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In the Boston urban core (which is the topic of this forum, and where most of these cameras will be installed), more than 50% of trips within city limits are done outside a car. I'd estimate its more like 60-70%. If we had better bike, ped, and transit infrastructure, this could easily be 80+%...

Seems like this generally a universal boon for anyone outside of a car? Less box-blocking, better traffic flow and increased road capacity from lower travel speeds. Lower tire noise, lower engine noise, lower particle pollution from tire wear, fewer accidents, lower insurance premiums, safer...

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2025/01/23/city-will-install-lighting-to-dark-segments-of-the-community-path-in-east-somerville 4-6 months and $600k just to install some lamps over a 0.5-mile stretch?? Maybe I'm just naive.. but that should be the cost of like an entire infill station.

A bit off topic, but LGA has been winning accolades since its multi-year reconstruction. Sure the flow of people within the terminal has been much improved, but anyone who's been there lately knows the airport roadways are a all-day clusterfuck of cars, ubers, and buses. It's incredible that...

Thanks for the explanation. I never understood why it seems like an entire train has to be held out of service though? Like we have 3 full trainsets but only two in service at any given time. Is it just the third trainset is still in its burn-in period?

I'm perfectly fine with allowing a ~10mph buffer above the speed limit before a ticket is triggered. Or hell, just have it installed on city streets rather than interstate highways. Basically everywhere in the city there's a radar speed sign, replace it with a speed camera. You do make a point...

There is absolutely zero reason to not have camera enforcement. There really should be hidden speed cameras ticketing anyone that's driving >10mph over.. the revenue would pay for its installation in like a day. And second, cameras on buses to ticket drivers that are in the bus lane, and...

This is the major difference between Cambridge/Sommerville and Brookline. Both wealthy white urban residential neighborhoods with a mix of major job centers and schools/hospitals, and excellent transit to the core. But Cambridge is forcing its cycling safety ordinance ahead no matter what small...

Both can be true - we can be courteous to people walking accidentally in our separated bike lane AND we can nudge people towards looking both ways before they cross it. I'm pretty sure most people are not maliciously standing in the bike lane, they just aren't used to the culture of biking being...

I've found that just ringing the bluebike bell is enough to get people to politely step out of the way. Having a protected bike lane doesn't mean you will always have the right of way and you will be able to ride non-stop. We can all do our part to fight the "helmetless, out-of-control...

Remember that improving frequencies should do more to improve ridership than just splitting the 8-car hourly train into two 4-car trains. More frequent trains will make the system more useful as an alternative to driving. But it seems like running 4-car double deckers with a couple trains a day...

Given the current financial cliff the MBTA is facing, I'd rather they conserve the money they have to run more service during peak daytime hours (and actually get bus & CR service back up to pre-covid peaks).

I think considering that most 104 riders are getting on the Blue Line inbound.. this isn't necessary.

Interesting case of a temporary construction closure in Kendall Square in Cambridge. Curb-to-curb ROW is reduced to about ~23 feet, which is enough space for about two car lanes and not much else. Pretty sure every other municipality in the greater boston area would've just made this two car...

This is probably the boldest project in cambridge so far, as far as % of parking spaces lost. Main st/hampshire st/cambridge st preserved about half of the spots, but broadway is currently the predominant east-west boulevard for cars. I think this is going to face decent opposition and it's...

There needs to be some disincentive to personal car pickups/dropoffs. They've added $5 airport fees to ubers and made them drop off in central garage, but for some reason if someone's picking you up they can drive right up to the terminal curbside for free and clog all the roadways up. Add more...

looking like a nice width with another nice 5' buffer. Hopefully this lays the ground work to build concrete curbs or planters in the buffer space in the future.

A similar one at the intersection of broadway and ames in Kendall Square, Cambridge. Who the hell is waiting for walk signal just to cross this 8-foot-wide off-street bikeway? Traffic signals are for cars, and when you don't have cars, you don't need traffic lights.

So there were no plans to restripe the bridge to give up one of the northbound lanes so that bikes could have some separation? This very much seems like a great opportunity to discourage SOV traffic into cambridge and prevent cars from Storrow eastbound from cutting over to use Memorial.

Sorry to clarify.. I agree with that point completely.. the only reason that these safety projects raise rents is that they add a viable alternative to driving. People are so damn desperate to have a viable alternative to driving and being stuck in traffic, that it's worth hundreds more in rent...