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Interesting. I always thought it was weird that Wegman's didn't have access via Florence St, but I figured it was the local Newton residents that prevented that. Makes more sense now.

I think Umass bought Mt Ida

Never knew that either, I actually thought Brookline's border stopped essentially at Hammond Street and that the businesses beyond were in Newton, for both sides of Rt 9.

Nor sure why you're contesting any of my initial or responsive points. My original post was observing the fact that, given the fact that our entire settlement patterns and infrastructure have been built around 100 years of cars, it's a lot more difficult to retrofit that into anything close to...

You live in an area that is incredibly privileged with its rich diversity of businesses owing to a nice combination of urban density and economic affluence, and it's all accessible by walking. The same is not true for basically any other suburb outside Boston. Some are dense but dont have the...

This first hypothesis is something I have not seen discussed, but for me at least a big one I have experienced. Working from home also has created a massive amount of additional flexibility. For example, I might have a zoom meeting at 9 and another a 1, but that means that I might choose to go...

this ia JP not Hyde Park

I was amazed to realize there is no thread on this on aB and moreover, that there aren't really any threads regarding urban policy in Boston or other cities that I could find. I also am not sure where to put this thread—it's neither a "development project" nor architecture/transit related...

Did this stretch today during evening rush hour. Insanely dangerous from Clyde around the bend to Grove. Grove is just a four-lane drag strip with zero shoulder, you lose the bike lane at the Clyde/Grove intersection where the two-lane right turn is, then you are exposed to traffic turning...

OK sure, you're right, there are no national or regional level differences or conclusions that can be drawn, everyone is the same everywhere, thank you very much for your contribution.

I recognize that "Europe" is not monolithic. However, I take issue with this response as it ignores the fact that there very real cultural differences between "Europe" and "America" and cultural differences do very much impact both transportation policy as well as personal behavior of...

We used to sneak in there all the time in summers in high school to use their pools at night (there are two, one shall for laps and the other a small deep one). The gate on Dunster Rd was chained but unlocked, so you could just unwind the chains and get in. We got caught once and then never...

I’m seeing the usual whataboutism and blaming driving incentivization on here as usual. Guys, is it so hard to realize some bikers are assholes? We don’t need to blame autocentric policy for every idiot who blasts thru parks on his bike. Furthermore, since Europe was mentioned, as I’ve said...

For Mem Drive, which I don’t go on much these days but used to, I’d just use the sidewalk on the non river side. Especially after Brookline St, there’s nobody on it and it’s quite wide. I like that it is so wide but they could consider narrowing the sidewalk slightly there and giving the space...

This isn't really accurate. JP certainly is generally more progressive, than other neighborhoods, but it's far from immune (and the bar set by Boston generally isn't saying much anyway). In addition, NIMBYism is not necessarily homogeneous across "Jamaica Plain". The neighborhood by the...

A friend (who is a pretty hardcore biker) in SF has always bemoaned the aggressive cyclists. When he lived in Boston he once broke up what was about to be a fight because one of the spandex riders on the Esplanade riding like 30 mph buzzed someone and it turned into an altercation. He also...

Tax deliveries more

Nice. This is one of the worst intersections in Boston but glad to see it getting some streetwall infill and glad this isn’t set back.

I think there's a bit of both here. There are quite definitely NIMBY's in JP. I tussled with them during one noteworthy community meeting about a zoning variance near my old apartment, where I looked at the room of a handful of mostly aging hippies who had bought in JP in the 70s and still...