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Hint hint… Caltrain's electrification project is paying off big-time “Caltrain officials say the recently launched electrification project is paying off, after seeing a significant ridership increase since making the switch. The new trains officially took off from most Caltrain stations...

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We live in the dumbest timeline.

250 Unit Mixed-Use Project Advances in Framingham Plans have been approved for a multifamily phase project at 63 & 75 Fountain Street in Framingham. Plans call for demo of the existing building at 75 Fountain, and the construction of a new residential building to include 211 residential units...

I didnt know where else to put this but it falls under electrification. Cambridge gets a charge out of new garbage trucks “Cambridge today rolled out the first of four battery-operated trash trucks it's buying to reduce carbon emissions from city vehicles. Along with the first Mack LR...

30+ Unit Project Proposed in Somerville “A 4-story multifamily development has been proposed at 9-15 Taylor Street in Somerville. The project would include 34 apartments with 20 parking spaces on-site, as well as 4 on-street parking spaces. The Weston-based developer acquired the site in 2021...

24 Affordable Units Proposed in Quincy “NeighborWorks Housing Solutions has filed plans for a 4-story affordable housing development at 150-156 Quincy Street in Quincy. The project would include 24 apartments, all studios with 12 parking spaces. The development will also offer on-site case...

This is the first time Ive seen this referred to as the pattern district. Maybe the name has been changed? Cant say for sure yet. Pattern District “Pattern District is a vibrant new neighborhood that will reposition the historic Saco–Pettee Machine Shops that occupied the site until the turn...

Mass. Public housing redevelopment combines luxury with affordability “Around the country, public housing authorities are struggling to modernize or even maintain their decades-old properties, leaving tenants in deteriorating and inaccessible buildings. But in Massachusetts, some housing...

Just going to add here that since the vape ban the state has lost $150 million in taxes to neighboring states. The data is out and it shows that the ban has had almost 0 effect on causing ppl to quit, has actually caused many ppl to go back to smoking cigarettes, has lost the state hundreds of...

An interesting video I was recommended that talks about how canada dealt with its housing crisis after ww2. Apparently they hired a bunch of architects and developers to create a few standardized designs of housing that met the building codes that could be selected from and then built. Like...

Ive looked into this a lot because I have the same sentiment and apparently a lot of the reason came down to how unique each project is. Every state has its own building codes and then within the state each city and town has different building/zoning codes so it makes it hard to mass produce...

How do you go about doing this? I definitely agree that it can have an impact, especially when most comments are usually negative nimby complaints.

There's a reason they still call it the Navy Yard “Eric Bender photographed the USS Nantucket, docked at the Charlestown Navy Yard today. The Nantucket is a $500-million "littoral combat ship," aimed at close-to-shore operations, but which have been plagued with problems. The Nantucket will be...

Something big could be brewing at the Pru “Boston Restaurant Talk reports that Tree House Brewing Co. is looking to open a brewery AND a distillery at the Prudential Center. With a tasting room, of course. The Boston Licensing Board considers the applications (beer and spirits require separate...

If Cambridge were to do its proportional share it would need to build 1,050 new housing units. Unfortunately the Cambridge Community Development Department projects that the city is on track to build only 120 new housing units by 2030. -This doesnt seem right, do they mean only 120 new houses...

“The zoning code contains the rules for nearly everything that gets built within Boston’s city limits. But our current code is, well, a little unwieldy. For starters, it’s long — 3,791 pages, to be exact. That's five times longer than the average for similarly sized cities, and over 1,000 pages...

From last month https://www.masslive.com/news/2024/10/building-code-change-could-unlock-boston-housing-construction-report-says.html?outputType=amp