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Agreed, or even if we simply increased the height of the triple deckers by another 2-3 floors, we would approach that level. The key element of this discussion is the prevalence of small lots throughout Boston neighborhoods. A lot of housing could be built on them without necessitating a...

The vast majority of Boston's density is exactly from this archetype. Closely spaced triple deckers + narrow streets = very high housing density.

I'm an occasional visitor, and definitely a Portland booster, but I don't know the city all that well. Maybe there is some obvious reason why it wouldn't work, but just from looking at the map, I think the underutilized container lot on Commercial Street would be a great location. It is an easy...

Well, you've stumbled on to why the analogy is false. Unlike the federal government, you and I will die, so we kind of need to be able to service and reduce our debts as we approach the end of life. But a national government will in theory exist in perpetuity, so the relationship of debt to...

Last time I rode on the Red Line, I had a new train in both directions, though I wouldn't typically expect that. Overall, though, as an infrequent RL rider, I've probably ridden more new trains than old over the past year. Per TransitMatters, there are three new trains running right now, and 13...

I agree. From a practical standpoint, it's hard not to continue having most of the buses terminate at Forest Hills. I'd definitely have some of the terminate in Roslindale, especially if it can lead to better frequencies. But only Forest Hills can operationally handle most of these, which is...

Agreed. The one valid criticism somebody might level when comparing it to other great garden style parks, is that it is kind of small. It is every bit as beautiful as a place like Jardin du Luxembourg, just less extensive.

Thanks for pointing this out. Let's dig into this a bit. $38 trillion is approximately 125% of US GDP. Since a lot of simplistic types like to talk about the government needing to operate like a household (they're wrong, but let's go with that), this would be similar to a household with $50,000...

There's another issue with suburban riders using it for anything other than commuting. I was talking to a recently retired friend over the weekend, who lives in the northwest quadrant of the 90/495 junction. She said that she likes the idea of taking the train to Boston for various activities...

This kind of creative repurposing is exactly what we need. I've long suggested that the floor plate area to window issue, which can be problematic for residential, is solvable by mixed use schemes, with residential on the outside, something else on the inside (data centers, vertical farming...

I had never heard of that one before yesterday, and of course you can always find an exception to the rule. I don't know whether there was controversy over that construction, or really any of those expensive stadiums, but generally when people speak of such things, they mean something like the...

Most of those Texas stadiums serve a single high school, not a few dozen. And they generally do not serve multiple other sports, a professional team, and as a city-wide gathering space. This is not an apples to apples comparison.

You need to put some sort of trigger alert on that. Terrible, just terrible. :(

So under your pessimistic scenario, 5-10 years from now, the city will be responsible for maintaining and operating a sports facility used by student athletes, which was also true 2 years ago. But instead of a modern ruin, the facility will be world class? That sounds like a win. I'm not a...

Looks pretty volatile to me, not sure it was the obvious conclusion before that second availability surge. That said, what is the lead time for a project like this? Wouldn't all sorts of balls already have been in motion by December '23?

That's just phase one! Phase two ill bring it to 600 feet, and the final phase three luxury condo section, will reach 1,000 feet for the penthouse level.

It also has the community path extension, which brings a ton of bike traffic. I know a Lamplighter bar tender and he says they get a lot of bike rider customers.

That's just like, your opinion man.

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Yeah, the clue about Allegiant made this one super easy to find.