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Seems to me that most of the cost is probably in the underground bits of the station. The headhouse is frilly but doesn't seem to have caused that much of an issue. Yet.

While emissions have vastly improved over the past 30 years -- and I am thankful for that, make no mistake -- our understanding of the effect that air pollutants have on the body has also improved. And the news is not good. (see, for example, this review). If anything, we seem to be finding...

5-foot bike lanes, big whoop. That's some paint that can be slapped down. This is just a roadway widening project with some greenwashing. Maybe it's called-for, I dunno. I wouldn't get excited though.

Re: Driven By Customer 'Service' Parte Dos I'll believe it when I see it.

Remember that just a few percentage of cars could spell the difference between slow moving jam and free flow. Traffic flow is not a linear function, not in the least bit. Having said that, there's more than enough market for induced demand on 93 to fill any gaps left behind by anyone converted...

Hey they built the "more parking" part of the mitigation. Because nothing saves the environment like more parking.

I'm not averse to elevated trains either (I think Bostonians are overly whiny about the matter; the Chicago L is nice, NY puts up with plenty of noisier and more obnoxious els, and European cities do a good job with them for the most part -- I noticed a few in London that I could hardly hear at...

Pure, unadulterated, lazy bullshit by the Globe team. Japan has plenty of vehement community organized opposition to infrastructure projects. But it's not conducted in English, so I guess it doesn't exist according to the Boston Globe. From the history of Narita airport: Japanese engineers...

I've tried to make things easier by using imgur, but probably failed. Munich and Dachau album.

They don't. I tried to use it once on a driver who nearly clipped me intentionally. I called them up and they were surprised to hear anyone reference the document even. I mailed a copy anyway (one that I found on another website) and never heard back. There's no accountability for bad driving...

Actually, speaking of the UK again, that is something they do. Community speedwatch. The police arrange some sort of speed monitoring device, and you can stand there and write down any license plates that exceed the limit. Then the police will write a warning letter and mail it to the driver. I...

Don't get too excited about UK zebra-crossings. They're actually rather rare here, at least compared to American crosswalks that are usually on every block. I suspect that part of it is the difficulty of installation: there's a lot of paperwork and then they must also install two (pointless and...

Re: New Brighton Landing | New Balance Complex | Brighton Nice to finally see some progress. Remember, this station was supposed to open 'in 2014'. But then it turned out that they didn't know how to even get started.

I see you can develop buildings or somesuch thing in it. Found any mutant NIMBYs protesting?

Re: Driven By Customer 'Service' Parte Dos In a way, the fare hikes of the past few years did push me towards biking, despite being a transit fan. :/

I'm not talking about I-93 either. I am talking very much about local congestion. Building parking spaces increases local congestion. It's induced demand, and there are only two ways to get it under control: properly balanced pricing for all of the parking, and/or reduce the demand for parking...

The local NIMBY residents don't actually care about congestion, which is why turning the property into a parking lot doesn't trigger any concern from them. For the NIMBYs, it's all about the exclusion of people -- 'the wrong kind of people' according to these residents. The parking thing is a...

Airport travel is overrated in importance to city. It's really nice, to be sure, to have it conveniently. But the people using it frequently enough to matter are rich executives, and they can take care of themselves. Silicon Valley has crummier airport access than Boston if you want something...

Traffic counts only count vehicles, but people are the important metric. DOTs often forget that. I'd say that even given that view, if the people-moved-per-hour count is low, perhaps it's time to consider expanding bus service that makes use of the HOV lane. And yes, HOV lanes should be...

The Globe is not exactly known for their transportation expertise. The press corp in general goes nuts for stories about "empty buses" and "empty bus lanes" and "empty HOV lanes." Take it with a huge grain of salt. Remember, it's all a form of the "empty lanes attack" used by drivers to destroy...