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This has come up in other threads as well, but this little triangle park might be another example of where massive road space cuts into usable building space. In other instances, people have pointed to where slip lanes or a widened road cut into a proposed building's footprint. Here, it seems...

Do you have any suggestions for anything faster? I'm mostly with you, here. This seems like a good list of things to jumpstart housing construction. I'm maybe more optimistic that things can change faster than you say. And I'm up for anything that works faster, but I don't know what that might be.

My god yes! I guess I could have equally done this little photo project one block over on Brookline Street, which was the originally planned path of the Expressway. This neighborhood really could have been destroyed. Also, in this neighborhood is a great mural commemorating the highway revolts...

(continued) And last, I'll say again, this is just scratching the surface of all the types of housing packed in this small neighborhood. There's more than can be reasonably documented here, but it's a really nice neighborhood to wander through while contemplating the housing crisis. And I'll...

(continued) There are more Row Homes Wooden row homes. Brick row homes. Row homes that got that weird asphalt shingle siding slapped on decades ago. Occasional duplicated buildings Walking down these streets, almost no two buildings are the same. But sometimes you see little stretches of the...

I don't really know where to to post this, so move it if there's a better spot, but I wanted to share some pictures. Lately, I've gotten interested in the architecture of Cambridge. More specifically, Cambridgeport. Even more specifically, this narrow strip between Magazine and Pearl Streets...

Well, I said I'd be happy to call out jackass bikers, so, my god, what fucking jackasses. Glad you didn't get hurt. The Blue Bikers are surprising. I was actually going to say the Blue Bikes might be a part of the culture shift, because they're letting a lot of newer, slower, more cautious...

I gotta say, some of this conversation really doesn't square with my experience walking and biking in the Boston area. I see bikers as overwhelmingly mindful and courteous, and I'm not sure what common problems other people are seeing on the streets. Absolutely, I've seen aggressive bikers...

This is great news, and I hope it passes! But this one line from the Globe article isn't quite right. There will still be huge piles of regulations limiting what can be built. The proposed bill remains to be seen, but they'll have to make sure to fix lots of other requirements related to lot...

Even if you very generously count the progress of electrifying Caltrain,* she said California is "best in the world." That's quite a claim. For some comparison, India recently electrified half of its entire national rail network in 5 years. I also want to be fair and generous in interpreting...

How much do you think decision makers actually believe we can innovate our way out of problems? As a cynical outsider, if often looks like a way for them to not have to fund a project or accomplish anything. If they admitted that electrification is the one and obvious solution, they might feel...

Yeah, the idea that the PNW is better with funding, that might be true. But that's me guessing, and it's hard to give her the benefit of the doubt, here. Do you know much about that? And as for Quebec, yes, they've got that train. But looking at hydrogen powered trains for the MBTA is one of...

I like to think this is true. I mean, Austin has no subway, and they're not building any. But I like to think that Austin is secretly the best in the world at building new subway lines. Just innately. They know they're the best and don't need to prove it to anyone. They could if they wanted to...

If it's any consolation, the city sets a kinda low maximum height.... sigh It looks like city zoning sets a max height of 120ft for this site, but can anyone tell for sure? I'm not sure I'm reading the exceptions to the exceptions to the exceptions correctly.

Wait, is that actually moving forward? That seemed like it was proposed a few years ago, then forgotten. In the flurry of recent Penn Station proposals, Penn Station South hardly seemed to even get mentioned.

Yeah, it would be sad to see it go. If they can, I hope they can keep that arched entrance. It still has pieces of the original, elaborate façade.

I agree this could be better, and there's more the city could do to allow/encourage densification. But just some slight optimism, it seems like that densification is happening, especially in the past 10-15 years. There are a bunch of new apartment buildings, especially right around Jackson...

This came up in another discussion recently (and that goes on intermittently for a couple of pages). I might be the one most enthusiastic about the idea, only because it's interesting, not because I think it's feasible. In short: the northern and southern parts of the NB tunnel are 5% grade...

I've used the census block data you can download here. It's just census data that I think Massachusetts has cleaned up and simplified a bit. I think this is the same data @Teban54 is pointing you too, just easier to find. Really really, great map! FWIW, I don't think you need a north arrow or...

None that I've ever come across, no. Sorry