in the main station. Many trains outside of rush hour board closer to the front, requiring passengers to walk down the platform to where it enters the shadow of the bus terminal – it's not ideal, but it's generally the most efficient place to board people if only a few cars are open.
A blurry view of Track 11.
The boarding of an Amtrak train at South Station is always a big deal. You can always tell when it's happening because you'll see a line of people with baggage waiting to perform the slow (dare I say agonizing?) process of showing their ticket to an Amtrak employee as they board the train. Sometimes you'll also see catering carts being pushed toward the train for its café car.
Track 13, located in the Cave of the Winds.
Finally, no look at South Station is complete without a trek down to the elusive Track 13. This is by far the most out-of-the-way track, and it requires going by the US Postal Service facility right next to the station and walking quite a ways south. Oh, Track 13…how I hate using you! And…that's it, right? I believe I've covered the whole of South Station.
OH HELL NO!!!!!!!!!
Nope! I told myself when I set out to doing South Station that I would not and could not consider my coverage complete without a look at the ClubAcela Lounge. This exclusive joint is only accessible to Acela First Class passengers and Business Class passengers who are willing to fork over a $20 fee. Seems crazy, right? Well, we payed that $20 fee, and now it's time to see what this place has to offer.
We ascend!
The process of even entering this place is secretive and annoying. First you have to ring the buzzer at the door, which prompts an Amtrak employee to open it for you. Next, you go up the stairs and arrive at the service desk, where you present your ticket or pay your fee to be granted access to the facility. It's also accessible by elevator, and in fact, it uses the same weird elevator that goes down to the rapid transit level!
Gather around the ol' TV.
Most of the seating in the ClubAcela Lounge is in the form of these puffy blue chairs. I'm pleased to report that yes, they are comfortable! Some of them are arranged in front of a TV, and since a remote control is provided, people can watch whatever they want. There's also plenty of non-TV seating around the place, including seats with tables and ones with a view of the street outside or the station.
More seating.
The ClubAcela Lounge is the best place to see the fanciest architecture at South Station. The whole thing has a regal feel, especially with the ornate designs with the ceiling. An elaborate clock at one end of the room is helpful for knowing the time, but the Commuter Rail departure board next to it? I don't think that's necessary…
The "business" section of the lounge.
Down a set of stairs, there's a more business-oriented part of the lounge. It has less comfy seats that are situated against desks for working, as well as a few chairs with computers. There's even a conference room! Of course it was necessary to test the internet speed at one of the computers, and unfortunately, the old version of Internet Explorer took quite a while to load up milesonthembta.blogspot.com (the best page on the internet, as everyone knows).
This has to be the record for most bathrooms visited in a review!
There are bathrooms here as well, and they're wonderful, as expected. Look, it's practically spotless! Probably because no one ever uses it! Oh well, it's still a good bathroom, complete with a diaper changing station and a water fountain outside its entrance.
Hey, people are actually here!
The row of seats along Summer Street seems to be where most people convene. There are a bunch along the wall, but it seems that people really like to take the seat pairs around the windows. They come complete with tables where, as seen above, people can easily make themselves at home. Hey, I'm not judging – it's not like anyone else is here!
Yummy.
Who doesn't love free food? The snacks available at the ClubAcela lounge are probably its greatest asset. You've got a number of food items as shown above, as well as a variety of drinks, both in bottled and in cup forms. There are also free magazines, even though they look…rather boring. Buy something from Barbara's Bestsellers instead!
Some of the drink offerings.
So is ClubAcela worth it? No, I don't think it is. If you happen to have a first class ticket you might as well take advantage of the free entry, but otherwise…no, definitely not. It's only worth it if you arrive at the station an hour or more early, which is something I just wouldn't want to do. Why spend your time waiting around in here doing nothing? If you like to arrive at the station really early, it's a nice place to wait, but it is not worth $20. As an add-on to the already overpriced first class ticket, sure. Also, hey, the review's done!
Take me out of here, I've been writing for far too long!
Station: South Station
Ridership: There are so many different ridership camps here! First and foremost, this is the busiest station on the T rapid transit system in terms of boardings, with 25,037 people getting on each weekday (the vast majority of whom get on the Red Line, while a little over 1,000 passengers board the SL1 and SL2). About 5,000 people also make the transfer between the Red Line and the underground Silver Line routes every weekday. An additional 1,000 people or so board the SL4 here.
Moving on to long-distance transportation, a massive 41,720 passengers get on Commuter Rail trains here each weekday, according to Wikipedia (which apparently got its data from the Blue Book, but I can't find it anywhere in there – here's the source I think it got it from). On the Amtrak side of things, the Rail Passengers Association says that 1,552,666 people boarded Amtrak trains from here in 2016, averaging out to just over 4,250 people per day. Another interesting tidbit from the data is that 61,817 people were in first class – that's a maximum of about 170 people per day that could use the ClubAcela lounge! Finally, intercity buses here get about 16,000 people per day.
Just for fun, I decided to add up all the totals to see just how many people use this place per weekday. I was hoping it would add up to over 100,000, but we still have the very formidable number of 92,999 people per weekday. This is obviously the busiest station on the whole MBTA network.
Pros: South Station as a whole is a really good complex. There's this very clean, modern feeling that permeates through most of its main sections, from the rapid transit mezzanine to the Silver Line platforms to the bus terminal to the Commuter Rail station. South Station recognizes that it's a huge intercity hub, and it strives to provide its passengers with all the amenities they'll need for their trips, long or short. It does very well on that front, offering food, stores, and random souvenirs all over the place. Sure, not all of it is necessary (the cake shop comes to mind), but regardless, each and every business that occupies the station adds a different and unique charm to it. Also, the connectivity between all these different hubs is great. The rapid transit station is integrated incredibly well with the mainline rail station, and while the bus terminal is a little out of the way, the signage is adequate and the trip is quick once you know what you're doing. Not only did South Station achieve the goal of providing a unified train station in 1899, but it has now grown into an all-in-one hub for intercity travel, and considering how haphazardly that happened over the years, it's done very well for itself.
Cons: Most of my cons come in the form of niggling little complaints that you saw throughout the review, so I'll try to only put the really big ones here. First and foremost, it would be great to see the Red Line platform get a little light. Yes, it's clean, but I've always thought it's far too dark – even some stronger lights could improve the waiting experience there. Also, the elevator from the rail station to rapid transit is…uh…pretty awful. It wouldn't be easy to fix and it works fine all things considered, but boy, it's a real pain to use. Finally, while I do think the connection is straightforward once you figure it out, a better way of getting to the bus terminal would be much appreciated. It feels isolated from the rest of the station, and some sort of walkway would feel a lot more welcoming. I mean, at least take the darn construction stuff away from Platform 1! Or make the platform an enclosed passage, that would work too…
Nearby and Noteworthy: Sure, we might be downtown and there are plenty of attractions around here, but apparently the station itself is an attraction, too! Did you know that tours are offered here? I mean, I don't know why you would need one after toiling over this far-too-comprehensive review, but hey, it's there! It seems to touch a lot upon the interesting history of the station.
And that's it. That's South Station. 8 out of 10. The final station on the T.
Wait, woah. The final station on the T. That's it.
Oh my gosh, I've really done it. Every bus route. Every subway station.
Woah.
Thank you so much for reading, whether it's been for all five years or you just found the blog recently. Every single person who's read, commented, or sent me a guest post has been instrumental in keeping this blog going and keeping me engaged to do what I love. And even though this is the last station, we still have lots of Commuter Rail stations to do and even more regional bus routes! Even if you're not interested in that stuff, I strongly encourage you to read a few posts and see if you like them. The Commuter Rail gave us the wonderful Hastings, after all. Otherwise, thanks for reading however much you read, and I hope that each and every one of you has an amazing day. Happy riding!
I'm just gonna give some alphabetized special thanks here that you don't have to read, but I just wanted to put in because these people mean a lot to me…
Jaret, you only started coming along on our last few journeys, but you're such a great person to have around – you always have something intelligent or humorous to say. Sorry for making you get up early to do the 195!
Jordan, thanks for stealing the show in each and every video review you appear in! No, but seriously, you're such an insanely funny person and an absolute joy to go on trips with. Long live the King!
Josh, you always bring your unique viewpoints and humor to any trip. You've managed to convince me that suburbs aren't the worst thing in the universe, which is a huge achievement. Also, thanks for ruining my vocabulary forever, b o i! No, seriously, you're awesome.
Nathan, I couldn't have done half of my RTA reviews without your crazy ideas. You always know where you're going and you're one of the smartest and wittiest people I've ever met. We've survived some of the weirdest situations ever, and I can't wait to go through more!
Sam, thank you so much for always being there to publish a post at the last minute when I don't have access to a computer. You've taught me so much about how the MBTA works, and I know you'll be an amazing planner one day – heck, you already are!
Uillia, I don't know you too well, but from what I've seen, you're an incredibly smart and friendly person. I couldn't have done the ClubAcela Lounge without your help.
Zof-Zof…thanks for dealing with me talking about buses all the time. Sorry!
Other people who get huge thanks: Jason from (T)he Adventure for giving me the inspiration to start this thing; Elizabeth, Jack, and Yasmin from WBUR for doing an amazing story that has gotten the blog a ton of attention over the past week; all of my teachers for supporting the project over the years; my parents for being responsible for the transit obsession that this blog is based on; the members of the Cambridge Transit Advisory Committee for accepting a young upstart like me into their group; any other specific people who I might've forgotten, and I'm so sorry if I did; and, of course, all you readers out there. Thank you. For everything.
Anonymous on January 19, 2018 at 1:51 am
Is there gonna be a video review?because that would be cool
Miles Taylor on January 19, 2018 at 2:01 am
You never know… 😉
Mike.N on January 19, 2018 at 2:08 am
Oh, Hastings station. The best place ever. Anyway, I love your blog and the reviews. It has been a privilege working on those guest posts for the blog, and I always check it every day for a new review, be it commuter rail, subway(but now you're done with that), or bus. You are awesome, and have helped me love the T. Just thought you should know that I used some of your criticism about the MWRTA's schedule in a letter to Framingham's first mayor, Yvonne Spicer. It's a contest for $100. Anyway, thank you for being awesome and I can't wait to keep reading!
Thanks a lot, Mike! Good luck on the contest!
Michael Najarian on January 19, 2018 at 2:14 am
Still Mike, just under a different name. Thanks! I'll let you know what happens!
Adam on January 19, 2018 at 3:14 am
Thanks Miles for all the great blogging!
And thank YOU for reading!
Miles,
Every bus route, every subway station. I've been a fan since fall of 2013, and although I don't promis to have read_every_ word of _every _post, I've dipped in fairly regularly to see how the project has been going. Answer: really well! Thanks for this project!
As for your South Station review, one of the pictures I like best was the arrival/departure board, which featured words like "Richomond", "Norfolk", "Washington". I know yours is a transit blog, not a train blog, and so destinations like that aren't your focus. But I still find something glamorous, something compelling, something sort of old-timey-romantic, about transit centers, be they train stations or airports, with far-off locations on their departure boards. Even though I travel a lot and I _know_ that Richmond, VA, is not exactly like Venice, Italy, I still like the idea that I could get off the red line, ride the elevator up t ot he lobby, cros over to the ticket counter in South Station, plonk down $97, and be in in Richmond, VA that same night.
Anyway, thanks again. I've enjoyed your blog over these years.
Eric Cornell (high school friend of Eliza Gagnon)
It is awesome to see those places on the board. The best one is if you come in the morning and you can see Chicago, representing Amtrak's once-daily Lake Shore Limited service. Thank you so much for reading!
Skull on January 19, 2018 at 5:11 am
Incredible Review, Miles. Great job.
Anonymous on January 19, 2018 at 12:33 pm
New minibus on route 710 it's really nice you should ride it
Catalina Rufin on January 19, 2018 at 12:50 pm
Hi Miles! i stumbled upon this blog a year ago and I've been reading it faithfully ever since. it's made me really happy and relaxed, i love your easy going, humorous writing style and the photos are great. As a lifelong Arlington resident who commuted to school every day ive always been fascinated by the mbta, and now even more so! I used to ride out to stations i'd never had a reason to go to, like the ones on the blue line, just to see what they looked like. Ive learned so much about this state and have an even stronger desire to just get out and go explore a new neighborhood! Mostly, your blog has been great to read at the end of a long day, and has helped me plan many a transit adventure. Congrats on wrapping up the bus and rapid transit, and have fun hitting up those last commuter rail stations!
Oh my gosh, this is awesome. Thank you so much!
Auditorium Man on January 19, 2018 at 1:45 pm
Congratulations! Mrs.Auditorium Man and I are so proud of you. Great job!
Auditorium Man
Thanks, Auditorium Man!!!!!!
Vicki Rosenzweig on January 19, 2018 at 9:42 pm
Thank you, for all of it. The Hastings review is what brought me here, via Universal Hub, and then some of the T station and bus route reviews have proven very useful.
The reason you hadn't noticed that Pret a Manger is that it hasn't been there very long (and I don't think they prepare the food there). Before that, it was a grilled cheese sandwich shop, and I don't remember what was there before that.
Good ol' Hastings…gotta love it. Thank you for continuing to read after it!
I looked on the Web Archive to see when the Pret opened, and it looks like it came up sometime between May and June of this year, so yeah – it's pretty new.
Used to be a CheeseBoy. I and my daughter were upset to see they were gone.
Christopher Bunnell on January 21, 2018 at 6:10 pm
I seriously think Boston should construct a Rail Link between North and South stations. It may be costly, but it would reduce crowds on the Red, Orange, and Green lines, and launch non-stop Amtrak service from the NEC to Maine. New York is doing the same with the LIRR Rail Link to Grand Central, so why not Boston?
Miles Taylor on January 21, 2018 at 11:13 pm
If we could get the money for it, it would be an incredible improvement.
Anonymous on February 17, 2018 at 10:49 pm
I'm 50% sure the MBTA is working on it.
Sean S. on January 1, 2019 at 9:59 pm
Welp, I've now read every subway station review. It seems like such a long time ago that I started (maybe, oh I don't know, less than a year ago?), and then stopped, and then rediscovered this site in late November. I once tried to read the Wikipedia article on every Boston subway station. I discovered two things: one, they weren't nearly as comprehensive as these reviews, and two, they didn't even have an article on every subway "station".
I also would like to share an interesting tidbit of info the wonderful Wikipedia gave me today: Chicago's Union Station gets 120,000 commuter rail riders every weekday. Makes for an interesting comparison . . .
Miles Taylor on January 1, 2019 at 11:13 pm
Thank you so much for the kind comment and for reading! That is an interesting comparison – the Metra BNSF Line alone gets ridership that dwarfs any MBTA Commuter Rail line, so I can see how Union Station would get that much more ridership.
My dad used to ride the BNSF Line to work. I went with him occasionally. It was fun! We'd take the slow train so that I could see every station.
Ashton on December 22, 2019 at 4:30 am
Wait, what about the Green Line Extension stations? Will those be reviewed?
Miles Taylor on December 22, 2019 at 7:48 am
When they open, of course!
Suebee on December 25, 2019 at 10:27 pm
About the roof parking at the bus station, I use it when I come from Metrowest to pick up or drop off visitors – it's wicked easy to get there off the Pike and parking is free if you are there less than 15 min.
Wendy Wellesley on March 14, 2021 at 9:18 pm
WOW! I didn't know the South Station CVS had two floors! Thanks for enlightening me Miles
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29Abraham said to him, 'They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.' 30And he said, 'No, father Abraham; but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.' 31But he said to him, 'If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead' " (Luke 16:19-31).
As we consider this story, we should realize the physical death of both men was not the end of their existence. They lived on in their spirit. Secondly, we should consider that their destination had been secured by how they lived their lives before they died. Thirdly, the location of the rich man could not be changed.
All of Jesus� parables had spiritual implications. Therefore, as we consider this parable we must look for a spiritual intent. In context, Jesus had been teaching about the Kingdom of Heaven. This parable was one of several that addressed who would be accepted in this Kingdom. Those who would be accepted were those who had been sought by the Lord, who had realized their poverty, who had come to faith in Him, and who had committed themselves to serving Him. Even though not stated, Lazarus was one of these. The rich man on the other hand, by implication, was one who trusted in his riches and position not admitting that he had a spiritual need. This was proven by how he treated the beggar.
The beggar and all others whose destiny is heaven may suffer tremendously during this life-time, but their destiny is secured by the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. He paid the price of their redemption when He willingly gave His life for them on the cross of Calvary. The rich man and all others who reject Jesus� sacrifice will suffer eternally for their rejection.
Given two thousand plus years of testimony about Jesus� sacrifice, why do persons today reject His sacrifice, God�s provision for them? Jesus gives us the answer in his conversation with the Pharisee Nicodemus. Consider: �18He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed� (John 3:18-20).
The rich man of Jesus� parable was given enough spiritual light to know that he was a sinner, but he rejected the light because of his attraction to that which was found in the darkness of sin. Many today are like him. Rather than turn to the light that God has given them, they reject it because of that which possesses them, their love of sin. What a tragedy. Because if they die in that situation they are destined to be eternally tormented.
The testimony of John 1:1-4 is that God has provided spiritual light to mankind and has given His Spirit to convict everyone one of sin (John 16:7-11). Turning to this light will place you in the arms of God. Rejecting it will end in eternal suffering.


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WNY Students Will Have To Wear Masks For "Most Or All" Of School Days
We're still waiting for the official word from New York State on whether or not schools will be allowed to reopen for the fall.
Two weeks ago, the state released the criteria for whether or not schools would be qualified to reopen. Regions must be in Phase 4 and the daily infection rate must be 5 percent or lower -- using a 14-day average.
According to WIVB, Springville Central School District Superintendent Kimberly Moritz is working with a committee of 30 people to "fine tune" their reopening plan.
"We worked under the assumption from the beginning here in Springville that we would need to socially distance our students and wear masks," said Moritz.
According to WIVB, even if students are six feet apart, they will still have to wear a mask.
Even in cases of enough classroom spacing, "students should expect to wear a mask for most of all of a seven hour school day."
In Springville's case, the Springville Griffith Institute Central School District doesn't have the space to always keep students six feet apart, which means they're looking at a hybrid system of in-person and remote learning.
If schools are given the green light to reopen, it's going to be difficult for the younger students to wear a mask for most (if not all) for a seven-hour school day...
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Re-gendering of the Nietzschean Übermensch in Shakespeare's "Macbeth" and Marlowe's "Tamburlaine"— the Case of Lady Macbeth and Zenocrate
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Aughterson, Kate. Gender and Sexuality: Introduction. The English Renaissance: An Anthology of Sources and Documents. London: Routledge, 1998. 417-421.
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This is a unique system created to save water in your company or organization, capable to saving 60 - 80% of the water used.
1) Fresh Water is supplied by the city to the mass population facility. 2) PASER AQUA separates the water used in urinals from the urine. 3) The filtered (recycled) Water is conducted to a cistern. The urine goes into the city drain or is collected in other cistern. 4) Water from washing hands and showering is also collected in the cistern and recycled through filtration. 5) A pump send the collected water to a larger tank and is filtered, again. 6) The recycled water is then used in toilets, fields, gardens, cleaning issues, evaporated water coolers, and to be reused in the urinals.


Fashion graphic designer Manish Malhotra was 19 when you're he recorded to acquire a newspaper for being version. You didn't realize, right? Well, he exposed this on Instagram right now having fantastic throwback photo ever, belief people after we say most fantastic. In the picture / video, you find to become extracted from the newspaper cutting short, Manish Malhotra is considered along with occasional actress Pooja Bedi and something version as well as having the photoshoot goes in the Eighties, before he his job for being dress graphic designer in 1990. "Major flashback. I must have been 19-years-old. This shoot with Pooja Bedi for a magazine as a model. She sent me these pictures today and we laughed and I am sharing them with you'll. This is before I started my career as a costume designer in 1990. Time flies and how," Manish Malhotra captioned his publish. It is favored by public figures like Kriti Sanon, Malaika Arora, Bhumi Pednekar, Riddhima Kapoor Sahni and the like.
This happens to be the picture / video we are speaking about.
Manish Malhotra started out his job for being version despite the fact that turned out to be from school. He in that case went to become dress/dressmaker. His first plan for being dress graphic designer turned out to be for Juhi Chawla's 1990 motion picture Swarg. Since in that case, they have developed halloween costumes for many people of Bollywood A-listers. He developed private couture mark in 2005.
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Are you serious? Some of these 'bodybuilding recipes' are ridiculous... This would be ideal for a 15 year old learning how to cook, yes, but a bodybuilding recipe? No. Well done for supplying the macros though.
What exactly is so wrong with it?
Maybe you should taste it before casting judgement eh?
I don't need to physcially taste it Tuffy, I can taste it just thinking about it... it's barely a recipe is it? You've taken tescos sfc and put it alongside some standard rice and cous cous, with some peppers, jalapenos and some mayo... The fact that this is a bodybuilding recipe sub-forum and you've posted instructions for a beginners intro to cooking, I just find it strange... A recipe would be, using chicken breast, making your own sf coating and working from there, not taking a branded product... Just my thoughts anyway, reading peoples posts on heres make me want to apply for masterchef or something, I'm gonna post some recipes up soon.
The SFC doesn't really add much that a nicely seasoned breast would do. The combination of flavours works well though with the cous cous, rice and veg.
If you don't like it then don't bother but no need for the attitude really is there?
What is a recipe anyway if it isn't putting ingredients together?
Point is tuffy, you've just made a standard meal. It's not a recipie in that you're making and creating something. You're just putting together premade things to make a meal.
OK fair enough. I will delete the thread.
I've got this recipe I was using the other day, I call it 'Chicken and Rice'.
Get a chicken breast, cook it.
Get some rice, cook it.


Apparently there are still bands and labels around that I don't know, even in the Netherlands. I accidentally ran into this band on mp3.com when looking for Converter like bands! This is not really the sound of TPROE though. This project has released three cdrs so far on his own label, which has quite some releases by the way. The sound of TPROE varries from album to album and also on the two cds of "Steel And Honour". The 'normal' cd contains heavy industrial, rhythmical noise, dark ambient and some soundscapes and is sometimes really good, sometimes still quite nice. The mcd has one very long and monotous ambient soundscapes track which is rather boring and a nice short soundscape track with rhythmical noise mixed through it. Especially regarding the whole cd a project to look out for. Quite some tracks on the mp3 page, so you may want to check them out first. On the other side, the cd's are so cheap (E 10 including p+p) that you don't have to let TPROE go for the money.


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Q: Batch rename file names, retain ext? (Win10) In a batch file, how do I recursively rename filesnames in a folder? Not the extension.
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Files to rename: heavy.doc, bright.jpg, fast.docx, quiet.png, etc
Rename to: A1.*, A2.*, A3.*, A4.*, etc (where the .* retains the original ext)
Becomes: A1.doc, A2.jpg, A3.docx, A4.png, etc
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A: After a quick look at the reference page for for, I could come up with this:
@echo off & setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
set a=1
for /f "tokens=1,2 delims=." %%G in ('dir /b /s /A:-D') do (
    ren "%%G.%%H" "A!a!.%%H"
    set /a a+=1
)

Update: it would be better to pass the initial folder as a parameter, so that the script itself can be placed anywhere and does not risk getting renamed itself.
@echo off & setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
set a=1
for /f "tokens=1,2 delims=." %%G in ('dir /b /s /A:-D %1') do (
    ren "%%G.%%H" "A!a!.%%H"
    set /a a+=1
)

Explanation:
@echo off this avoids every command to be written to the console.
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion this is needed in order for the a variable to actually increase.
set a=1 we create a counter variable called a and set its initial value to 1.
for /f loop against a list of filenames.
tokens=1,2 delims=. the filename is going to be split when a . is encountered. We are interested in the first two tokens resulting from this operation. Note: it is expected that filenames do not contain a dot, except between the basename and the extension.
%%G is the name of the first token (it's implicit that the second is going to be %%H).
in ('dir /b /s /A:-D %1') loop over the results of the dir command, that lists the files in the directory passed as a parameter %1 with the following options: /b clean output, /s include results from subdirectories, /A:-D only list files and not folder names.
ren "%%G.%%H" "A!a!.%%H" rename the filename (%%G.%%H reconstructs the original filename) to a constant A plus the variable a's current value, plus the original extension %%H.
set /a a+=1 increments the counter variable.

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President Trump Expresses Interest in Acquiring Northern Island Country of Greenland
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Interest arises ahead of Denmark visit
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(FOX NEWS) – President Trump has reportedly expressed interest in acquiring the northern island country of Greenland.
A new report from the Wall Street Journal reveals that Trump has asked his advisers whether the U.S. can acquire Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory, during "meetings, dinners, and passing conversations" because of Greenland's "abundant resources and geopolitical importance," according to White House sources.
While some of Trump's advisers support the idea as a "good economic play," others dismiss the inquiry as a "fleeting fascination that will never come to fruition."
Coincidentally, the president will be making his first visit to Denmark next month, although the sources say the scheduled trip is completely unrelated.
Greenland, which has a population of roughly 56,000, has welcomed U.S. military personnel to its Thule Air Base as part of a treaty between the U.S. and Denmark that has been used by both U.S. Air Force Space Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and includes a ballistic missile radar station.
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Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) recently in the OAG Schedules Analyser filed preliminary schedule for Karachi – Bangkok service, currently displayed as Airbus A320 service. Preliminary filing sees the airline would operate this route 3 times a week from 07SEP17.
PIA previously operated Karachi – Bangkok nonstop sector until October 2006.


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Q: jQuery event binding and handling I've seen a lot of jQuery code like this, needless to say I don't like it:

    Click Me
    Click Me
    Click Me
    Click Me

I realize people are doing this because the above event binding and handling requires the html structure to be available on the page, but it leads to mixing the presentation, logic and configuration all over the views of the web site. Also, it makes it very hard to debug the logic with just about any debugger out there.
So, I've started coding like this, on a separate .js file (fiddle here):
// BEGIN: Event Handlers
    var onLoad = function(){
        $('.clickable').data('clicked', false);
    };
    var onMyDivClick = function(){
        var clicked = $(this).data('clicked');
        if (clicked) {
            $(this).trigger('myCustomEvent');
        } else {
            alert('you clicked me');
            $(this).data('clicked', true);
        }
    };
    var onMyCustomEvent = function(){
        $(this).css('color', 'dimGray');
        alert('please don\'t click me again');
    };
// END: Event Handlers

// BEGIN: Event Binding
    $(window).on('load', onLoad);
    $(document).on('click', '.clickable', onMyDivClick);
    $(document).on('myCustomEvent', '.clickable', onMyCustomEvent);
// END: Event Binding

Now, I don't need to care about the structure being on page. I don't need to wrap everything inside $(document).ready(function(){}); And I don't need to care if the structure is going to be loaded with ajax or not.
Question 1
Are there any downsides on the approach? So far, I haven't found any. But before refactoring bulk of the code on our sites, I would like to hear about the possible caveats.
Question 2
How could this approach be taken even further with the latest jQuery features?

A: There is one downside I know with this approach. It is written in the Event performance  section in .on().

Attaching many delegated event handlers near the top of the document tree can degrade performance. Each time the event occurs, jQuery must compare all selectors of all attached events of that type to every element in the path from the event target up to the top of the document. For best performance, attach delegated events at a document location as close as possible to the target elements. Avoid excessive use of document or document.body for delegated events on large documents.

So after you binding all events to document, it would perform worse.
And in Additional notes, there are some thing can't work with this approach, such as load, scroll, and error.

A: Check out the frameworks, they've done the boiler-plate work for you. I've only used knockout so far, but I'll link to some others.

*

*knockout works great for data/event binding - http://knockoutjs.com/

*backbone - http://backbonejs.org/

*ember js - http://emberjs.com/

*angular js - http://angularjs.org/
"Hello World" in knockout:
http://knockoutjs.com/examples/helloWorld.html

First name: <input data-bind="value: firstName" />

Last name: <input data-bind="value: lastName" />

Hello,  !

// Here's my data model
var ViewModel = function(first, last) {
    this.firstName = ko.observable(first);
    this.lastName = ko.observable(last);
    this.fullName = ko.computed(function() {
        // Knockout tracks dependencies automatically. It knows that fullName depends on firstName and lastName, because these get called when evaluating fullName.
        return this.firstName() + " " + this.lastName();
    }, this);
};

ko.applyBindings(new ViewModel("Planet", "Earth")); // This makes Knockout get to work

A: This screams over engineering to me. In order to avoid code in document.ready, and avoid view logic in the view, you introduce even more complexity.
Your approach binds directly to document and then checks the dom for what's clicked. You then fire a second event for what's clicked, which is where your logic lives.
That's fine for one or two elements. That's not your typical app. What happens when you have 5 elements that all need to do something different? How about 10? Maybe 15?
Your "simple" event handler is going to become a nice big switch (or worse, ifs and nested ifs). Suddenly adding a new handler isn't so easy. Nor is changing an existing event.
You'd be far better off looking into a framework that provides you the separation you're looking for. Attempting to shoe horn something like this in to "help" organize your code will come back to bite you. Most complexity in code is born out of an engineer making it "simple" and "better" and "future proof".
This is not to knock you or your thoughts. You have the right idea: separation of responsibility is a good thing. I just don't think your approach is the best.
As another posted answered, angular and backbone and ember (and many more) provide the means of accomplishing what you want. Plus, you don't have to maintain whichever library you chose :)


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We should have seen this coming, I suppose.
We are, after all, the can-do country. Nobody is going to tell us what we can and cannot do, even as they make it impossible for us to do what we used to do before they said we couldn't do it anymore. If this sounds a bit muddled, welcome to the desperate illogic behind our devotion to capital punishment.
It turns out the collective conscience of the civilized world does not share our affection for government-sanctioned murder. We don't call it that, of course. We refer to it as the "death penalty," as if calling murder something other than murder makes it all right when we do unto others precisely what we've insisted they shouldn't have done to someone else.
For many years, our weapon of choice has been lethal injection, a deadly cocktail of paralytic and anesthetic drugs, combined with potassium chloride. The idea is to make death look peaceful so that no one involved in the process has to go home feeling like he or she just killed somebody.
Over time, prisons have to come to depend on third-party providers for their lethal injections. Until recently, that is, when suppliers announced they would no longer provide the primary anesthetic for executions. So now, here we are, facing a nationwide shortage of drugs needed to do the deadly deed.
Here comes Utah, where the state legislature has just received the governor's blessing to bring back firing squads if lethal drugs aren't available.
A modern-day firing squad is not the stuff of old movies, where the condemned man stood spur-to-spur and ramrod straight, puffing on a last cigarette dangling from his lips. Associated Press reporter Brady McCombs describes with horrifying detail just how these executions unfold in Utah.
The prisoner is strapped to a chair with a target pinned over his heart.
Let's all take a moment and imagine that.
About 25 feet away, five shooters hide behind a wall and slide their .30-caliber rifles through slots. The gunmen are volunteers. As McCombs reported, so many gunmen volunteer that priority goes to those from the area where the crime was committed. Sort of like squatter's rights, with ammo.
One of the guns is loaded with a blank. This apparently is meant to protect any shooter later seized by conscience over his eagerness to volunteer to kill an unarmed man strapped to a chair with a target pinned over his heart. Nothing shoos away a dark moment of the soul like the reassurance that we will never know for sure if our bullet blew up the heart of a fellow human.
Utah State Rep. Ray Paul sponsored the bill to bring back the firing squad. He assured the Associated Press last year that this isn't nearly as awful as it sounds to those whose own hearts fibrillate at the thought of a person strapped to a chair with a target over his heart. Here, in the United States of America.
Paul's advice: Settle down, all of you.
There's a glimmer of hope for those who oppose this barbaric practice.
Consider the following sample of headlines on Wednesday, March 25.
Dare I suggest a theme here?
Could it be that people who like to swoop down glistening ski slopes and explore the cavernous wonders of nature aren't keen on states with firing squads manned by an overabundance of volunteer gunmen?
Might they might even take their billions of tourism dollars elsewhere?
So, maybe-just-maybe, the one thing that can stop Utah's firing squads before they start is the almighty dollar.
As motives go, not particularly inspiring, but let's commiserate another day.


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Q: \overset and align environment: how to get correct alignment? I'm using the align environment together with the \overset command to put some text over a relation symbol. Here is my MWE:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[italian]{babel}
\usepackage{amsmath}

\begin{document}
\begin{align*}
f(x)&=g(x)\\
    &\overset{something}{=} h(x)
\end{align*}
\end{document}

And the output is

As you can see the alignment is wrong, or at least is not what I want! I would like the two equal signs to be aligned one to the other, while with my code I get the alignment of the first equal sign with the start of the text over the symbol!
I've already tried with
\overset{something}{&=} h(x)

and
\overset{something}&{=} h(x)

but both solutions led to an error.
How can I get the correct alignment?
Edit: the original question was about \buildrel, but, as @egreg said in a comment, this command is not supported in LaTeX, so I've substituted it with \overset.

A: You shouldn't be using \buildrel, which is not a supported command of LaTeX, but \overset.
You can get alignment using a phantom, but in my opinion it's better to add a side condition:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[italian]{babel}
\usepackage{amsmath}

\begin{document}
Possible way
\begin{align*}
f(x)&\overset{\hphantom{\text{something}}}{=}g(x)\\
    &\overset{\text{something}}{=} h(x)
\end{align*}

Better way
\begin{alignat*}{2}
f(x) &= g(x) \\
     &= h(x) &&\qquad\text{(something)}
\end{alignat*}
\end{document}

A: The aligned-overset package now provides an easy solution for this: Just write
\documentclass{article}
...
\usepackage{aligned-overset}
\begin{document}
\begin{align*}
  f(x)&=g(x)\\
  \overset{something}&{=} h(x)
\end{align*}
\end{document}

A: I would stack something on top of a relation using \stackrel{<stack>}{<relation>} (of something similar like \overset) and use mathtools's \mathclap. Space corrections can be accommodated using an appropriate \hspace:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{mathtools}

\begin{document}
\begin{align*}
  f(x) &= g(x) \\
       &\buildrel{something}\over{=} h(x)
\end{align*}

\begin{align*}
  f(x) &= g(x) \\
       &\stackrel{\mathclap{\text{something}}}{=} \hspace*{1.5em} h(x) \\
       &\overset{\mathclap{\text{something}}}{=} \hspace*{1.5em} h(x)
\end{align*}

\end{document}

However, avoid lengthy phrases on symbols. Instead you could define a new symbol to represent the relation.

A: Another solution which use the length of the box containing \buildrel{something}\over{=} for negative shift
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage{amsmath}

\newlength{\mylength}
\settowidth{\mylength}{$\buildrel{something}\over{=}$}

\begin{document}
\begin{align*}
f(x)&=g(x)\\
    &=\kern-0.7\mylength{\buildrel{something}\over{\phantom{=}}} h(x)
\end{align*}
\end{document}

A: Here is a version using \stackon.  The overset gap is set to 2pt using the optional argument.  The text has been set in \scriptsize.
\documentclass{article}
%\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
%\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
%\usepackage[italian]{babel}
\usepackage{amsmath,stackengine}
\stackMath
\begin{document}
\begin{align*}
f(x)&\stackon{=}{\phantom{\text{\scriptsize something}}}g(x)\\
    &\stackon[2pt]{=}{\text{\scriptsize something}} h(x)
\end{align*}
\end{document}

A: The answer by @Marcel is the right way to do this, but since that is a new package, and may not be available everywhere, I'm currently using hspace to move the other relational symbols to be aligned with the o
\documentclass{article}
...
\usepackage{aligned-overset}
\begin{document}
\begin{align*}
  f(x)&\hspace*{10 pt}=g(x)\\
  \overset{something}&{=} h(x)
\end{align*}
\end{document}


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The Transition to a Solar/Hydrogen Economy Will Trigger an Economic Boom Unseen Since the Marshall Plan.
One of the challenges of the new century for the U.S. is to find alternative energy sources. At present, our military spends approximately $1 trillion a year on defense—and part of what we are defending is our oil supply. Furthermore, what we spend on the military does not provide a permanent solution.
That sum would be better spent on starting the conversion to the solar-hydrogen economy.
I just completed a book on this subject, Post-Oil Energy Technology: After the Age of Fossil Fuels, which will be published in August. It emphasizes process control's critical role in the coming transition to this solar-based, clean, free and inexhaustible energy supply. The book contains the details of a fully automated and optimized demonstration power plant. To my knowledge, it's the first one in the world.
I hope that this plant will soon be built, and we will obtain hard, factual data to prove that, besides eliminating nuclear proliferation and climate change, this renewable energy technology is also cost-effective (Click here to see Wholesale Electricity Costs table).
Once we have this data, the debate on economic feasibility will be over. At that point, I hope we'll stop using our atmosphere as a garbage dump, and start converting from our present, exhaustible and dangerous fossil-nuclear economy. This transition will trigger an economic boom unseen since the Marshall Plan.
The total global electricity demand can be met by the solar energy that can be collected from an area less than 1% of the Sahara. Naturally, solar farms don't need to be in the Sahara. They can be in the arid southwestern U.S.
A 1,000 MW plant requires about 6 sq. mi. The total electricity demand of the International Space Station is met by a one-acre collector, which receives 1.37 kW/m2 insolation, while peak insolation on a March day in Draggett, Calif., is 1.0 kW/m2.
Now, we turn to the process control aspects of my proposed solar-hydrogen demonstration plant. I should start by noting that concentrating thermal solar plants exist already (Click here to see Solar Hydrogen Demostration image), but they have not solved the storage problem. They just provide fossil backup.
What is original in my design is that dual non-fossil backup (hot oil and hydrogen) is provided, and the intermittent solar energy is supplemented with continuously available geothermal energy. Basically, the solar-hydrogen economy works by using solar energy as its fuel and generating distilled water as its emission.
Figure 1. Thermal concentrators are optimized using two key process control techniques.
Figure 1 illustrates the design of one of the thermal concentrators. These collectors are optimized by two key process control techniques. One is the use of valve position controllers (VPC) to balance the distribution of the hot oil among thousands of collectors, and minimize the pumping costs. The other method of optimization applied is to position the collector concentrator to track the sun continuously. Here, the process control system optimizes the collector position around two axes (Click here to see Collector Positioning image). On an individual basis, the collector positioning will be based on my "shadow minimizing" detection system. To optimize the whole solar farm, herding optimization will be applied. This software is named for the Hungarian puli herding dog, because it "goes after" only one collector at a time, but that collector is selected to be the one furthest from the average tracking direction of the "herd" of collectors.
Figure 2. Solar energy is converted to electricity using traditional boiler and steam turbine technology.
Figure 2 shows the conversion of solar energy into electricity, which is done by traditional boiler and steam turbine technology. If there is a grid in the area, then the excess electricity produced during the peak periods will be sent to the grid, and the same quantity will be repurchased at a much lower rate during the night, when there is no solar energy available. If there is no grid in the area, the solar energy will be stored in large hot oil tanks to supply the plant at night.
Figure 3. When there is no grid available, the solar electricity is converted into the chemical energy of hydrogen in large electrolyzers.
Figure 3 illustrates the case when there is no grid in the area, and the collected solar energy has to be transported by trucks, trains or barges. In that case, the solar electricity is converted into the chemical energy of hydrogen in large electrolyzers. This technology is well-established because of the vast quantities of hydrogen used in space exploration and in the chemical and other industries.
What is unique in this plant are two features: a smaller, lighter and, therefore, less expensive, electrolyzer/fuel cell (EFC), and one that works in both directions.
The reduced size and cost are obtained by better process control. The improvement has to do with the need for balancing the oxygen and hydrogen pressures on the two sides of the electrolyzer's separation diaphragm. Today, the differential pressure between the electrolyte chambers is kept low by throttling the rate of oxygen release, so as to limit the force the separation diaphragm has to withstand. Because the pressure differential is detected and controlled by conventional d/p cells, the measurement can't be accurate and, therefore, the diaphragm has to be thick and strong. Consequently, today's electrolyzers (or fuel cells) have to be bulky and heavy. My design uses differential level control (ΔLC-1) that can control minute differentials.
The other major step using process control and optimization is to make the EFC combination automatically reversible. This way, when there is an excess of solar energy, the EFC generates hydrogen, and during the night when solar energy is not available, the energy flow across the EFC is reversed, and it generates electricity from hydrogen.
To fully convert to a renewable and clean energy economy during the next 25 to 50 years will take vision and commitment, but so did the landing on the moon. The building of the first solar-hydrogen demonstration plant in the world is just the first small step on a long road. The task of converting millions of homes to "energy free" technology, converting our transportation system into a carbon-free one and meeting all our energy needs by solar-hydrogen power will be gigantic. It will exceed the scale of the Marshall Plan, but so will the economic boom which it will produce!
For more on this subject, including additional drawings, go to www.controlglobal.com/solarenergy.html.