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It does though! While a vague entity, MAPC exists!

That's not what it has been going towards though, it's been going into the operations budget. Most of the SOGR work is funded through the CIP. On the local taxes piece, it should not be on Arlington (and/or Lexington) to fund a red line extension alone. The benefits are regional and the costs...

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Cyclists are people. There is no well behaved mode of transportation* because they are all people. That's why it's important to design and set policy in such a way to account for that rather than assume people will obey traffic laws just because. Do you think pedestrians follow the rules and act...

Not a specific development, but Arlington is working on an update to its zoning code and will be adding in new parking minimums!* *for bikes

Careful, Mayor Wu might make you housing czar with that attitude

Unfortunately if someone does not die within 24 hours or so crashes don't really get coverage. Even if it results in a serious injury. Symptom of how tuned out and numb society is to traffic violence.

It has been a terrible couple of days: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/02/metro/identity-of-lynn-cyclist-killed-by-truck-driver-revealed/

Saw one parked on Summer St in Malden this morning. Didn't grab a pic

Touche! Also funnily I was just about to "well actually" your other post with Minneapolis as the example lol. No sea of (surface) parking

I think the general consensus is that baseball/basketball/hockey (especially when combined like TD Garden) can work in and even enliven the urban fabric because of how frequently the space is used whereas a football stadium is, at best, a couple dozen times a year between games and concerts. I...

I'm sure there's something, somewhere, but progress has really ground to a halt. The lack of a master plan for the network in Boston is mind boggling to me.

Was contacted a few times by Markey folks, never by Moulton folks. I was very ready to vote for not-Markey this cycle but Moulton just isn't the guy to do it.

Grew up in southwest CT and fully identify with New England

Regulation isn't an inherently left wing thing. It's been framed thst way post-Reagan but regulation csn absolutely be used to advance right wing objectives. That's what's been the case with the housing market and more left of center politicians need to be explicit in naming it as such

That is...a really small boat

To be fair, the COGs in CT have no power other than as distributors of transpo dollars. But yeah I imagine buy in was easier to get there because the mayors/selectmen are much more directly involved with the COGs as opposed to how most RPAs function in MA. There's significant push for this that...

I wish the state would just abolish the counties and adopt what CT did and use the RPA boundaries as the new regional level of government, then actually allow them to have some jurisdictional power. It shouldn't be on Boston alone to raise the money for red/blue when its benefits directly accrue...

https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/child-riding-bicycle-struck-seriously-injured-wellesley/24ADMTRDG5CYJLWNMNOPUHDKYY/ Looks like a cut through between 9 and 16. Exactly the kind of street that needs some speed humps. Here's hoping for the best for the kid.

Ahhhh now I understand why the state transportation building elevators are under maintenance every other week. Think of the health insurance savings for the taxpayers!