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Yeah this is the where I'm at. We should be at the point where we can at least study and debate specific proposals. At a high level congestion pricing has been shown successful enough in other places but it's an open question how/if it would work here. The discussion would be better informed by...

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/17/metro/boston-congestion-pricing-suffolk-globe-poll/

It didn't even make it out of committee; Mahoney, Yuan, Riley, Ryan, McKee, and Jacobs all voting against. Imo the right move based on the plan presented.

https://www.kqed.org/news/12087114/trump-transit-secretary-rescinds-key-civil-rights-law-once-used-on-bart

https://www.patriotledger.com/story/business/real-estate/2026/06/11/quincy-ma-developer-100-150-newport-ave/90504634007/

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2026/06/11/better-buses-for-watertown-city-and-mbta-plan-transit-improvements-for-arsenal-street

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/10/metro/cambridge-open-container-districts/

Relying on the millionaire's tax each year to balance the book is courting disaster. The T needs a stable and predictable revenue stream.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/10/metro/quincy-golf-lawsuit-scott-roberts/ FADE ME

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/us/quincy-mass-statues-koch-mayor.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pFA.TyHW.cImr1A_QiGU0&smid=url-share Love to have national attention on my city

Entirely agreed, and folks from the commission I've spoken with acknowledge it's imperfect and that in practical terms it's almost entirely going to be enforced retroactively on people who are getting in trouble for speeding or other behavior. If you ride a class III on a trail and are riding...

Your bike won't even be class III it will (and currently does) require a license, registration, and insurance at those speed capabilities.

No class 2 is up to 20mph with throttle

The micromobility commission recommendation and the current legislation in the statehouse based on such will ban Class III ebikes from trails, but permit class I and II.

https://thequincysun.com/quincy-launches-school-bus-safety-program-to-protect-students/

My primary project right now is a regional gap analysis for the biking and walking networks. This is phase I of what will be a regional active transportation plan for the Boston Metropolitan Region. As we work on the gap analysis one of the deliverables will be a regional and municipal priority...

https://www.patriotledger.com/story/news/politics/2026/06/02/eastern-nazarene-college-purchase-quincy-ma-deadline-city-council-concerns/90372132007/ I don't think it's going to move forward. Expecting "No" votes from Mahoney, Yuan, Riley, Ryan, and McKee

I don't think the shit fit would necessarily be based on a factual understanding of the long term impacts, as these things rarely are.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/25/metro/millionaires-tax-massachusetts/ For the revenue to have exceeded all expectations and then just get plowed into covering operations is head-against-wall inducing.

There has been a couple cases where their stated explanation is that they want to have minimal active construction going on during the WC, so they're delaying full implementation. I think reasonable people can disagree on the approach, but it seems consistent