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If you want to see a city run just like a conglomerate, just go to Singapore.

Re: Lowell 2015 update That sucks. I was looking forward to taking the trolley around the city. I think it would have helped to raised the property values and spur some more development in the area of the rail. Oh well.

Re: Lowell 2015 update http://www.lowellsun.com/news/ci_29645223/lowell-council-panel-seeks-election-changes-cut-waste I was looking for some updates on the Lowell Trolley expansion. All I found was this one article that had one line on the trolley plan falling through. Maybe someone else...

Just returned from a lovely trip to Melbourne and I'd thought I'd share some transit and city related photos. A few notes about the city: The tram system here is pretty fricken amazing! I'm still trying to work out whether or not it's as efficient as it is convenient. For example, finding a...

I don't know and their wiki page doesn't have that info either. I can say one thing, though. It's certainly more expensive per/km traveled than the normal LRT line that runs from the suburbs to the city. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRT_Sunway_Line

Since there are a number of people on this board who are interested in BRT, I thought I'd post the Malaysian version. It was just recently completed and it's completely elevated. It's located in a suburb of Kuala Lumpur called Subang Jaya. Here is part of KL area (Klang Valley)mass...

If I'm not mistaken, all of the NY commuter lines (Metro North, LIRR, NJ Rail) do not include subway/bus transit in their monthly passes like the MBTA pass does.

Re: Wynn Everett Casino | Everett I didn't think about that. That might be right.

Re: Longfellow Place (née Garden Garage Towers) | 35 Lomasney Way | West End So what you're saying is that archboston contributors were overreacting a few weeks ago? I'm shocked! ;)

I'm in Malaysia now, and the way they get around it here is they take the floor below it and ad "A" to it. My building has 13, 13A, 15...23, 23A, 25..

http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2016/02/04/brooklynqueens_streetcar_will_get_de_blasios_endorsement.php I have mixed feelings about this. One one had, more transportation is great, but on the other hand there are other neighborhoods in Queens and Brooklyn that could/should be connected as...

On a side note, your post made me go to google maps to look at some streets in Denver. Then I discovered that the Denver International Airport looks like a swastika: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.8607221,-104.6718107,9421m/data=!3m1!1e3

Re: Longfellow Place (née Garden Garage Towers) | 35 Lomasney Way | West End I personally don't want Tokyo or Paris in Boston. Both are great cities, but I just want Boston to be a be a better (than it already is) Boston not some other city. I used to love riding my bike to Rozzie or Hyde...

Re: Longfellow Place (née Garden Garage Towers) | 35 Lomasney Way | West End I'm all for more towers, but a lot of the density can be made up in the less developed parts of the city. There is plenty of space in Hyde Park, Rozzie, Seaport and even Dorchester to build mid-rise buildings that...

If only they could get commuter rail.

I completely agree with you. I was just stating that it's also possible to have density without skyscrapers. And I don't necessarily consider that a bad thing. I liked Paris, but after a while it seemed a bit uniform for me. That's why Like cities like Boston, New York and Singapore. They...

I agree with you. But remember Paris, at 40 sq/mi, has a little over two million people and almost no skyscrapers. Boston, at about 48 sq/mi, has about 650,000 people. I'm not saying that Boston should try to be as dense as Paris, but sometimes all that matters is how you organize your streets.

I like nice skylines, but I'm fully aware that nice skylines don't always make for better cities. I'm more impressed with the fact that the city is undoing the awful car oriented development that has been blighting the city since the 60s. I don't care if they put up a 100 story tower or a 6...

It survived the great New England earthquake of 2012.

Good article on the ground breaking but I think that Baker should have invited Patrick to the ground breaking ceremony. After all, he was governor when this deal was signed.