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@DZH22 , here I am opening the thread you created thinking, “Oh, interesting: this should be a constructive conversation about the problems with bike share and ways to solve them.” And, instead, I found a fuss fest. First of all, the two ‘problems’ you listed with bike share aren’t bike share...

Annually.

I was in the neighborhood yesterday… and positively giddy at the transformation this development is having on the neighborhood. Air rights developments like these have a palpable effect on reconnecting communities from the scars of our interstate highway network. I really hope we can figure out...

It was both. From Nov. 2015:

Sure, but what a miserable journey from the terminals! The fact that the Strip is that close to the airport and there is not a reasonable transit, walk, or bike accommodation is absurd.

In a market like Westwood where the supply of transit-accessible, new construction, walkable home ownership opportunities is scant--and where single-family listings nearby are comparably priced north of $1M--I actually think that's an attractive price point. Maybe not for you or me, but I'm...

What happened to the Utile design?

The plan above says there will be shuttle bus service from Sullivan. I would not be surprised if there's water taxi/ferry service included in the scope. A more coordinated plan for ferry transport along the Mystic River is probably merited when you factor in all of the new development happening...

I like the facadectomy here. I really like the 18% income restricted housing proposed. I love the parking ratio to units (either 1:3 or 1:5 depending on where you read in PNF)! I snagged this photo from the PNF. As a NU alum, the principle thought crossing my mind is how beautiful the day will...

^^Is there a landscaping plan for Terminal E? I'm not sure how scrapping the people mover and garage impact short-term landscaping/tree coverage around the terminal, but hopeful there's enough real estate here to get some dense foliage.

I'm not sure what the agenda is of the producer of that video, but I think his thesis--"the US needs to privatize airports"--is a flawed one. While many airports in the US, to his point, have gone into debt and/or struggle to make ends meet, that's not the case for all of them. Pandemic...

The Empire State Building was constructed about as quickly... is it so unreasonable to expect the same of multi-family housing generation in the 21st century?

I can attempt to take a crack at this one (but please note I am by no means 'the authority' on State-level transportation planning). It's comprehensive, so bare with me... As I've mentioned in the past, I am the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) Coordinator at MassDOT's Office of...

Housing generation limited to a single neighborhood is not a silver bullet solution to the region’s housing/cost of living woes. If you’d said “Wish ‘every neighborhood in Boston and abutting communities—especially employment centers’—would add 10 of these with no parking requirements, but...

JetBlue removes 37 routes with big cuts hitting NYC and South Florida Notably from the announcement, not a single route from Boston was cut.

I'm digging the bay window pattern up to the higher floors. It clearly affects the reflection(s) of other Financial District towers when viewed from different vantage points on the ground, thus distinguishing it from other fully-glass facade skyscrapers as of late.

How is that different from The Common at CX (nee North Point Park)? It's effectively a multi-acre wetland at the heart of the new development that serves to help with flood management, and it does look great in person.

Thinking less in “the Big3” terms and more about some other attractive characteristics about the merger that people aren’t really discussing: - LAS, MCO, and FLL/MIA are not only the top leisure destinations in the US… they are fast-growing metropoli. Demographic trends being what they are...

I think this is one of the first Boston buildings I've ever looked at and actually hated. The massing is cool: bold, disruptive, and distinctive. Good urbanism is a combo of old, new, big, and small--this accomplishes that. The use is awesome: converting a transit-adjacent parking lot into a...

Nice Globe article about the inaugural JetBlue flight from Boston to London Gatwick this week (except the parts about burrata... it's supposed to be runny!). Sounds like the Boston to London-Heathrow route begins next month.