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I agree with that - you can't fix this supply-side. The market has to crash.

Yeah, I read the article not as saying that it doesn't work, but that it did work until inflation hit in 2022. It's also worth pointing out that (a) the only source the article has for this project having a good chance at financing without Inclusionary Zoning is the developer, who has a...

Transportation for America doesn't actually cite McGrath as being under threat: https://t4america.org/2025/04/29/reconnecting-communities-projects-are-under-threat-here-is-whats-at-stake-and-where/ Assuming that the Federal money is at risk (and you have to assume it is, given the context)...

My point. I'm taking a break from this site for the first time in 18 years, and it's because of you.

None of this is in good faith, and this conversation has taken a tone that is beneath this board, and I'm contributing to it, so I'm done. You guys win.

Baseless accusations? They're direct quotes! The post I'm responding to says that "At any rate, that’s a distraction. Vandalism, trespassing, speeding, and illegally modifying a vehicle to evade speeding consequences are all unacceptable behaviors and do not reflect a mature, stable, or...

When you guys start being serious let me know, because so far you've compared drivers to rapists and claimed that they aren't mature, stable, or well-functioning members of society.

100% of people who drive regularly exceed the speed limit. The flow of traffic we design our roads for (70 mph on highways) typically exceeds the speed limit. This statement is ridiculous. Saying things like this kind of proves my point: this conversation is really about hating people whose...

Wasn't that tied to the elimination of a Brickbottom stop (which at present would have been even more useless) to ameliorate the people in the lofts? I don't think it was about usage.

Maybe her fans realized she's old enough to be their mom... it would not shock me at all if she performed there in 2011 or so. I wonder if they used the real posters from those concerts? My thought was that there must be something to it, or those artists would never have given them permission...

Glad you appreciated the effort, Andrew!

PNF: https://bpda.app.box.com/s/qqc1ob7tv2ccbow9nx0j9wc4i2dljh6s

Why does a State Senator need to join a splinter group of neighbors? You're an elected official! Just call the developer if you have concerns...

Your condescension really adds a lot to the conversation. Thanks! The filing you refer to is called an "Environmental Impact Statement", and they are indeed required.

I sense a definite trend to what the BSA considers "beautiful". I respectfully disagree.

Ultimately I think Union doesn't see significant improvement until/unless it is rebuilt to accommodate an extension to Porter. That said, others are correct that there probably aren't enough people typically on the platform that relatively small enclosed shelters wouldn't be adequate most of the...

I don't disagree with you, but I'm questioning the relationship between what is obviously acceptable (27 in a 25) and what is obviously not (110 on any road) and the speed limit. I'd argue that the thresholds of acceptability are defined by intuition and societal norms (in the context of the...

Lots of people in this City and on this website brag about living a car-free LIFESTYLE. If being car-free is one, then not being car-free is also one. Again, my point is not that speeding is a lifestyle, and it's not that this is a bad law as written. My point (as you state pretty well) is that...

Public laws are about maintaining public order and the social contract. I'm no Republican, but if you start making laws explicitly to favor minorities at the expense of freedom to live the lifestyle you choose... that's a balance that has to be maintained carefully to avoid a popular backlash...

I don't oppose the height knee-jerk, but I'd rather see towers at Porter and Alewife before Davis. Davis has a low-rise character that works (unlike Union, for instance, which has a low-rise character because the taller buildings were replaced with parking lots and ugly strips).