Eve Batey: Well, this is going to kind of put you on the spot, and, frankly, I don't know how honest you can be, but I have to ask: Is the Central Subway really a good idea? I’ll bet two thirds of the people who voted for it don’t even live here anymore, and the prevailing wisdom, if our site's readers are any indication, is that it's something we should get out of.

Nathaniel Ford: Well, I think four months in, to talk about getting out of Central Subway, I don’t think I would really recommend that or suggest that. Right now at the federal level, we have 15 projects that have received a medium, which is the highest rating you can get right now, at this juncture, a medium rating in terms of constructability, its impact on travel trips, air quality issues, those types of things, they top criteria that factor into this. We’re one of 15 nationwide they approved, in that 1 of 15, a $1.4 million profit.

Image of the proposed Central Subway project