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If this (god forbid) manages to go the SCOTUS and they rule against the MBTA communities act, then I'm sure that these local patriots will be happy to accept the authority of an even higher level of government. No, this is not proud patriotism. This is another quintissential American value...

I imagine that restricting lefts on the parts of Comm, Beacon, and Huntington with trolley reservations could speed up the B, C and E lines, respectively.

1. The population hasn't hit its historic peak yet, but housing demand certainly has. Part of that is that people who want to live in Boston have the means to pay for more space. Triplexes that used to hold 3 families of 5-6 each now hold 3 floors of 2-3 twenty-somethings. 2. Commercial real...

Gottt it, I should have read your map better, sorry for making you re-explain yourself. Those names all sound right to me, then. I'd still vote for "Mattapan Loop" as the trolley terminus since it sounds more downtown-ey than "Mattapan Yard", but that's just my own nitpicky aesthetics.

Agreed, but those shops cluster still closer to the trolley stop than the Fairmount Line. Pairs of names that feel right to me (Fairmount Line, Trolley): Woodhaven, Mattapan Mattapan Landing, Mattapan Sq Mattapan Landing, Mattapan Loop

Isn't the trolley stop much closer to what people actually seem to consider Mattapan Square (Blue Hills Ave X Cummins Hwy)? This is based on my one visit to the neighborbood, so anyone who knows better please correct me.

OK, I'm with you, that will be tragic. I'd hoped/assumed the deed restriction would stop them from doing that.

I'm absolutely not a density-at-all costs urbanist. Two big reasons I'm pro-density is that it leaves more space to preserve nature and history. I agree that expanding Allendale woods to include the entire parcel would be great. But that would require the current owner to either sell their land...

I'm not in love with it either, particularly the 2 parking spots per unit part. 1 per unit should be plenty anywhere in Boston. But a moritorium on all development? Seems regressive to me. Why not allow these SFHs to be replaced with denser housing, under the provision that some of the parcel...

What form do you think those incentives should take? I'm all for increasing density, but I get nervous when a spot I like is forced to "temporarily" close for construction.... temporary often becomes permanent. Are there instances where cities/states will, say, subsidize the businesses during...

I would argue that RL crowding is less-so a function of downtown density and more-so a function of slow zones, a missing orbital line, and missing link between North and South stations. Unless they hop on a bus, anyone north of the river needs to travel downtown in order to reach Back Bay, LMA...

4.24.24 I get to watch the frame go up from my office next door.

Great analysis @Teban54 . I agree that it's objectively wrong to say that rail expansions aren't happening any more. In fact, it's so obviously wrong that I have to think she must have meant something else when she said it. My own interpretation is that she is saying that major rail expansions...

That's a really cynical take based on limited information. He's the former SecDOT, so it's no surprise that Tibbits-Nutt uses his counsel. The article didn't say "Salvucci AND SALVUCCI ALONE was responsible for Tibbits-Nutt opposing the layover". If he weren't around she very well may have...

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I'll take ugly and colorful over dreary, grey superblock boxes.

Don't forget Brighton Music Hall, and several Korean restaurants. Perhaps it's just selection bias, but very time I go to a concert there, the area is packed with pedestrians.

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Yeah, this is the crux of my confusion. Quasi-rapid service via Regional Rail is the prevailing proposed solution for those gaps you listed, and some of those gaps are at least as deserving of rapid service as Quincy and Braintree are. So, if the Braintree branch weren't already in place, would...

To be transparent, it's "this makes sense to me, but I'm sure it's a bad idea, and I'm interested to know why." Maybe I should have put this in the Transit Shitposting thread. Point taken that this is a very stupid idea pre-NSRL. But post-NSRL too? If I understand right, RR trains will connect...