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Has nobody gone in? No pictures? No MBTA press release? I'm just excited, is all, and I don't go through South Station so much anymore.

I think you skipped Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler, who should also be on that list. https://www.cambridgebikesafety.org/ I was just comparing the Bike Safety endorsements with the pro-housing endorsements from A Better Cambridge, here https://www.abettercambridge.org/25quest I don't totally agree...

I actually think looking up at SST from inside South Station would be pretty cool. Or could be. Maybe that's just me. The shadows would block a lot of sunlight for sure. But actually, from a quick poke around, it might be better than I was thinking. I remebered BPDA released this shadow tool...

I know there's too much retail in the waiting area, and that's kind of a problem.... but I miss that bookstore. Bring back that bookstore. Still, a surprising number of books on my shelf came from that little shop. But enough nostalgia. I'm hoping the roof is one day replaced with some glass...

"We just can't do transit system expansion," I say on my way to the ribbon cutting. "It's not possible, and we shouldn't try."

Yes, this. She could have resigned, or alternatively just studied tolling anyway. She could have come out and said "The Governor doesn't want to do tolling. But we've been tasked with solving a funding gap and were told everything is on the table, so this is on the table." Instead it looked...

Neat! I was just out on that wharf, looking ashore, wondering when that site's day would come. As for mass transit, this site is a five minute walk from Lafayette St, which has buses if someone doesn't want to talk to the train station. But they're infrequent and, yeah, not great mass transit...

Ok, I'm super curious what folks here think of this news. So I'll throw out my total outsider take and maybe someone here knows better.... This looks bad, right? This is Healy's second Transportation Secretary to leave suddenly with no explanation. The first left in under a year. Tibbits-Nutt...

I see, thanks for the clarification. Honestly, I'm one of those people. I see them as so linked, I think of them as basically the same. What's the practical difference?

"New Boston" was a kind of slogan or ethos behind a lot of the Urban Renewal here in the 1950's-1970's. Boston had been in economic decline for decades; buildings were crumbling; and the whole city felt old-fashioned and incompatible with a modern city. Urban planners explicitly wanted to build...

I passed by the under-construction plaza in Central Square. It is, still, under construction. This seems to be happening in fits and starts. A bunch of work will get done, and then nothing seems to happen for weeks or even months. It looks like the whole plaza has been fenced off with...

Average Commuter Rail Speeds I don't know where to stick this, but I think this is maybe interesting for people looking at expanded commuter rail services, or add some around Providence like discussed above. This is just the average speeds of existing commuter rail services. I also Included...

I can't believe no one on aB has jumped on this story yet. Kowloon Restaurant is being redeveloped! They'll keep a much smaller restaurant, but put up almost 200 apartment units. The iconic A-frame-like entrance will be no more...

I don't go walk along the Neponset much, but I'm always happy when a do. What a cool part of Boston! Here's a pic, and maybe I'll get around to sorting the rest of my pictures later:

Coming back to this... That's great they're pedestrianizing that block, but jeez I wish they would also pedestrianize the other two useless blocks of Bow Street there. Apparently I've said this before, but the next couple blocks from Plympton to Holyoke also serve zero value for traffic. They...

This reminds me, the LA Metro put out this unintentionally hilarious video last year. It's directions for how to take the train after a Dodgers game, and it's very upbeat in a "So Simple!" and "You Can Do It!" kind of way. It's supposed to be a 25 minute walk. The directions are obviously...

I can't find a resource, and I was hoping someone here just knows where to find it. Some local org put together a simple chart for the upcoming Cambridge election. It was just a user-friendly chart showing how each incumbent voted on the major bike lane and housing votes of the past few years...

Kraft clearly ran an terrible campaign. I'll add "charisma-less." But also, Wu won by the primary by lot because people seem to basically like her. In her normal mayoral duties, people seem to think she's doing a fine job (aside from the opinions of some entitled developers who expected more...

Yeah, that's a good point. But that might be a bit off from what I was trying to say. I think the difference might be between "frequent, all-day service" and "event service." If Foxboro got frequent, all day rail service, then yes, you're right, that land would be worth more. Kraft would...

Last night he promised he was staying in the race. It could be just to save face. He might like the publicity (which has been far more generous than it should be), and thinks this could help him in future political races. He might just be an idiot. Dunno. He's said he's staying in. Maybe we...