You forgot about Massachusetts: it’s labeled yellow for Massachusetts

The center running bus lanes are pretty good at keeping drivers out. It’s completely different than a curb-adjacent bus/turn/Uber/delivery/parking lane. I encourage you to check out the Columbus Ave bus lane some time.

The conversion to BRT is gradual. The most important parts of BRT are dedicated lanes and frequent service. This accomplished both of those. Other elements are well-defined stations (included in this proposal), off-board payment, and all door boarding (currently possible on the couple free bus lines).

You could argue that this is BRT. And it’s certainly better BRT than the Silver Line on Washington St.

You can order stuff from Walmart.com

It wasn’t a negligent driver. It was an intentional act of violence by a former employee. That doesn’t make it Apple’s fault, but it wasn’t driver negligence.

$39.99/month. Verizon fios. I think it’s 200Mbps.

It wasn’t unintended. Dudes a murderer.

The rumor is that it was a disgruntled former employee. Also that the DA has opened a criminal investigation.

Idk whether that counts as terrorism. It sounds like the guy “went postal”.

It sounds like it was (E) intentionally used his car as a weapon

Calder museum is modern art?

You should step down as mod. And you should go for a bike ride.

Oh shit. You’re right. I hadn’t heard of that. Here’s a link

https://franklinparkactionplan.com/

It doesn’t look like they’re planning to get rid of the golf course or switch it to 9-holes. That’s a shame.

It kinda irks me that the city is doing a whole new master plan for the Common. The Common is already pretty nice. Spend those resources fixing Franklin Park.

You don’t need to be a Boston resident to use the Boston public library?

I took my Chevy to a shop to have my brakes worked on. The shop couldn’t replace my brake pads because their computer wasn’t able to talk to the brakes. They told me I need to take it a Chevy dealer. This is the exact bullshit that right-to-repair is meant to stop.

I think a better solution is to run the commuter rail more like a subway. Have 15 minute headways instead of 1 hour. Charge $2.40 instead of $6.50. Through-run the trains to North Station and beyond.

It would be a faster trip to Back Bay and downtown, and you could still connect with the Orange Line. Building the North South Rail Link and improving service would be easier than extending the subway to Roslindale, West Roxbury, Hyde Park, Lynn, Chelsea, and Waltham. We’ve already got the most expensive part, the right of way & the rails—we just need to use them more efficiently.

That’s the best thing about allowing more dense development, they come with tax revenue. The 200 unit apartment building is paying a lot more property tax than the funeral home it replaced.

We don’t need to eminent domain anything. People want to develop their land. In most cases, the zoning code makes doing that illegal. Take a look at the zoning map for your neighborhood. You’ll probably see that just about every building in your neighborhood is at (or above) the maximum that is allowed to be built. http://www.bostonplans.org/3d-data-maps/gis-maps/zoning-maps

If we loosen the zoning code, we’ll get the density we need.

They’re badness is exaggerated. They usually work just fine. Occasionally they don’t. If you take it every day, you will inevitably be screwed once in a while—that leads to a lot of frustration which we vent on the internet. But on any given trip, you are very likely to have a normal subway ride.

The Seattle metro has 4.0 million people. Greater Boston has 4.9 million people.

For the sake of talking about the size of cities, these are much more relevant numbers than how large the municipalities are. It doesn’t really matter that Cambridge, Somerville, Chelsea, Brookline, and Everett are not technically part of Boston when thinking about how big the city feels.

Is it possible that you’re in different congressional districts despite both being in Somerville?

Yes, but they start to lose their flavor once grinded. People who want the fanciest coffee generally like to grind a serving of beans immediately before making the coffee.

Gotcha. I thought it had become law, but I guess I had it confused with the provision in the economic development bill. Thanks

That would be helpful if I only cared about them voting “progressively” or “conservatively.” My political views are a little more nuanced—or should I say don’t align perfectly with the majority view of either party.

My area is going to elect a Democrat, so I’m not all that worried that the Mass legislature is going to be sending fake electors to certify the presidential election. What I’m looking for in my state reps is someone who wants more dense housing, safer streets where you can walk & bike, and improved transit.

Specifically I’m trying to learn about their votes on H.3931 about whether to require loosening zoning restrictions near MBTA stops.