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I got my information from NPR radio the other day concerning how Gov. Patrick doesn't want the public to know when Legislators and state employees come and go from the State House parking garage. USPIRG's rating is confined to spending. Can you provide a link to the contracts between Boston...

Its much like removing least used bus stops or routes. Some users may be dropped with the intent of gaining more riders than were lost by moving the bike station to a new location. Its not feasible to add more stations until every last rider has been captured. Limited resources need to be...

Like I said, Alta will will want to hook new cities on Bixi's system before expanding existing (trapped) ones unless there are penalty clauses in contracts for not being able to deliver more stations and bikes on schedule. Its much the same for drug dealers - expanding the client base is top...

Re: Driven By Customer 'Service' Parte Dos Boston already pays the largest amount and Roxbury is part of Boston, so, no, Roxbury doesn't get hurt any more than Back Bay. The amounts are by city and town, so larger cities like Lynn and Chelsea could save money. Rich ones like Cambridge and...

Re: Driven By Customer 'Service' Parte Dos I did have BU more in mind. Enormous in my definition also includes having enough room for outdoor seating, large planters and other obstructions unrelated to public mobility. example here...

Re: Driven By Customer 'Service' Parte Dos This supports my idea to put bicycle "tracks" on the enormous sidewalks at places like Northeastern and BU. Perhaps BU needs to buy a moving sidewalk for its spoiled students, given the slight hill. I call it slight because we have real hills at...

Re: Driven By Customer 'Service' Parte Dos You make great suggestions that need to be raised with MassDOT and the MBTA QUICKLY. There was a $10M project to analyze and eliminate stops on the top bus routes, so why not the Green Line which suffers so much because of it. I would love to hear BU...

Re: Driven By Customer 'Service' Parte Dos You fail to appreciate the position of the BU administration. Boston exists to serve BU! I attended a MassDOT hearing a few months ago on the next phase for the Comm Ave reconstruction project. This heads west from the Kenmore Square part already...

The second part seems to come from ass also. If Boston didn't keep secret usage data that DC makes public, we could see which stations are little used and try putting them where they might get more use. Lack of new stations is probably from two problems: 1. Revenues don't afford buying new...

I just try to keep people from getting stuck in provincialism. Its a big world with many places having value besides Boston. Besides cost and stress from congested living and driving (or MBTA vehicles) is loss of free time from myriad, unwanted, time consumers. Many places, people enjoy life...

Let us not neglect what our parents tell us: "Kids are so spoiled. I walked to school, 2mi uphill each way!" The HubWay data has been interesting this week with nice weather. There is a morning peak for those going to work, and a broad usage all afternoon with a higher and broader after-work...

Re: Driven By Customer 'Service' Parte Dos I never fully explained the operational problems with CNG. With its lower energy density than gas/diesel fuel, MPG is under 2 miles per gallon. The problem this creates is how much fuel can be put on board, how far the bus can go on a load of fuel, and...

Cycling downhill is more popular over uphill An interesting analysis done on DC data found that people prefer to take out share bikes at stations with higher elevations and turn them in at stations at lower elevations (per station GPS data). Vans powered by gas engines then distribute the bikes...

HubWay bike share data unavailability So, it seems WE need to act locally to get Boston bike share trip data Hi Mark, Currently data is only available for D.C. Alta Bicycle Share as the operator of these cities does not choose to make or not make the data available. The cities themselves...

This is precisely why gas taxes have not increased with inflation to cover roadway costs. Instead, much comes from graduated income taxes. Our economy is extremely sensitive to the cost of energy. Forcing MA power companies to purchase expensive power from Cape Wind puts MA at a competitive...

It should be clear by now that moving from Arkansas to Boston is a step down in quality of life and finances. Choose a better state that doesn't hate cars or waste transit funds so badly. Live near a university with social options. Just some possibilities include Austin Texas, Raleigh NC...

Note that rail and canals were largely privately funded in the US. Rail construction workers did not earn union or prevailing wages. No police details. By water we had: 1) dugout canoe and paddle 2) larger boat with slaves to row 3) sailboats 4) hybrid boats with sail, supplemented with slave...

So, you are saying that because you don't pay taxes for using roads with your bicycles, you have more money to spend on other things. This sounds familiar. Oh, yeah, from Billionaires for Bush and trickle down economics! Less taxes for them gives them more money to spend and make more jobs...

Going from 10 to 100 is a huge increase. Basically, going from a minuscule minority to a tiny minority is still fairly insignificant. Count actual numbers, in relation to actual numbers for other modes instead of relative growth for a more accurate picture. Put all the modes on a chart with...

Its not about marketing and subsidies. People want cars on their own. Look at China. Cities like Shanghai have gone from 80% bicycle use to under 20% in a few decades. Advertising didn't create the shift to driving, pent up demand and the new ability to to afford cars did.