News today that Boston Mayor Marty Walsh & Mass Governor Charlie Baker want to redevelop 5.5 acres along Kneeland Street, near South Station (Global Article) got me thinking about how our government needs to rethink how it monetizes … [Read more...]
Jeff Jacoby Is An Ass
Jeff Jacoby, everyone's favorite Fox News parrot, piped up today in a piece titled "Urban Roads Aren't Meant For Bicycles" and proves that he is an ass. How Jeff Jacoby Views Driving To Work After the death of Dr. Anita Kurmann at the … [Read more...]
Uber or Taxi – It Doesn’t Have To Be A Binary Choice
Commonwealth Magazine has had some good articles over the last many months about Uber & other "ride-sharing" applications. I've recently run through Uber is as Transportation Outlaw and Ridesharing Choices Must Be Protected but both are … [Read more...]
What Can BMG Do To Remove Gun Ads From Its Site?
Hi all, I was a bit shocked today as I read through the front page posts on BMG only to stumble across an ad for Concealed Carry information alongside a post about the tragedy in Charleston. I clicked through the AdChoices link only to … [Read more...]
Boston 2024’s Wasted Opportunity: A New MBTA
As Bob wrote yesterday, support for Boston 2024 is waning. And wherever you stand on the overall benefits a Bean Town Olympiad could bring to Boston, I think we can all say that one of Boston 2024's biggest problems is they haven't sold the … [Read more...]
Fixing the MBTA: Fast Gut Reactions to Charlie’s Blue Ribbon Panel
In case you didn't see it, given all the headlines about the Tsarnaev trial, Governor Charlie Baker's Blue Ribbon Panel on the MBTA released their report today. The Globe has the full report here. While this report is a lot to ingest, I … [Read more...]
Fast Brain Dump: Why We Need A Capital Region Government, Or Why Boston Should Annex Everything Inside Route 128
This is not going to be an in-depth, highly researched & linked article. This is a fast brain dump on why in the great Boston Metro area we either need a "Capital Region Government" or Boston should just annex everything within Route … [Read more...]
Fixing the MBTA – Governor Baker Announces MBTA Special Panel, Gives Them 30 Days
Today Gov. Charlie Baker announced a blue ribbon Comission to study the MBTA's current state of affairs and recommend changes. While Gov. Deval Patrick also had a commission (Headed by former John Hancock CEO David F. D'Alessandro) study … [Read more...]
Fixing the MBTA – Name & Shame Edition
I'd like to thank everyone for their great feedback on my last post (Fixing the MBTA - Diving Into Some Numbers, Talking Transportation As An Investment, Transit Around The World and Finding Cash Flow) and the great discussion it … [Read more...]
Fixing the MBTA – Diving Into Some Numbers, Talking Transportation As An Investment, Transit Around The World and Finding Cash Flow
With the recent performance of the MBTA during these record snowfalls, coupled with the recently announced departure of the MBTA General Manager Beverly Scott, I took it upon myself to dig more into some of the numbers that got us here to … [Read more...]