Michael.Kinkema

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Housing, cycling, transit, and griping
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Sure am glad that I supported the North Cambridge bike lanes for all of those no good Arlington commuters, especially now that I have become an East Arlington to Cambridge commuter.
Paul Toner seems to have deleted his social media accounts and his campaign website. 🤔

RT @benbrachfeld SCOOP: NYC Comptroller Lander says he has assembled the team that will litigate against the congestion pricing pause, with lawyers from ecbawm, MFJ Legal, and Earthjustice leading suits expected to be filed in the next few weeks.

https://www.amny.com/transit/comptroller-lander-legal-challenge-hochul-congestion-pricing/

EXCLUSIVE | City Comptroller Lander assembles legal team to challenge Hochul’s congestion pricing pause

City Comptroller Brad Lander has assembled a legal team expected to sue Hochul for rolling back the anticipated Congestion Pricing plan.

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The #massachuetts RMV has sneakily banned all kei trucks and apparently all Japanese vehicle imports?
Anyway if you like small, practical vehicles please write your state reps and senators about this https://www.theautopian.com/massachusetts-announces-a-japanese-car-ban-and-its-even-dumber-than-you-think/

#Boston

Massachusetts Announces A Japanese Car Ban And It's Even Dumber Than You Think - The Autopian

Massachusetts has officially banned Japanese Kei trucks. It is effectively a total JDM ban because the state doesn't know what a Kei car is.

The Autopian
If you're considering buying the Abound, and you live in the Camberville area, E-Bikes of New England has (finally) gotten Aventon to let them offer the same deal to buyers through their shop (https://www.ebikesofne.com/): email [email protected] to order through them with free delivery and assembly in the Camberville area. Let me know if you have any questions on it.
#MBTA General Manager Phillip Eng announces major increase in rail service for #Boston's Fairmount Line: "We're going to 30-minute (frequency) on this spring schedule, 7 days a week."
https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/04/25/mbta-regional-rail-schedule-changes-add-more-service-on-worcester-fairmount-lines
MBTA Regional Rail Schedule Changes Add More Service on Worcester, Fairmount Lines - Streetsblog Massachusetts

At Thursday’s MBTA board of directors meeting, MBTA General Manager Phillip Eng announced two big regional rail service improvements that are expected to take effect with spring schedule changes, effective near the end of May. Worcester express train returns (but only in the mornings) “We’re adding back an express train that will shorten the trip […]

Mastodons: last Cambridge bike lane lawsuit was just dismissed https://twitter.com/johnhawkinson/status/1762236550908109088?t=DPAxk-j8vj8GjGpFJaRRFA&s=19
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Remember Bike Lanes II? Judge Hogan ruled in favor of the City of Cambridge today and dismissed the case. I've reformatted the decision to be a little more readable, first 4 pages:

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What happened in Barcelona this past year is pretty fucking amazing. (this is not a.i.)

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A sobering update on the #MBTA's bus driver shortage:

A historic new labor deal helped generate a surge of job applications – but thanks to surging retirements and bottlenecks in training programs, the T realized a net gain of just 2 active bus drivers between August and the end of December.
#transit #labor

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/01/23/the-ts-bus-driver-shortage-persists-in-spite-of-new-labor-contract

The T's Bus Driver Shortage Persists, In Spite of New Labor Contract - Streetsblog Massachusetts

But expanded bus operator training programs and reduced attrition could start turning the tide in 2024.