Recent content by FK4

Dorchester has some beautiful streets that are all triple-decker, eg, Taft St, which surely must be the best of all examples of this style in Boston. I would much rather live on a street like that — with handsome, three-decker structures that each have their own form, breathing space in between...

I had deleted by post since I wanted to rewrite it but looks like you replied simultaneously (I think your post is a reply to mine at least). The most important point here is that simply finding a spreadsheet with numbers on it does not in any way amount, necessarily, to useful data, or data...

True, but I think what I am suggesting would come down more to the specifics of those federal regulations. I don’t think it would be considered “changing navigability” if you removed the seawall and made a marsh—but I have no idea what I’m talking about so could be totally wrong. Do you happen...

It's really too bad that Boston has nowhere restored any actual tidal ecosystems. It's literally redeveloped the entire shoreline of the Seaport, and most of East Boston, and nearly without exception, seawalls are maintained. How about some shallows, tidal flats, estuaries here? They can still...

Amazing! I went back to visit in 2018 and the change (to the whole area) was astounding.

I also drive a lot so I think some of my wariness just comes from observing how intense drivers behave at certain intersections. Some roads and intersections just have crazier energy, and those places make me much more scared to be on a bike in the road. Mostly, they’re places where lanes drop...

I spent the 03-04 year at Queen Mary and lived right on Regent's Canal. Walked the canal to Camden and beyond all the time. It's incredible how different it is now. Those areas were totally dead, the gas tank things were just these amazing skeletons, and the area mostly deserted until you got...

I think it's pretty important to be flexible if biking anywhere in Boston. There are plenty of intersections that are incredibly dangerous ... if you follow what the bikes are supposed to do. For that intersection and similar intersections, I usually just hop on the sidewalk and use crosswalks...

I really just don’t get these politicians from podunk towns complaining about all the money going to the T. Don’t they understand that 99% of the money they get from the state for everything in their tiny town budgets comes from the economic engine that is Boston? Like fuck off, towns.

That is fucking insane. One of the largest police departments in the country and they can’t be bothered to do their job?

I hope (and wonder if) anyone actually studied how high the practical needs of this bridge would need to be? I assume having a much higher bridge would be expensive due to the reasons discussed upthread, but if the height needs are only slightly higher, maybe they could accommodate barges?

Back in the day it was a crucial link for me biking to and from work between the W Rox-Brookline border and Allston. Corey-Dean-Chestnut Hill Ave-Lee-Grove every day. I think it’s a pretty crucial link, honestly. Edit. However, I have to say, I always thought it was fine as is, other than at...

Yeah, I agree with that. I think the better approach would be to say 1) perhaps we need a more consistent plan 2) the city will review and do this and 3) not rip up anything that’s there in the meantime. It’s the lack of #3 that is concerning and makes #1 and #2 seem at least partly like cover...

Again, that may be actually true but does not answer the question about why cops in Boston never ticket anyone for anything. Someone already opined that it’s basically politically impossible to get cops to do this part of their job, but if that’s true, that’s absurd and begs the question of what...

I actually wholeheartedly agree that the city needs a comprehensive plan that should be followed, and a lot more consistency on lane construction, and what materials are used, etc. There absolutely is way too much visual noise. Now, the issue is, is the city actually going to follow through...