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    Biking in Boston

    … hey, maybe sharrows for all! Yay! Edit - In seriousness, though, badusername said it. She’s tacking right and that’s wack as shit. “Community engagement” often means “do nothing”. The problem is that the most crucial gaps in the system are exactly those areas where the roads are tight, which...
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    Biking in Boston

    This is a totally bullshit response from her. Like some of her worst bullshit yet—honestly, it really is. It’s politician fluff language rather than just admittting she’s back tracking. And that’s fucked up. At least own it. Making those who like these bike lanes sacrificial lambs and...
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    975 Boylston | Mass DOT Parcel 13 | Boylston & Mass Ave | Back Bay

    I think it looks good: much better than the heavy brick blob they'd proposed before. It fits in with its surroundings, the color is light and airy, and I dont mind the height, either. I think this would be a great addition to this space. And for the critics, don't forget that this is gonna be...
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    Why did we stop building through-streets?

    I did not literally mean we need a total moratorium on developing any more undeveloped space at all. Rather I was making the obvious point, which is that the odds are so stacked against responsible development, and the entire state, and every town and city in it, are far happier to just give...
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    MBTA Buses & Infrastructure

    I don’t understand why the conversation about “enforcement“ always seems to come down to handing over the lack of automated cameras. Don’t we have one of the biggest, most overpaid, and bloated police departments in the whole fucking country? What is stopping the mayor from working with the...
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    Biking in Boston

    Definitely concerning and hard to not assume this is some nefarious shit given the timing.
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    Why did we stop building through-streets?

    Yes. Even small patches of urban wild support a lot of wildlife density. They are simply no need to destroy any more green space. We are literally raping the land and the only reason this is happening is because of wealthy fake progressives keeping zoning restrictions for which everyone else has...
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    Ode to Brutalism

    Saw the Rudolph exhibition last week at the Met. Thought it was great. My favorite was his quote referring to modular housing as “the twentieth century brick”. What did the rest of you think, if you saw it?
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    Why did we stop building through-streets?

    I think we should develop as little existing green space as possible, and developments like that Commons you posted are a perfect example of cancerous developments that you see from the outer burbs into the inner city, even in Roxbury and Hyde Park. We have plenty of space that already has been...
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    Biking in Boston

    Outrageous! Maybe Josh Kraft can run for town selectman when he loses the mayors election in Boston
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    Biking in Boston

    I think the fairly well-established term is "liberal hypocrite"... and, of course, and more specific to housing/transit policy, "NIMBY."
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    Mission Hill Infill and Small Developments

    Just saw this now. Wow, it’s amazing.
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    Addressing the nationwide housing crisis

    Wondering when it's thought that the boomers selling off their homes is likely to start impact the housing market. I haven't hear much about this, but after ducking into the Whole Foods on Beacon St in Newton and just looking around and I was the youngest person there by decades, it really...
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    Biking in Boston

    Same. The Globe is not what it once was. It caters to the burbs readers who think they're progressive but are actually just bourgeois conservatives. Just like Kraft.
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    General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT)

    ...an urban ring or GLX on the Grand Junction would solve the problem, since then we'd have a proper MIT station!

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