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The Charlesgate Greenway project is continuing to inch along, there will be a public meeting on October 18th: http://www.mass.gov/eea/docs/dcr/news/public-meetings/materials/projects/2016-10-18-charlesgate-greenway.pdf There are some year-old concepts here...

Question 1 - No, Suffolk Downs should go full TOD rather than be propped up with slots. Also the idea of such a narrowly written state referendum feels slimy. Firm on this one. Question 2 - ???, Education policy debates have always put me to sleep, so I have no position on this yet. At some...

Re: Alexandra Hotel Still not sold, neighbors are asking for an eminent domain taking:

The Globe has a story on the Everett transit plan that the state has been working on. Some heavy duty recommendations: Link: http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/10/02/state-officials-want-new-orange-line-station-malden/VwelsageqNgEMWPGysktjI/story.html

The Tri-Community Greenway in Stoneham/Woburn/Winchester is out to bid, selection is expected in a few months and construction should be mostly complete by the end of 2017:

Off topic, but how do you do these huge pdf to internet-friendly screenshot grabs? I do print screen->paste->crop->upload, there has to be a better way.

Dust off your spreadsheets dear keyboard warriors, the MBTA is preparing a formal process for accepting pitches and proposals from outside groups: http://www.mbta.com/about_the_mbta/news_events/?id=6442456831&month=&year=

Salem has a tiny bikeshare program that is apparently successful, but has a worn-down fleet that doesn't sound like it will be around much longer. The city is seeking a private operator rather than continuing to operate it themselves. I can't imagine that the private operator would keep the...

Re: T construction news Wachusett Station opens on Friday: http://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/breakingnews/ci_30405213/west-fitchburg-commuter.com

There's an upcoming weekend closure of a segment of the highway to take down the Highland overpass: http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/09/21/transportation-officials-plan-shut-route-for-two-weekend-days-november/imMgLNC1fs7ukqePCUAeNL/story.html

Some early problems with the new flexposts on Congress Street, it's still wide enough for even truck driving Walsh supporters to park in: To the city's credit they went back and added more signs: And enforcement:

This year's inaugural round of Complete Streets grants are out, all of the grants went to Boston suburbs or satellite cities and most of those had some bike projects in their mix. For the program's sake I hope they get some western Mass projects in the next round...

Wellesley gets its first bike lane: http://theswellesleyreport.com/2016/09/wellesley-now-has-a-bike-lane/

I bet y'all thought I was joking about Newbury Street Car Day:

Downtown View has an interview with the manager of Ashkenazy, which owns the market: http://northendwaterfront.com/2016/09/downtown-view-can-omalley-cut/ Short term goals are to clean the market up, replace the brick with a more accessible surface, and continue trying to attract more local...

The final Lynn segment of the Bike to the Sea Trail is finally picking up some momentum: http://www.itemlive.com/news/art-speaks-in-one-voice/#.V9f3n43v3S4.mailto There have also been some volunteer cleanups and community garden construction along the right of way in Lynn this summer.

Brookline is facing delays installing that buffered bike lane on Beacon Street, supposedly the state is at fault: http://brookline.wickedlocal.com/news/20160912/what-ever-happened-to-that-test-bike-lane-on-beacon-street-in-brookline

Nicole Freedman (former "Bike Czar" of Boston and currently working on Seattle's troubled bikeshare) is returning to the region to be Newton's Transportation Director: (via Bike Newton)

When is this expected to be open for business?

I’ll be the grouch here- the city is being excessively cautious with their first tiny forays into tactical urbanism. This is the city's goal: Three hours of data collection and public outreach is shit, and there’s no way that the City of Boston did this for less than several thousand...