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BTD reinforced the Mass Ave bike lanes with flex posts: It was a harrowing month before these were added, people were parking or driving down the bike lane and blocking cyclists in. People were also parking directly on the buffer and eliminating its ability to buffer cyclists from passenger doors.

Nutonomy may be testing automated (but babysat) vehicles in South Boston by the end of 2016: http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2016/11/21/boston-and-nutonomy-test-self-driving-car-year-end/5WLYxlJGDpJMj9ZHCxYabL/story.html

I swung by the Staniford section of Connect Historic Boston last night, it's great! My biggest worry was that the signals at the O'Connell Way T intersection would stop bike traffic every time they stop car traffic, but I was pleasantly surprised to see that they didn't. Instead they only turn...

There was a public meeting last week that the Charlestown Bridge describes as "raucous". Dozens spoke, but the Bridge quoted people who currently live in the project as being for it, and people who live outside being against it. The latter group is also calling for a five-year moratorium on all...

Brookline finally striped the double-buffered bike lane on Beacon Street that they approved in the spring: https://twitter.com/JennaFisherTAB/status/798500319172837376

What local federal projects could be threatened by the new administration? Off the top of my head: There’s the $1 billion investment in the Green Line Extension that was already at risk, but the T’s recent hiring might have put the FTA’s concerns to rest. Is there any way for that money to go...

A redditor linked to a CTPS report from earlier this year that analyzed the locations where bus lanes would have the greatest impact. Their top priorities are the North Washington Bridge, Mass Ave in Cambridge and Boston, Dudley to Ruggles+Melnea Cass+the Blue Hill Ave corridor, Forest Hills to...

This project is still kicking around, there's a meeting on Thursday: https://www.boston.gov/calendar/melnea-cass-boulevard-design-project-meeting Here's where things left off a year and a half ago: http://www.cityofboston.gov/images_documents/Melnea%20Cass%20Presentation%204-13-15_tcm3-51008.pdf

Continuing on the theme of T hiring, The Vault Part Deux is considering using private money to help the T recruit top talent: http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/11/07/business-group-considering-subsidizing-mbta/35ZHOqkcUHG4ngVSutFGFO/story.html Specifically they want to pay for visits by...

The Boston city council had a hearing on parking a few weeks ago where some councilors were calling to build municipal parking garages, while Zakim said that his district fundamentally isn't reliant on parking. Wu is calling for (ideally demand-based) price increases to keep parking available...

Re: Alexandra Hotel The Scientologists say they have two interested buyers and that a sale is imminent within the next month or two. http://thebostonsun.com/2016/11/04/bpda-eminent-domain-inquiries-for-neighbors-bring-about-potential-sale-of-hotel-alexandra/

Now the city is saying they uploaded a bad version of the design, and that flex posts will at least be installed at Columbus and Mass Ave this year. I can believe that, there's an error present in both the 10/26 and the 11/3 versions so these definitely aren't perfect renderings. Fertig is also...

Cambridge's transportation director is against it due to the constrained width: http://cambridge.wickedlocal.com/news/20161101/cambridge-cyclists-fundraise-to-take-bike-safety-into-their-own-hands Meanwhile they're $300 over their goal and climbing. I donated to see what they can do, tactical...

In fact I think the whole reason Walnut street is getting attention again is because a high school student got hit by a driver a few weeks back. He's recovering and now working with Bike Newton on advocacy from his wheelchair. That crash happened on the segment of Walnut street that does...

Are there any details on funding the workforce units, or is it going to be self-supported?

There is one street I can think of that uses concrete instead of asphalt: Babcock Street in Brookline. Does anyone know why Brookline went with concrete for that one road? It's now in poor shape and deteriorating rapidly, you can see cracking and slabs sinking and rising throughout the entire...

"Soon" apparently isn't in the Art Park case. It's still with the judge two years after the developer was granted approval and four years after the development process began: http://missionhillgazette.com/2016/10/07/art-park-project-remains-stalled/

Cambridge is considering how to improve the buses serving Kendall, including creating bus priority corridors on their streets and encouraging the T to make changes to several routes. The full presentation is online at...

Do the Fresh Pond towers have a good reputation? My impression of Cambridge's public housing is that the town has always been wealthy enough to keep their projects maintained and safe, thus avoiding the issues that grew in many of the other projects around the country.

Billerica voted to put $450k towards surveying and permitting the Yankee Doodle bike path, which will bring it to the 75% design stage: http://billerica.wickedlocal.com/news/20161006/billerica-bike-path-design-moves-forward