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There's another theory that I think is equally compelling and somewhat related. Those high density neighborhoods with eyes on the street tended to be townhouse developments, which limit the escape routes for criminals. If the street wall is porous, such as we find in a suburban neighborhood...

Like is a little strong for me, but I don't dislike it. And as I've said a few times in this thread, the predecessor building was nothing special.

Yes, it's an interesting read. I particularly like some of the data they present on housing density around existing stations but wish they had gone a bit further with the tables. There is data for every single rapid transit station, including Silver Line stations. Then there is a decent write-up...

Kind of beside the point, though. For the purposes of this law, it is defined as rapid transit.

Now we just need a timed transfer between the Vermonter and some sort of Boston-Springfield service.

This is right next to the Residences at Walk Hill. https://archboston.com/community/threads/the-residences-at-walk-hill-289-walk-hill-st-roslindale.6896/ So it will face some similar issues to that one in terms of neighborhood push back. There aren't any trees on the lot, so that should at...

I know it was cold, but 20 people is not a very meaningful protest or advocacy movement.

Based on the video posted in the MBTA Transformation thread, the four car train appears to have two operators. I don't know if that's a specific precaution due to the gap behind the train, or if that's business as usual...

Aesthetics are not necessarily objective, so I wouldn't say they are wrong, so much as that they don't appeal to my personal sense of design. Seems to be true for a few other people, too. But most of us will rarely see either of those flags. The state flag should be a bit more prominent in our...

I've always been curious about Riverdale -- whether it was a true island originally, or drained/filled swamp. I do like the way you cross the Charles twice when you pass through the neighborhood.

Agree -- a flag that combines a clean field with stripes should not have any of the stripes be the same color as the field. In this case, we would want to leave the white and red stripes, and make the square some other color. Or at least outline it in a contrasting color, maybe the same green...

MoW - Maintenance of Way?

Ugh, you're right. I wasn't looking very carefully at the map, so I guess I'll just go back to pining for an access ramp on both sides of Washington Street.

It's both funny and sad. Yes, there is that feeling of schadenfreude, but ultimately, we are looking at extreme NIMBYism in action, and extreme NIMBYism is to large extent responsible for our housing crisis.

That's just bizarrely wrong. The conversation is about safety. Nobody, I repeat, nobody in this thread is arguing that driving should not be an available option. People are arguing that safety requires some compromises and that it is therefore reasonable to be able to enforce these compromises...

This isn't the purpose, but if I understand what is being built correctly, it will make for a much easier bike route to access the community path from Sullivan Square. Right now, it's kind of awkward at best, involving either biking on some sidewalk or making a challenging left turn from under...

Yes, the same thing. But on a 2 dimensional render of a 3 dimensional space, you can't actually tell. The yellow highlights do make at least some of them appear inward to me, but some still appear to move outward. That said, the building footprint as displayed in Equalibria's post appears to...

That might be an optical illusion. To me, it looks as if the shorter panels indent outward on both sides. We will need quite a few more and better renders or the site plan to know for sure.

I don't think it's a fully formed idea. If they do decide to tunnel the section by the cemetery, then why go with LRT at all? 1 million people live within walking distance of this ROW and it will have connections to 17 subway lines and the LIR. That should be heavy rail and the only...

Interesting point, which I never thought about even though I'm quite familiar with Mother Brook.