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Until we get broader mode shift this means we need either physical barriers or rigid enforcement from an ideologically opposed agency.

Grossman Presents Plans for Granite Place Boy, nobody does disappointing development quite like Quincy. Yet another massive expansion of parking capacity within walking distance of QC. There's more renderings that demonstrate this particular point better but it's basically parking for the...

Some context, the Sharon program broke even in it's first year even with demand being different than expected. Buying a dozen or so e-bikes is a miniscule transportation investment. So as others have said you don't need huge ridership to make it work, and it's easier to scale as demand grows...

You are 100% correct, though I don't think that's a fair comparison because it's a specialty service for a specific and limited demographic. It's not government-Uber. But that's also different than I what I was talking about. I mean it costs more for us to have, operate, and maintain the...

The Casiglio household poll is in regarding mandatory vegetables with dinner. It doesn't seem particularly popular with the masses. A self selected digital poll isn't worth the bandwidth it takes up. Even Milton was 54-46. I'd wager if put to a regional referendum of effected communities it...

Commuter rail has always been the biggest financial loser of the MBTA's portfolio. It was just a week or two ago @Riverside was pointing to the bluebook data about how the red line gets more ridership than the entire northside. Commuter rail ridership would need to be massively higher than...

Ugh had no idea Avalon took this project over. No wonder the number of units is way down from what was approved. Can't wait to see how much more parking they managed to fit in.

I would bet shadows

This was getting started right around when I moved to Quincy, do you know what happened? Was it public processed to death? To be fair I think Quincy has been right at the top in terms of the amount of housing stock they've gotten built over the past decade and continues to have stuff lined up...

I'd be really interested in some focus group data on this. I think for transit advocates and people who work in government this framing is an obvious better statement of the benefits for the region and the long term macro economy. But then I was thinking how when I was regularly commuting...

I would push back on both how significant Hartford’s housing stock increase has been and also caution that no one municipality exists in a vacuum. Housing stock increase has been consistent with increased demand, at least downtown, and West Hartford in particular exerts some gravity on western...

So I chose Hartford for two reasons. 1) It's a nearby city that should be at least known of to everyone in this board, as a New England state capitol, and 2) We have the best ability to see the impacts because it was the first 'major' (over 100k population) city to eliminate parking minimums in...

Like many conversations surrounding individual policies, the impact is I think quite overstated by both sides. We aren’t debating a theoretical and looking at a few case studies would be helpful. Hartford, Connecticut got rid of parking minimums in 2017. It has neither created a parking...

My dream of turning Dover-Sherborn into a massive state park lives on.

Henry George has an idea

Did not see another thread related to this or a general New York City thread. Please feel free to move if there is somewhere more appropriate. In an incredibly frustrating move, Hochul Halts Congestion Pricing in a Stunning 11th-Hour Shift. As of right now, it's shelved indefinitely. This will...

Was in a meeting with staff from the Town of Sharon today where I learned about a really cool program they're running. They bought 20 e-bikes with the intention of doing this e-tourism program where people would take the train to Sharon and ride around this route with route to hit all their...

According to a new UMass Amherst/WCVB poll, housing is now the #1 issue for Massachusetts voters. https://www.umass.edu/news/article/new-umass-amherstwcvb-poll-examines-bay-state-residents-views-housing-crisis-and-state

My only guess is that I know they originally wanted to include office space above the new bus garage they’re building across from QA. That was cut when the original bids came in above budget. This may be to compensate for that.

https://thequincysun.com/plans-for-independence-avenue-building-withdrawn/ The NIMBYs win! 9 units with over 9 parking spaces down the street from the red line and on *4* bus routes is just too much! The existing auto repair shop is just so much more in touch with the 17th century charm of...