Recent content by Kahta

Re: HOV lanes vs congestion charges vs autopilot The MBTA operates as a separate agency- debt for the MBTA is not the same as state debt. Even if cars are fully autonomous and self driving within 3 years, it would still need to be made a standard feature and then there would be a 15+ year...

No offense taken at all- I enjoy hearing the opinions of others who disagree with me and enjoy the discussion. Keep in mind, it's not as though I lived in South Brookline. I lived between Washington Square and Cleveland Circle. Doing a multi-destination trip (Beer, Dry Cleaning, and a few...

So I've been inactive for about a year now... I got a new job, bought a house in Bellingham, had a baby, and got married. I used to live in Brookline and commute to the Seaport. I timed changing my job so that I closed on my new house, gave notice, and then started my new job in the suburbs...

How about instead of indexing the gas tax to inflation, the state roll back prevailing wage laws? $37/hour to direct traffic...$90/hour to paint...$47/hour to drive a truck

I'm not sure how often you drive through Comm ave in this area, but the more likely scenario is that one person wants to cross, so they push the button, and then 10+ cars stop and have an exceptionally long red light because the walk signals are all timed for 40+ people to cross at once...

I 100% agree-- that entire interchange is a mess and should have been rebuilt as part of the add-a-lane project over 10 years ago. There is a terrible merge for the C/D for the 3S traffic and then again, another terrible one where the C/D connects up with 128N after the interchange. I have to...

Re: North Washington St Bridge I agree-- this seems to be the biggest driver of traffic issues in that area.

Thats rather dramatic-- this is probably from when classes were changing and there is a ton of foot traffic.

Aren't all existing employees grandfathered in under the 23 and out plan? Don't forget that the health insurance obligation is another big driver of costs. It would be nice to see some discipline and workers at cleveland circle NOT catcall young professionals and college students in the area...

Who can afford to go out after work every day? For what I pay for rent + everything else for a single bedroom in a 3 BR apartment now... I could buy a house in the suburbs and have a yard to grille on and ample parking to have friends over. No more roommate, never a worry about parking, and it...

Is it even safe for people in wheelchairs to be in such a hilly area? How many of the buildings in the area are ADA compliant?

This is great news.

There is a lane taken away on the WB side. This is not an auxiliary lane. From what I understand from coworkers, taking the train is even worse than driving because it's almost the same cost and generally takes significantly longer. Hard to believe-- the entire pike onramp (both lanes) was...

I dont recall ever seeing any signage or message boards. Thanks! I'd say that's more of the problem in the evening. There isn't anywhere to merge-- the Allston plaza coming from the city does a 4 to 1 merge and then hardly even has an acceleration lane before it's dumped onto the pike which...

Thanks-- this seems like something that could have easily been accomplished earlier in the summer and/or when the ceiling tiles were being removed from the pru tunnel.