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I wrote that choices other than bicycling HELP pay for themselves (with user fees or fares), while cyclists are freeloading off motorists. Walking isn't a choice, its the base case, fundamental. Even cycling is a step up or luxury in comparison. If you want no roads, I'm OK with driving an ATV...

No, its about making currently free parking into parking costing the full actual cost, so that would add greatly to seeing a movie, reducing patrons compared to other choices where private parking is included with the ticket price (ie at Fresh Pond Theater or suburban theaters). Somerville...

Since 99% of Americans prefer to drive for most trips, you are correct to assume that is also my preferred mode. It also happens that the overexercised history of my knees now prevent me from bicycling. As our population ages, a greater percentage of MA residents will be joining my category. I'm...

I just don't want non-paying transportation CHOICES to take away scarce resources from other mode choices which help pay for themselves. IF there is excess roadway or sidewalk than can be converted for use by a higher demand mode than nil (excess) at minimal cost (paint), fine. For example, go...

I'm in favor of subsidizing the transportation that the people want, not me. In NYC, walking is hugely popular along with public transit. In the rest of the US personal vehicles are tops, followed by carpooling and walking. Bicycling is way down the list with motorcycling. Bike zealots want to...

1. Live elsewhere where you are not paying for parking, or rent out your space. 2. Lets say Arlington put parking meters everywhere around "Capitol Square" and charged $4 for the first 30 min, $2/hour afterwards, or $7 added to ~90 min. movie tickets to park. The bus is $2 per person, each way...

OK, if meters cost as much as garages, there would be less driving around. People would then just rather live, work, and shop in the suburbs where parking was cheaper subsidized! Parking garages cost much more than meters for a number of reasons. Parking structures are more expensive than...

OK, back. On utility. Absolutely, bicycles, skateboards, SegWays, mopeds, and scooters have their uses and occupy less space to store than an Escalade. I'm even for riding bicycles on sidewalks outside commercial zones. Safest is that they not exceed jogging pace. I'd like obese sidewalks to be...

Not much time to respond now... 1. Makes sense when cost to implement is small. Painting bike lanes on roads with excess width and capacity, I have little problem with. The cost of paint is small enough that studies cost more. If parking, congestion, or truck/bus safety are a cost, then deeper...

When bike share systems are built by the same company (ie Bixi) and run by the same company (Alta), its fair to conclude that the wheel isn't re-invented every time and with less capability. Of course, a publicly funded company like Alta bike share, could just tell us what data they capture.

http://capitalbikeshare.com/trip-history-data

You touch on an interesting point. BAD research has been done. Its all been funded and conducted by pro-bicycling interests. The design of studies is mostly biased to show desired results instead of useful ones. The studies rarely publish negative results just like failed new drug efficacy...

Minimum parking zoning is to keep overflow demand from using parking that everyone can use, not just that business or residence. Pedestrians are already very well provided for in urban areas with nearly all roads having sidewalks. Few sidewalks in our area experience congestion. Where it...

Not what I'm saying. I'm saying to have the information so more informed decisions can be made. People using platitudes want to make uninformed decisions. Information is used to make better decisions. Knowing the carbon footprint and return can be used to make a decision. Are you going to...

A point I've tried to get through is that "rides" is a poor measure of use designed to inflate popularity, most likely for promotional and tax funding purposes. The figure includes multiple check-outs and ins per person per day. There are those at either end of MBTA trips, there is turning 31+...

So many false claims, so little time! First, on the Arlington Mass Ave project. I failed to point out that 2 linear miles of granite curbing are also to get replaced. Between acres of sidewalks cement, decorative sidewalk pavers, 40x$4,000 pedestrian scale sidewalk lights, and all the work to...

Wasting tax dollars A key difference is that gasoline tax dollars which are a user fee for driving on roads goes to maintain them. $5.9M is far too much money for repaving a mile of 4 lane roadway. I wish it could just be repaving the road, modernizing 50 year old signals, patching a little...

Back to the MBTA! I hope all took note of yesterday's bus accident where a 60-foot tandem/articulated bus hit a parked movie set tractor trailer on a curved road made far too narrow by stupid "complete street" advocates. That one will cost the T in lawsuit injuries...

One bike advocate suggested considering bike lanes the way climbing lanes take slower vehicles from blocking faster ones. I agree with that. Lanes should be added to existing travel lanes for just bicycles. The key is to add them only, not replace travel lanes that all can use. CDEN4, so you...

I believe the data, especially about recreational use being highest. This weekend was no exception, though its also a popular vacation week. Often times the wrong things are measured. One example is in audio, often where some electronics will sound great and measure poorly, while mass market...