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I totally agree, I just wish that there was a little sign or notification on the app that warned me about that.

It's not the expiring that was what got me, apparently you can't scan into and out of the fare gates with the same QR code within a certain period of time. There's some sort of cooldown to re-open the gates once you've scanned your QR code once.

I am not a big fan of these choices. I was hoping that a pine flag would have made the final cut. One of the seals has "State of Massachusetts" on it.......

RIP those pedestrian paths, that seemed kind of a neat feature.

Milton is trying to change the definition of what "rapid transit" is to avoid being an MBTA Rapid Transit Community. https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3813 https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2378 https://malegislature.gov/Events/Hearings/Detail/5345

We should put this in a time capsule so maybe this gets done in another 50 years.

8/10 of the Boston at-large city council candidates filled out surveys on some policy issues. https://dotnews.com/2025/survey-offers-new-insights-council-large-field Direct link that has the surveys https://www.bmrb.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/RU082125.pdf

The expiring MBTA tickets are so annoying. I wanted to grab Dunkin at North Station, but the one inside the gates closed and I had to get a Keolis employee to let me back inside after I had already entered the fare gates.

https://commonwealthbeacon.org/politics/galvin-pursuing-ballot-question-on-same-day-voter-registration/

I occasionally bike this way to get from North Station to points west in Allston, getting onto the Cambridge side of the river to the Paul Dudley bike path was always an annoying section of it. Even if this new path + bridge is a tad windier than I'd like, I think I'd much rather do this than...

What the hell, why is this so slow to get approved. I thought Great Scott was an Allston landmark, you'd think it would get the fast track to get rebuilt. That corner of Harvard and Cambridge St could use some new development, right now it feels pretty barren.

All that money for a sign that's going to be blocked. :LOL:

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/14/business/bike-lanes-boston-wu-cashman/ Letting perfect be the enemy of progress.... https://www.cambridgeday.com/2025/08/13/judge-temporarily-bars-linear-park-project-work-as-a-lawsuit-by-cantabrigians-alleges-broken-laws/ This is also frustrating. Anyone...

One brand of this rubber pavement is "Flexi-Pave", if that helps your searching. I've seen it used to either replace the metal grates that would surround a tree pit and also replace the sidewalk panel adjacent to the trees. Beacon St in Back Bay has some good examples of it in action. I wish...

Most cities are god awful at fixing their sidewalks. I wish Boston was a bit more aggressive at some quick fixes, like grinding down the edges of concrete panels that have been lifted. I've seen a few other communities, like Brookline, use that method as a short-term fix. I wonder if that would...

The new Bluebike stations in Allston-Brighton, Fenway, and Mission Hill have been selected! There's a lot that were not selected due to "negative feedback from the community", but there's still quite a few new spots. Plus some existing stations have been expanded in size, like the Deerfield St...

At the unsignalized crossing on N Beacon street, there are now some Rectangular Rapid Flash Beacons (RRFB). Not a bad short-term improvement.

Is there an interactive map with the HIN?

O Wtf how are so many states doing so much better than us. The state's report on housing production that was released earlier this year even highlights that as a policy change. At the rate the legislature moves, we'll see a study to form a commission in a few years...

https://www.abundanthousingma.org/2025-2026-priorities/ Abundant Housing MA's three priorities are: