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But what’s the number of people entering and exiting Boston each weekday and what percent is commuter rail? I guess I just thought more people took the train, but maybe not. Or maybe Boston swells by less people than I thought in the first place each weekday.

I never knew these numbers — these seem terrible. Is this to say that only a little over 30,000 people get off or on at North and South Station combined? That seems like a minuscule number for the geographic extent of the operations…

I feel like the spirit of "NIMBY" are the hypocrites who vote for stuff anywhere but their backyard. I'm doubtful that the businesses along Colombia care much about bike lanes, period, and if you surveyed them, you'd probably find not much support for bike lanes anywhere. I think overall this...

Agree. That’s why we have all these privately owned, shitty parks. In many instances it would be better to have larger spaces, or spaces allowed to be more wild and less sanitized, and/or agricultural zones (for the latter, at the fringes of the city)

I’m enjoying all of these examples people are putting forth to refute the notion that we just need to carpet everything in the metropolitan area with more housing. It’s making me think of “towers in the park“, which, although perhaps the specifics of Corbusier’s proposal were wrong, really has...

How’s Cummins coming along? I haven’t been down that way in a while. Any progress? Last time I was on it (January or so) it was still a mess.

… hey, maybe sharrows for all! Yay! Edit - In seriousness, though, badusername said it. She’s tacking right and that’s wack as shit. “Community engagement” often means “do nothing”. The problem is that the most crucial gaps in the system are exactly those areas where the roads are tight, which...

This is a totally bullshit response from her. Like some of her worst bullshit yet—honestly, it really is. It’s politician fluff language rather than just admittting she’s back tracking. And that’s fucked up. At least own it. Making those who like these bike lanes sacrificial lambs and...

I think it looks good: much better than the heavy brick blob they'd proposed before. It fits in with its surroundings, the color is light and airy, and I dont mind the height, either. I think this would be a great addition to this space. And for the critics, don't forget that this is gonna be...

I did not literally mean we need a total moratorium on developing any more undeveloped space at all. Rather I was making the obvious point, which is that the odds are so stacked against responsible development, and the entire state, and every town and city in it, are far happier to just give...

I don’t understand why the conversation about “enforcement“ always seems to come down to handing over the lack of automated cameras. Don’t we have one of the biggest, most overpaid, and bloated police departments in the whole fucking country? What is stopping the mayor from working with the...

Definitely concerning and hard to not assume this is some nefarious shit given the timing.

Yes. Even small patches of urban wild support a lot of wildlife density. They are simply no need to destroy any more green space. We are literally raping the land and the only reason this is happening is because of wealthy fake progressives keeping zoning restrictions for which everyone else has...

Saw the Rudolph exhibition last week at the Met. Thought it was great. My favorite was his quote referring to modular housing as “the twentieth century brick”. What did the rest of you think, if you saw it?

I think we should develop as little existing green space as possible, and developments like that Commons you posted are a perfect example of cancerous developments that you see from the outer burbs into the inner city, even in Roxbury and Hyde Park. We have plenty of space that already has been...

Outrageous! Maybe Josh Kraft can run for town selectman when he loses the mayors election in Boston

I think the fairly well-established term is "liberal hypocrite"... and, of course, and more specific to housing/transit policy, "NIMBY."

Just saw this now. Wow, it’s amazing.

Wondering when it's thought that the boomers selling off their homes is likely to start impact the housing market. I haven't hear much about this, but after ducking into the Whole Foods on Beacon St in Newton and just looking around and I was the youngest person there by decades, it really...

Same. The Globe is not what it once was. It caters to the burbs readers who think they're progressive but are actually just bourgeois conservatives. Just like Kraft.