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Adding to the flexpost removals, the Longfellow bridge has more than half its flexposts missing in both directions. Hopefully just a result of flexposts needing replacement after some were destroyed by plows & cars over the winter. Whenever roads have lane closures and configuration changes...

This removal is quite odd. I'm hoping in the coming few days the city will announce a press release saying they will replace with new/more sturdy barriers by a certain date. It'd be really weird just to leave the lanes unprotected since it doesn't make car throughput any better (since causing...

Love them too. I do wish the newer generation bikes could be a built a (bit) more lightweight, however. I get that it helps with reliability and lifespan but a 45lb bike really deters people who are smaller or have less muscle strength (younger teenagers, smaller women, elderly) from using them...

This is the most absurd thing for NIMBY's to rally against lol. Fine, I get the "undesirables" that a subway line will bring in, but a damn bike trail?? Lexington should be plenty of proof that having a greenway makes real estate values go up.

I'm a bit torn on this one, since raising fees on cars ultimately *may* get people to mode shift onto transit. But this is a regressive tax since all younger (less wealthy) people are more likely to use uber and not own cars, while the T is not operable at all hours or just requires too many...

One can only dream, but I imagine the way to prioritize higher-throughput rail here would be two tracks for RL through Savin Hill, and a quad-track CR railway so all the cape/SCR trains/Greenbush/Plymouth trains can express through this section while local hingham/weymouth trains make all stops...

Ok since I somewhat started this whole discussion by bringing up all of the benefits of camera enforcement for non-car people, we should highlight the benefits for drivers too. Off the top of my head I can think of: - fewer blocked boxes & better intersection throughput and flow of cars - more...

Yep - the stations were pretty much designed to minimize cost and disruption to existing parcels of land, rather than have a optimal walkshed. Even the union square station is in the wrong place (too far east & south).. but its better than no GLX at all.

It's wild how quickly people are willing to admit to lawbreaking and reckless behavior as soon as their right to drive a car anywhere at any speed is brought into question.

In the Boston urban core (which is the topic of this forum, and where most of these cameras will be installed), more than 50% of trips within city limits are done outside a car. I'd estimate its more like 60-70%. If we had better bike, ped, and transit infrastructure, this could easily be 80+%...

Seems like this generally a universal boon for anyone outside of a car? Less box-blocking, better traffic flow and increased road capacity from lower travel speeds. Lower tire noise, lower engine noise, lower particle pollution from tire wear, fewer accidents, lower insurance premiums, safer...

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2025/01/23/city-will-install-lighting-to-dark-segments-of-the-community-path-in-east-somerville 4-6 months and $600k just to install some lamps over a 0.5-mile stretch?? Maybe I'm just naive.. but that should be the cost of like an entire infill station.

A bit off topic, but LGA has been winning accolades since its multi-year reconstruction. Sure the flow of people within the terminal has been much improved, but anyone who's been there lately knows the airport roadways are a all-day clusterfuck of cars, ubers, and buses. It's incredible that...

Thanks for the explanation. I never understood why it seems like an entire train has to be held out of service though? Like we have 3 full trainsets but only two in service at any given time. Is it just the third trainset is still in its burn-in period?

I'm perfectly fine with allowing a ~10mph buffer above the speed limit before a ticket is triggered. Or hell, just have it installed on city streets rather than interstate highways. Basically everywhere in the city there's a radar speed sign, replace it with a speed camera. You do make a point...

There is absolutely zero reason to not have camera enforcement. There really should be hidden speed cameras ticketing anyone that's driving >10mph over.. the revenue would pay for its installation in like a day. And second, cameras on buses to ticket drivers that are in the bus lane, and...

This is the major difference between Cambridge/Sommerville and Brookline. Both wealthy white urban residential neighborhoods with a mix of major job centers and schools/hospitals, and excellent transit to the core. But Cambridge is forcing its cycling safety ordinance ahead no matter what small...

Both can be true - we can be courteous to people walking accidentally in our separated bike lane AND we can nudge people towards looking both ways before they cross it. I'm pretty sure most people are not maliciously standing in the bike lane, they just aren't used to the culture of biking being...

I've found that just ringing the bluebike bell is enough to get people to politely step out of the way. Having a protected bike lane doesn't mean you will always have the right of way and you will be able to ride non-stop. We can all do our part to fight the "helmetless, out-of-control...

Remember that improving frequencies should do more to improve ridership than just splitting the 8-car hourly train into two 4-car trains. More frequent trains will make the system more useful as an alternative to driving. But it seems like running 4-car double deckers with a couple trains a day...