Multi-Family Zoning Requirements for MBTA Communities

Highwayguy said:
It astounds me how respecting property rights has become a hot take. (Legit) externalities that escape property lines are one thing, but how are some neighbors able to decide, on land they don’t own, that a code complaint, three decker is ‘too tall’ for the downtown of an inside-128 ‘burb? So many liberal outcomes would be achieved, at zero cost, by simply getting out of our own way.

Ad nauseam, I hear the MBTA Communities Act described as “Big Government Overreach” imposed by the state upon our tiny, freedom loving town.

Marginally reducing collective control over private property is what again???
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I thought the exact same thing looking at the globe comments about the mbta communities act where people were saying “this is communism!” and it blew my f’n mind. Relaxing zoning which was implemented top down by the government which tells people what they can and cant build on their own land and in its place allowing entrepreneurs and corporations to build what the free market will allow according to supply and demand is communism now? LOL! We do live in a post truth world now, but god damn.
 
It's both funny and sad. Yes, there is that feeling of schadenfreude, but ultimately, we are looking at extreme NIMBYism in action, and extreme NIMBYism is to large extent responsible for our housing crisis.
 
The Mattapan Line is now (officially) considered rapid transit for the purposes of the MBTA-related zoning requirements.

www.miltontimes.com

Milton must come up with MBTA zoning

With both sides claiming a measure of victory in the state’s highest court decision on the MBTA Communities law, the nitty gritty of what Milton and other communities will be
www.miltontimes.com www.miltontimes.com
 
Riverside said:
The Mattapan Line is now (officially) considered rapid transit for the purposes of the MBTA-related zoning requirements.

www.miltontimes.com

Milton must come up with MBTA zoning

With both sides claiming a measure of victory in the state’s highest court decision on the MBTA Communities law, the nitty gritty of what Milton and other communities will be
www.miltontimes.com www.miltontimes.com
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Loved the wording shared by the earlier-posted article:

“Now, the emergency regulations define subway stations as “any of the stops along the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Red Line, Green Line, Orange Line, or Blue Line, including but not limited to the Mattapan High Speed Line and any extensions to such lines.”

Literally a big middle finger at Milton.
 
If Milton has such a problem with the Mattapan Line being designated as "rapid transit", how about they start supporting a Red Line extension from Ashmont to Mattapan?
 
themissinglink said:
If Milton has such a problem with the Mattapan Line being designated as "rapid transit", how about they start supporting a Red Line extension from Ashmont to Mattapan?
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The problem with the designation is that it is not correct, the subway does not pass thru Milton, and the state knows it was going to be a problem, so they changed it just for them. Do you know something we don't know? I am not aware of opposition to a Red Line expansion, or even an actual plan outside AB. The opposition in the town is based in East Milton because of the highway and lack of transit

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Scott said:
The problem with the designation is that it is not correct, the subway does not pass thru Milton, and the state knows it was going to be a problem, so they changed it just for them. Do you know something we don't know? I am not aware of opposition to a Red Line expansion, or even an actual plan outside AB. The opposition in the town is based in East Milton because of the highway and lack of transit

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I would agree with you if it were just the Mattapan Line, but the act also defines the Silver Line as rapid transit. So basically, everything that is better than local bus service. It's not just signaling out Milton.
 
More importantly is that there was little opposition, and even support in Lower Mills and the Blue Hills Parkway areas near the trolley but overwhelming opposition over in East Milton near the highway
 
Scott said:
More importantly is that there was little opposition, and even support in Lower Mills and the Blue Hills Parkway areas near the trolley but overwhelming opposition over in East Milton near the highway
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But Milton gets to choose where they zone. If they don't want to increase density in East Milton because there's no transit nobody is forcing them to.
 
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