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Just curious of people's thoughts on recent push by city council to reduce the default speed limit in city to 20 (15 at schools). The claim is the language is different this time so that beacon hill only has to do it for Boston. I'm wondering if this will gain any traction.

I am curious as to what this might mean moving forward. The big question I have is if a neighborhood is pushing for traffic calming measures, that the city can move more quickly and we might see the end of BTD/DPW using neighborhood divisions to avoid embarking on an extensive design process...

meeting tonight: http://www.bostonredevelopmentauthority.org/projects/development-projects/parcel-u I've been impressed with the urbanica proposals - those townhouses look very interesting and should help activate that section of hyde park ave... the rail side of the project looks a little...

http://www.bostonredevelopmentauthority.org/projects/development-projects/3521-3529-washington-street I don't normally chime in on these projects - but the washington street building and the self-service storage facility are absolutely hideous. The residential building at least seems like they...

If you look past the crime in the northern part of the neighborhood, I actually think Mattapan has potential - you're still relatively close in to the city, if the Fairmount line gets DMUs and much more frequent service you're 10 minutes from downtown, although there aren't many parks within the...

I'm curious as to what people know about Franklin Park, history, potential improvements (and funding), etc... I personally feel there is a ton of potential for this park - and especially development around the perimeter - but that it's been somewhat neglected by the city and not really taken...

Couldn't find a thread specifically on this neighborhood (since it spans both roxbury and dorchester) - but the BRA has put out a request for a WAG for development around the Fairmount Line stop...

The Panama Canal is set to accommodate larger ships in a couple years - what is Boston doing to prepare for this coming boom in shipping up the east coast?