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Mariano is my rep, I'll email the report to him later today and if I hear anything back I'll share it here.

The MBTA has one of the world's best maps, says transit cartography expert

Sean Duffy, Fox Stalwart, Gets Trump’s Nod for Transportation Secretary It does not appear that Mr. Duffy has any relevant experience. Regardless, this is an unusually important selection as the incoming Transportation Secretary will have large influence on the distribution of remaining IRA and...

317 and 321 also have their own curb cuts, the three are connected. It is an odd setup that I would presume pre-dates the SSP. Maybe on paper. I would be shocked if it's been pressed once as anything other than a joke. I believe the light only activates for the vehicle if a pressure plate is...

Wasn't sure where else to put this...but, wtf is with this pedestrian crossing for someone's driveway? Rt. 37 in Braintree, near the south shore plaza.

I think people are vastly underestimating the bargaining power of landlords in these low vacancy environments too. I don't see any reason to believe that the broker fee the landlord pays won't be much lower than the one months rent that tenants are used to.

It's more than just presidential votes. House seats, state assembly seats, etc

If you listen quietly you can already hear @F-Line to Dudley running to the nearest laptop to bop you with the "no branch before Malden Center" stick

Bill Shifting Broker Fees From Renters to Landlords Is Expected to Pass Something worth following very closely over the next couple of years. Landlords have significantly more negotiating power with the industry than renters do. I'm very interested to see the rate at which the middleman gets...

Agreed. It's a soulless design and right across the street from the perpetually empty municipal garage. That pedestrian plaza on the west side needs something to activate it or it will be dead space like the dog pooping lot parklet next to One Chestnut across the street.

Interesting. There's already 14 bedrooms in the three buildings that are already there, but spread among a mere 6 units. Basically increases the number of bedrooms by 10 while adding no parking. W I guess.

Sure enough: https://www.mapc.org/learn/research-analysis/enrollment/

I don't have a singular dataset on hand, but each district will have something available like what I linked for Hopkinton. MAPC may have such a dataset. Speaking as a former teacher and with many teacher friends, my anecdotal experience is that for the majority of districts the much bigger...

Particularly odd considering Hopkinton public schools are already operating off of projections where school enrollment has a 50% increase between 2022 and 2032. This is based on birth rate averages that include the abnormal spike in 2020 that has since fallen to record lows.

MassDOT road inventory has the AADT at around 65k

That seems like an egregious safety trade off for the sake of an additional 4-5 parking spaces.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/11/09/opinion/cambridge-increase-housing-supply/

I really detest the "we shouldn't improve things in disadvantaged communities because then people will want to live there" argument. I don't disagree that this makes Mattapan a more desirable area and will improve property values. I will disagree that those are bad things. The project and those...

Jane Jacobs' 4 principles for good urbanism remain undefeated. Small blocks. Mixed Use. Diverse buildings. Density of people.

We've seen smoother demand over the past couple of years, I think this is a sensible redistribution of resources