Born & raised #DotBos bicyclist free of car ownership since '06! aka @adampdotcom
#TheBostonStroget #dotpoli #FareFreeMBTA #BicycleFreeways #BSG
Aiming for 42% sarcasm.
| Website | https://adamp.com |
| BirdApp | https://twitter.com/adampdotcom |
| City | Portland, OR |
| Hometwon | Dorchester, Boston, MA |
Fare-free public transit actually saves money overall in the long-term while also providing a better service!
Imagine not having to spend money on fare gates, AFC, fare enforcement, fare processing and station designs that keep people out. #mbta
https://adamp.com/boston/is-fare-free-mbta-more-economical-for-the-commonwealth/
Leave it to PBOT to harden a bike lane with a concrete curb and somehow make it worse by putting the curb inside the bike lane. 🤦♂️
New bike day! UPS is delivering my titanium all-road forever bike from Firefly Bicycles sometime today!
Can't wait to see it in person and especially to ride it!
The graphics on the head and seat tubes are a map of Dorchester with the icons places I've lived.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/fireflybicycles/albums/72177720309342461
Explore this photo album by Firefly Bicycles on Flickr!
Anyone know latest status of the bike lanes on Mass Ave in Dorchester? Haven't seems any news on them and IIRC they were scheduled to be completed in 2022?
Edit: I see the city has updated to Summer 23 as a completion date. https://www.boston.gov/departments/transportation/mass-ave-better-bike-project
We began planning this corridor with you in September 2019. The final design reflects comments and feedback from nearby residents, business owners, and people who use this corridor. Construction began in summer, 2022. Our contractor began by adding and improving curb ramps so that they will be fully accessible to people using assistive devices like wheelchairs or walkers. Complications in the design of these ramps slowed the pace of work. We now anticipate project completion in early summer, 2023.
“We have parking minimums and yet housing maximums, which means we have too many cars and too little housing…
“Why should people pay high prices for housing but cars pay nothing for some of the most valuable land on Earth?”
#DonaldShoup #freeparking #climate #housing #walkability #waroncars
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/26/us-cities-parking-lots-climate-walkability
Over the last several months, the City of Boston has been taking steps to mitigate the congestion, replacing street parking meters with 5- and 10-minute food pickup zones. But it's not enough, says Boston's chief of streets.
Monte Paulsen, Climate Ready Buildings Group
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