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This is almost too weird. What was the source for this? Do you know who it got sent to? Politicians absolutely do stuff this stupid, but this is almost too on-the-nose ridiculous, and something seems fishy. Reminds me of when Joe Kennedy was running for senate a few years ago, and attacked...

It looks like they'll keep and incorporate the decorative arch. That's good. The execution..... maybe fine.

I don't think that's the right way to consider it. If you look at any short stretch of bus lane, you'd find it only saves seconds. But string those together, and it's real time savings. It looks like in the AM rush hour, buses saved a full minute going between Dartmouth and Berkeley -- just two...

If I'm reading Quincy's codes right, they should have been required to provide 2 spots per unit, plus more for guest parking. So fortunately they're building a heck of a lot less than that. I kind of agree with you both, here. The city should absolutely liberalize their parking regs. Letting...

😂 I can be quick to point out your mistake only because I've done it so many times myself.

Yeah, this is a neat idea, but the grades along the power lines just don't work for rail. From a quick look, this hill that would be part of the route is far too steep. For about 500 feet, the average slope is over 13%. This hill is over 10%. There are bunch of other smaller quick drop-offs...

The wikipedia page for urban sprawl defines it as "the spreading of urban developments (such as houses and shopping centers) on undeveloped land near a city." That's a pretty fundamental part of the definition, that's how I understand the term, and it looks like exactly what you're proposing...

That app looks pretty good. Nice map, clear info. Probably better than alternatives for some things. Maybe people with iPhones that have been using it a while have opinions. One thing this looks best at is finding the next available commuter rail train when there are multiple lines and you...

In a totally chaotic federal government, do you think you'd get the new decision you'd want? The last Corps decision required a lot of problematic single-tracking, allegedly (kinda) for environmental reasons. But that made no sense, and there was probably a bunch of behind the scenes political...

This is a neat idea, and I keep thinking about the value of circle lines. But I don't really see anything like this working very well. Most of the stops are in low density areas with bad pedestrian access. In a lot of cases that probably won't be fixed because it's in a highway, which is not a...

I see, I didn't realize SLW was getting dropped on those routes for BNRD. In that case, will SL1/3 just be able to turn into the bus tunnel from D Street? Either way, this still looks like it'd be reasonable to drop the Congress St. stop. Otherwise, it's effectively doing the same stop twice...

I can see why it's been left off. It's a confusing stop. Your map here doesn't really show it correctly because if you're coming from the airport, the SL1 would hit Congress, Silver Line Way, then World Trade Center. Your map doesn't make that clear. The picture @Riverside shared makes the...

I agree that there is this problem of politicians not getting credit when they actually do something good. That's a complicated issue. But first and foremost, I really expect politicians to do some basic good governance. For the housing crisis, that means zoning reform. There's really no way...

I heard a bit of the interview. He complains that "despite the liberalizing land-use restriction successes we've had at the State House level, we haven't built that much housing, have we?" (At about the 10:30 mark). So I guess we have to look for new solutions? All of which is absurd. The...

Just a couple weeks ago, a close family member slipped on ice, fell, broke his hip. (In Chicago, not here.) He said most of the other people waiting at the emergency room that night were also there because of slipping on ice. I'm so pissed off how little cities seem to care about this. Do any...

I see, that's where I was confused. Yeah, then I agree, your UR would serve LMA really well. A Blue Line extension to LMA still might be reasonably, but that'd me a much weaker case than I was saying.

I would be surprised if he has any legal basis to stop congestion pricing. This is political bullying and seeing what he can get away with. So as long as New York has a governor with unwavering support for congestion pricing and some basic competence....... oh. Oh dear.

I don't think I agree. Your UR line would have a Longwood stop on Fenway, right? (Sorry if I'm misinterpreting that.) That would useful for some people for sure, but that's not the heart of LMA. The highest density for jobs and patient destinations is centered along Longwood Ave, and it's no...

There's a lot of neat ideas in there. One thing I'd change that stands out right away is stopping the Blue Line at Kenmore. Having a full HRT line to downtown is so incredibly valuable, you'd want to extend that as far as makes sense to take full advantage of it. There have been lots of...

Yeah, it's an interesting trend. I keep thinking there's something odd about them, but they seem to work well. I know someone who works in BU's jenga tower, and there are auditorium stairs on the ground floor there. On the odd occasion I pop in, the auditorium stairs seem well used. There are...