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Isn’t it obvious that they’re purposely doing the worst and costliest project possible? Investing $700+ mil for the ultimate tool to crush public support for any future regional rail or similar transit projects

Thanks, I kind of figured that was the (major) barrier. I sort of understand that Readville is a much bigger and more complicated situation, but to my eyes Fairmount seems so simple and it’s the terminus of zone 1A. I cant understand an excuse for not getting the ball rolling on high platforms...

at least 3 years delayed and still no sign of high level platforms at fairmount or readville

https://americanpetproducts.org/news/u.s.-pet-industry-reaches-158-billion-in-2025-poised-for-continued-growth-in-2026 ^according to this study, % of households with dogs increased from 51% to 53% last year. According to census data, 37% of boston area households have a dog. According to the...

You’re certainly right that user fees would more effectively reduce the poop issue, but you’re also coming from the assumed perspective that preventing dogs from being in a city is a good thing or a net positive. It may be for some people, but the majority of people want dogs, the majority of...

The problem is people, not dogs. Some people litter, or behave in other selfish ways in shared environments, and some of those people also have a dog. Sure, there are some breeds that don’t make sense in urban environments and some people adopt them anyway. But framing the problem as “dog...

Increased height/unit count BPDA approved

ZBA approved

Building permit issued Wednesday

This is of course a fair rebuttal, and I'm admittedly coming from a point of frustration that Franklin riders face by far the longest travel time of all the Zone 6 stations, in some cases nearly double, and they are ALSO likely the ones who will be sacrified with a forced transfer at Readville...

You can't just look at the raw numbers without diving into the factors that drive them. Franklin is the most populous municipality on the line (and would be the most populous on the Providence Line north of Attleboro as well). Ridership from Forge Park is severely suppressed by horrendous...

I like the idea of putting Walpole on Foxboro, but I prefer even more to revert Foxboro to event only or give it a shuttle on the Framingham Secondary. Obviously strong agree with the TOD. i disagree w/ your premise re: lost ridership from those stations. For example 99% of Norwood Depot...

Crazy how Lowell and Franklin are both ~25 miles yet Lowell is 26min faster. Difference being twice as many stops. Hot take but they should ditch Norfolk, Windsor Gardens, Norwood Depot, Islington, and Endicott, I bet you’d get more total ridership focusing on much faster travel times at the...

Now that’s just crazy talk. Let’s focus on the bigger problem - bicycles that are slightly easier to pedal - before we sweat the little things

To clarify on my end, if I set it on [what i think of as class 3] it provides pedal assist up to 27 or 28mph. I only hit 30 with a dose of adrenaline on top and maybe a little decline. But again, I almost always have it on [what I think of as class 2] level assist at most, because there’s no...

on the flip side, i have a class 3 ebike. i love being able to whip around an open road at 30mph. but when i commute to work on a shared use path, i set it at class 2 level and tend to ride at the 15-20 range. there’s absolutely no reason to ban that on shared use paths, and doing so would be...

Meanwhile, the City mysteriously canceled its scheduled unveiling of the desperstely needed Squares and Streets zoning for nearby Cleary Sq FIVE months ago and has been silent ever since. This project is god awful (aside from the obvious benefit of more housing), but they’re paying the price for...

BPDA approved tonight

One problem, coming from personal experience, is that the required transfer at Readville has been an unmitigated disaster for Franklin line riders going to or from Back Bay/Ruggles. The T’s operations coordination is nonexistent, so if a Franklin train scheduled to arrive just before a...