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There is an argument that NEU let it decay on purpose cause they wanted a new arena. Whether that's true who knows, but it's not exactly an institution known for their scruples.

Idk, is traffic even real? I grew up in Dover and I’m there all the time. It’s gotten significantly more denser with that typology you describe. People complain about the traffic but I’ve literally never had an issue. The population density or politics don’t support transit but you can...

Why aren't any of those guys in jail yet?

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly9y030r37o Renders straight out of AB dreams… think of the smokestacks!

Nonprofits are privatization. No way they should just be handed money. Huge political weakness for progressives

Agreed, though somehow I doubt that Five Car Flynn is thinking of wheelchair and bike users impacted by the storm... it's most definitely people on FB who can't park.

Just car brained nonsense

Accidents happen all the time and recklessness can certainly be a part. Take me for example, granted I'm a moron but--I was crossing Causeway St outside the crosswalk b/c it was blocked. The plow truck blocking the crosswalk started backing up because they realized they were blocking the...

We had a really fun show at union square today. The type 8 in the back of the pair was not working and so they uncoupled it live in front of us. The supervisor explained to everyone that the type 8s do not work in the cold. They were trying all sorts of maneuvers to uncouple them and the...

Just got a long email from the project team, reads a lot like the one I got from the I-90 project team except this one I think I managed to elicit more of an emotional reaction beyond "we need the space". What did it? Well, I said that they "didn't try very hard" and were "wreaking havoc" and...

Also let's not forget the "director of megaprojects" we hired who was supposed to figure this stuff out, and not, I don't know, not do anything

Idea - What if we wrote VHB a check for 100 million dollars for them to call us names during public meetings and produce a design that is ultimately unworkable?

In NYC this is 4k a month

I think this is a fair point but the problem with the example posted is that it's a filthy urban street that is mostly for cars and has no trees, barely any sidewalks, poor retail activation. If it looked more like a dense street in China or Japan it might be more livable. I think a better...

Sure but we seem unable to fix the aesthetic part either, so, what can you do. I agree that architects are not incredibly capable at this part, but despite our fascist focus on aesthetics over the practical we have yet to convince an architect through law or coercion to produce a building the...

Oh the email I'm about to write is going to be so nasty, lol

I feel like this point always misses that there's nothing magical about 3 story buildings that makes them denser than 6 story buildings... Somerville lacks uses other than residential and is densely built out so of course it has a high density. If you kept Somerville's street grid and built 60...

Going to be tough for the residential rental market to absorb...

Everything for the SFH owners! Give up whatever that law is, the mortgage interest tax deduction, 30-year fixed mortages, fannie and freddie, and then we'll talk about losing rent control.

We could also try not paying as much for transit projects.