Hank Layfield
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Father, husband, urban cyclist, fitness enthusiast, ANTIFAscist, Star Trek nerd. Baseball is my religion.
Matthew Broude@conradhackett wow, much as I love them, I never would have guessed mushrooms would be the most favored topping.
@Chris @ianlivingston in Boston, the water and sewer commission marks storm drains to indicate the drainage. My neighborhood sits astride the divide between the Charles and Neponsett watersheds, and it seems that walking between almost any pair of drains involves crossing a divide.
@ianlivingston great map. I have stood on the point where the orange ends at the yellow line, creating a triple divide. From that spot, I poured some water from my cantine that would theoretically find its way to the Pacific, Gulf of Mexico, and Hudson Bay. Love this kind of stuff.
@politypat @jaloisi frequent and all day regional rail, including trains to Springfield would be transformative.
@jaloisi I'm not a fan of his proposed proximity based taxation. It will only stimulate more NIMBYism. But agree that the Commonwealth should look at consolidating the MBTA and all the RTAs under a single MassTransit umbrella.
George Takei 
🏳️🌈🖖🏽I am heartbroken by this news. 5 are dead and 18 wounded from this horrific armed assault at a gay club hosting a drag show night in Colorado Springs.
An attack upon our community anywhere is an attack upon us all everywhere. My heart is with the victims and their families.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/20/us/colorado-springs-shooting-gay-nightclub/index.html
@dariohudon it's an interesting question. I also thought that at one time.
I do know, that when I visited Amsterdam in the mid-90s, there was a crazy large amount of biking, but I did not see all the paths that they have now. So I think they first did some version of safe streets, which would have Stimulated more biking, before complete rebuilds.
@dariohudon this always bears repeating. The Netherlands did not achieve their bike infrastructure overnight. It took decades of activism and refinement. We can get there in other cities, and great progress is happening. But it is still going to take time and more hard work.
DarioI didn’t realize that the Dutch fought for their bike lanes. There’s a lot of history within this that I’m currently naive about but excited to learn!
Here’s the article I’m starting with — How the Dutch got Their Cycle Paths: https://www.pps.org/article/how-the-dutch-got-their-cycle-paths
