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A slightly different question - I remember a couple years ago there was a flurry of articles about how the supposedly frozen soil under the MassPike Tunnel (Ted Williams) was thawing too fast. Any concerns over that still?

So what is the bloody point of this argument then? A man is killed and all you can find to say is "jeez, it sure is dangerous out there in the middle of the night". What's the point of you saying anything in this case? On point: Cambridge Landscaping has been removing trees along Fresh Pond...

The railroad tracks in the vicinity of the Cambridge Public Works/Fresh Pond area were recently fenced off. Is this moving ahead then? http://www.cambridgema.gov/cdd/projects/transportation/watertowncambridgegreenway has no new information posted.

Hey! What happened to my original post? :confused: That's a cool map, I really had no idea. They could use more parking on the Minuteman.

Well, Belmont did put that bike 'lane' in and narrowed Leonard St. right before it enters under the commuter rail bridge going southbound and onto Concord Ave. Naturally, every morning there's simply a line of cars driving over and blocking the bike lane and the BUS lettering as cars are turning...

The car was too far so I wasn't able to see the plate, just that it was a Mass plate. Would DCR still care to address the problem if I didn't give them a plate? BTW, how come the picture was removed?

Meanwhile, on the Minuteman Trail in Arlington: 2nd car I see on the trail in a month. First one had Ohio plates, entered at the Ed Burns Skating Rink in Arlington, went very slow and turned around within 11 feet. This person, with MA plates, got on at the Old Schwamb Mill in Arlington...

http://arlington.wickedlocal.com/news/20161026/arlington-neighbors-voice-concerns-with-downing-square-project So that's why the "SOLD" sign is there, it's been sitting empty for years. Anybody know what used to be there that it needs cleanup? I always wondered myself, since it's fenced off and...

Oh, Belmont. I'm really glad that the town finally paved one of its busiest streets, Leonard st. in the center. However, who thought it'd be a good idea to narrow Leonard at the intersection with Channing and Concord AND put a bike lane there? I'm talking about this intersection, which is always...

Looks awfully similar to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pruitt%E2%80%93Igoe Giant square buildings for poor people, big open spaces with little greenery/shrubbery and amenities (the aforementioned pizza joint, coffee shop, convenience store, etc.) It's interesting that these kinds of buildings...

Very interesting, building, IMO. High ceilings and big windows = win. Too many houses around here suffer from low ceilings and tiny embrasure-sized windows.

I was actually very cautious about them but then very surprised at how well they worked for cycling in Paris. In general, if ridership is high, a bus will not pass a cyclist. It will have to stop at either a light or a stop. I agree that passing of buses is dangerous, but in my experience that...

My case (and, actually, for 3 of my coworkers who live in the same town): our commute is more of a north-south route and would require using transit which heavily favors the hub-and-spoke system. To commute 5 miles it takes me: 1hr by public transit. This can be shortened to 45 minutes if I take...

Timely you ask! http://www.universalhub.com/2016/yes-its-harder-get-orange-line-rush-hour-these You didn't ask if they were GOOD ideas! :) world-class city! :rolleyes:

No s#%t, Sherlock. Have you seen what's been happening on 93 or even by Alewife lately? Commute times are way up for me, presumably because more & more people are rat running through the clusterf@#k that is Belmont center. Can someone explain to me why Montreal can have a nice - REAL - Metro...