Christian MilNeil

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Editor of @streetsblogmass, and #PortlandME public housing commissioner.
I edit this news website:https://mass.streetsblog.org/author/christianmilneil/

If you live in NYC please verbally tell at least two people how happy you are about congestion pricing. The nature of these things is people will complain and it's gonna get bad now that's happening at long last.

People form their opinions based on what other people say when they don't have a direct investment in an issue. Simply knowing a few people who support congestion pricing can easily reshape how the issue is seen.

But it is more likely they will hear someone complaining loudly.

Northern lights in Jamaica Plain!
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How to Monetize a Blog

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I'd had a bad flu and am just getting back to work, but boy, it sure seems like the Globe's Old White Guy editors had an even worse week than I did...

(images via @ErinInTheMorn and threads.net/@katienotopoulos)

There’s a wild Danish e-bike in our office garage today
@bikescape Hi Rik! I’m one of the myrmidons invading your hometown this week. It’s pretty nice! I’m on vacation but I think I might like to do a write up for Streetsblog. Would you have any interest in meeting up for a coffee and a bike ride?
Bike tow

What's the criminal-legal system that serial killed a bunch of women in the 17th century up to these days?

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/06/05/downtown-salem-gets-lots-of-foot-traffic-its-cops-want-to-fence-it-in

Downtown Salem Gets Lots of Foot Traffic; Its Cops Want to Fence It In - Streetsblog Massachusetts

Last month, the Salem Police Department announced a controversial new plan to manage the dense crowds of pedestrians that visit the Witch City every autumn. Police are proposing to erect two temporary fences across a major downtown crosswalk, effectively turning two busy sidewalks into enclosed corrals. The Police Department’s crowd-control proposal is focused on the […]

Another powerful op-ed against the #Maine Turnpike authority's proposed $300M highway to Gorham:

"The harmful social and environmental consequences of highway expansion projects like this leave behind long term damage in virtually every case across the country."

https://www.pressherald.com/2024/05/22/opinion-we-can-do-way-better-than-the-gorham-connector/

Opinion: We can do way better than the Gorham Connector

Just because another length of road seemed a good idea in prior decades doesn’t mean we have to build it now.

Press Herald