Recent content by Vagabond

The construction team publishes their monthly activity overview https://iqhqcommunityprocess.com/

Same as the Wellington-Fellsway bridge, when it's packed full of traffic I don't mind biking it, but when cars/trucks are flying by it's definitely not safe enough for the casual biker.

Looks like a pretty good glow up. Surprised there's any preservation ability at all here...

GLX to Rt 16 Extension needs some momentum. UHAUL is still looking to expand the warehouse instead of vacating. [EDIT: whoops reading comprehension is hard] https://www.cambridgeday.com/2024/04/05/u-haul-proposal-has-baggage-to-deal-with-complaints-of-sites-current-management/

How many of those steel deathtraps had pleather bench seats and no AC? I can hear the 4 kids in the back seat fighting...

What low-effort renderings. Not really trying to build up public support with this news release. 1. Why not include the already-approved Encore or Everett Broadway expansion and pedestrian bridge? 2. Why make a design that matches the soon-to-be defunct LNG power plant by design, color, and...

Glad that this finally got approval. Interesting reading about the commentary and remaining complaints about reactivating the site from an abandoned factory. https://charlestownbridge.com/2024/03/25/425-medford-pda-master-plan-gets-bpda-board-approval/

Since no one seems to care about data... lets look at student enrollment - it is trending down as a whole, but locally there are ups and downs... "On a five-year time horizon... at Nauset High [in] 2018 there were 937 students at the high school, and the numbers have declined by an average of...

To be clear - I bike them as well, but I don't consider myself a "casual rider." I want these routes "blue bikes-with-flipflops-and-no-helmet " safe. I do believe it is safe once you get to Assembly, and I fully agree that active changes are in progress, but saying "it will get better when they...

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/03/25/dcr-will-make-one-of-its-pointless-charles-river-highways-half-as-pointless Still don't understand why they don't get rid of the Soldiers field road section along the waterfront and combine with this overbuilt road... Get asphalt off of DCR land!

Bike lanes are great to build for at this stage, but I don't really see Assembly as having much bike traffic until those huge commercial buildings are occupied creating more demand, and better+safer connectivity is established with the surrounding neighborhoods. The Everett bridge in particular...

Charlestown Neighborhood Council Development Committee Public Meeting, Wednesday, March 27, The Charlestown Neighborhood Council’s Development Committee will hold an in-person public meeting at the Knights of Columbus, 545 Medford Street, on Wednesday, March 27, at 7 PM. The sole agenda item is...

This is an economics problem - those with entry level jobs or young families simply can't afford to stay. We don't even have enough ratholes to be like New York to add supply. I'd be far more interested in a neighborhood breakdown of Family-Student-Shared housing by neighborhood. An enormous...

Interesting. I think I'll add "Domestic Oligarch" to my title, or maybe just "Outer Cape Despot." Thanks COVID for encouraging my tyrannical tendencies.

Some interesting ideas around Provincetown's bike path expansion project, looking to connect to Truro by shrinking the Rt 6 footprint. You'd need to construct a barrier I think to block out the highway noise and wind to make this a comfortable ride...