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In the event of a disabled train or accident how do you quickly evacuate people? Especially disabled riders? I think that is a major disadvantage of these system - the regulatory aspect.

And Massachusetts will vote against "Manhattanization" again.

How would a congestion charge impact companies starting or expanding here? I would think it would have a negative effect on new jobs.

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T needs more revenue, right? Then it’s a good decision.

We are building but we aren’t building enough. Boston (region wide) has underbuilt for too long. Zoning restrictions, linkage payments, community benefits, union and prevailing wage requirements, low income inclusionary requirements all increase the cost of housing and make the marginal cost of...

This is my point - zoning is one of the reasons and that’s regulatory created restriction.

Houston builds enough housing. Markets work.

This is false. We could build our way out if governmental restrictions stopped restricting the construction of housing in densities that we need. This is a problem created by regulation.

And that is why people don’t want tax increases to fund bloat at the T.

There was an Emirates A380 there yesterday afternoon when I came in from London on a BA 747. Not sure how often the Emirates A380 is scheduled though.

There are a lot of wetlands there. The runway was moved west a few years ago to restore some wetlands.

1% of the sales tax goes to fund the MBTA. Excise tax goes to the towns as you note, but the towns in the MBTA area have town contributions.

Don’t we have a full cent sales tax dedicated to the MBTA?

Not the land clearing. Washington St in the South End and out to Roxbury decayed after the Orange Line EL. The property values along the route dropped. Not the new Southwest Corridor expansion, the original Orange Line (aka Main Line El).

How about the Orange Line south? All along Washington St south through Roxbury.

The unemployment rate is 3.9%. Are companies really looking to shed workers? Who knows if they can find new ones and at what cost given demand for labor in Boston. If we were in a recession I would find it easier to believe. Here I’m skeptical.

I didn’t talk about supertalls or FAA limits. Most housing projects are viewed as too dense or too tall even if they start at 5-6 stories. Density solves housing demand.

Re: Innovation Dist. / South Boston Seaport MassMutual

But they will generate both linkage payments and tax revenues to support affordable housing. How about not reducing every housing proposal that comes along??