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When I look at maps like this, I think about the glaring hole in the middle. How do we get from mid-Somerville/mid-Cambridge to Allston/West Station/Brighton? This could take a lot of pressure off the downtown core and would fit in nicely with Sullivan Station expansion and expanding transit to...

MIT's Ames Street plan [PDF]: http://res.cloudinary.com/courbanize-production/image/upload/v1/information_plans/vh2gcol67irx9samirvu Includes a reconfigured intersection with Memorial Drive in the hopes that drivers will finally stop for people crossing the road:

I forget if I saw it somewhere or just looked into it on my own, but if/when OL conversion happens, merging Bellevue and Highland stops into an OL station around Belgrade Ave/W Rox Pkwy would make evenly 1-mile-spaced stations (Roslindale Village, Belgrade Ave, West Rox):

Just off Union Square (across the street from Bow Market). Exactly where we should be building this scale. But damn, that's a lot of studios: 77 studios, 20 1-bed, 1 3-bed (yes, I typed that correctly) [edit: no I didn't – it's 3 3-bed units (thanks for reading well, fattony)]. Of course, this...

It wouldn't be her first screen representation lately—Jane Jacobs made an appearance in Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: http://washingtonsquareparkconservancy.org/news/2018/02/14/how-accurate-was-the-marvelous-mrs-maisel-at-washington-square-park/

Looks good overall—moving the grocery store south improves its walkshed, as it's that much closer to the residential neighborhood/Union Square. I can't see why New Balance wouldn't make the Braintree Street connection once the later phases are done (but not much reason to do so before then). I...

Video from the 39th floor. Not for those afraid of heights: https://www.reddit.com/r/boston/comments/au7y5b/my_view_from_the_residential_building_at_the_td/

Re: Alexandra Hotel Renovation | 1769 Washington St | South End Great project overall, but none of the “traffic” options are acceptable - they all add curbside parking next to the bus stop, and even with a red carpet bus-only lane, Boston drivers are going to double-park in that all day long...

Most questions in this thread can be answered in the "Documents" tab of this page. If you're wondering about pinch points, read this study from 2014 that specifically mentions all the tightest spots (PDF warning)...

Much of the opposition was driven by the incentives ("corporate welfare") that New York was giving to Amazon. Sure, there are (strong) concerns about gentrification etc., but without the incentives, those criticisms wouldn't have carried very far. This is is really a repudiation of secretive...

Per coUrbanize, there's a meeting regarding the continuation of the existing Ames Street 2-way protected bike lane (between Broadway and Main Street) all the way to the river (by way of an improved intersection at Memorial Drive—sorely needed):

"Exit to Canal Street Promenade" is sounding pretty good to me....

Re: Site in Hub top choice for a soccer stadium "Should we build these where the asphalt is now? Or maybe even one level on top of the asphalt?" "No, let's fucking demolish a forest instead."

Gotta push back on this – driving and parking is a reality because we build 1600 parking spots instead of improving transit. This was an active choice that shows the priorities of the state. Every time we build parking instead of improving transportation alternatives, we are worsening...

from today – cladding mostly up on the track side (not on the Albany Street side):

today:

Arlington, I (and surely countless others) really appreciate your research and well-formed arguments. This is clearly a critical discussion to have—thank you for elevating the conversation with data, reports, and links.

Those are costs of having a car, or of using a car. Those are not costs for using public resources (the roads) or making society deal with your transportation choices (pollution, congestion). Right now you're (we're all) getting those for free, which causes overuse (see: tragedy of the commons).

No, you pay $5 to enter a congested area – where the presence your vehicle has an outsized impact on others. If that causes you to not drive downtown—hey, you're at Alewife, maybe take the T, or maybe take a walk without getting in your car, or drive somewhere else and walk around—then it's...

Right – the 68 is basically every 40 minutes from 6:30am to 7pm, and not on weekends. Of course no one with other options is going to plan for that – they'll walk, bike, or call an Uber instead (and indeed, the route description shows that most riders are transit-dependent). If it were 20- or...