al417
@al417.bsky.social
I like transit, walking, biking, and housing supply.
🌎 Boston, MA
🌎 Boston, MA
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Worsening traffic congestion and the removal of critical bus lanes means that @mbta.com bus trips on Boston's highest-ridership routes take, on average, 15 percent longer than they did when @mayorwu.boston.gov took office 4 years ago.
#mapoli
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#mapoli
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Paying With Their Time: Increasing Traffic Congestion Erodes Benefits of Boston's Fare-Free Buses - Streetsblog Massachusetts
Mayor Wu's press office avoided several inquiries from StreetsblogMASS to discuss the worsening delays in MBTA bus service over the course of her first term.
mass.streetsblog.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Worsening traffic congestion and the removal of critical bus lanes means that @mbta.com bus trips on Boston's highest-ridership routes take, on average, 15 percent longer than they did when @mayorwu.boston.gov took office 4 years ago.
#mapoli
mass.streetsblog.org/2025/11/19/p...
#mapoli
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I hadn't thought about Senator Angus King in a long time before this cave, and then I looked up that he just won re-election in 2024 and the guy's 81 years old. I'm so purely frustrated at the gerontocracy - the whole cadre of them too big to list here. They won't give up and yet keep not dying.
November 11, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I hadn't thought about Senator Angus King in a long time before this cave, and then I looked up that he just won re-election in 2024 and the guy's 81 years old. I'm so purely frustrated at the gerontocracy - the whole cadre of them too big to list here. They won't give up and yet keep not dying.
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Editorial: Bike Lane Hating Politicians Keep On Losing -
As it turns out, a considerable number of informed voters understand that if we actually want less traffic, we need to design streets that favor more efficient modes of transportation.
#mapoli
mass.streetsblog.org/2025/11/05/e...
As it turns out, a considerable number of informed voters understand that if we actually want less traffic, we need to design streets that favor more efficient modes of transportation.
#mapoli
mass.streetsblog.org/2025/11/05/e...
Editorial: Bike Lane Haters Keep On Losing - Streetsblog Massachusetts
As it turns out, a considerable number of informed voters understand that if we actually want less traffic, we need to design streets that favor more efficient modes of transportation.
mass.streetsblog.org
November 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Editorial: Bike Lane Hating Politicians Keep On Losing -
As it turns out, a considerable number of informed voters understand that if we actually want less traffic, we need to design streets that favor more efficient modes of transportation.
#mapoli
mass.streetsblog.org/2025/11/05/e...
As it turns out, a considerable number of informed voters understand that if we actually want less traffic, we need to design streets that favor more efficient modes of transportation.
#mapoli
mass.streetsblog.org/2025/11/05/e...
It’s time for new blood. Spilka is 72, Mariano is 78. They’ve been in the Legislature for 60 years between them. They’ve done their bit and now it’s time to pass the baton for a new era that seems beyond them. #mapoli
BEACON HILL EFFICIENCY? With just weeks left before they close out formal business for the first half of the two-year term, legislative Democrats have managed to send a brief list of major bills to Gov. Maura Healey's desk. Critics expected more. #mapoli www.wbur.org/news/2025/11...
State legislators pledged efficiency, but critics expected more amid Trump's attacks on Mass.
Legislative leaders in Massachusetts kicked off this session with pledges to get more business done. But a WBUR analysis found that most of the major bills that cleared the House or Senate have sat un...
www.wbur.org
November 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
It’s time for new blood. Spilka is 72, Mariano is 78. They’ve been in the Legislature for 60 years between them. They’ve done their bit and now it’s time to pass the baton for a new era that seems beyond them. #mapoli
This encapsulates many of the MBTA Communities law's problems - pure "malicious compliance". Marshfield has treated zoning for housing as though zoning for radioactive waste, talking only of "minimizing impact". They've structured the district to make sure the least housing gets built. #mapoli
Marshfield Voters Approve MBTA Communities Zoning on Third Try, Reversing Two Previous Rejections #mapoli #southshore
Marshfield Voters Approve MBTA Communities Zoning on Third Try, Reversing Two Previous Rejections
MARSHFIELD - October 20, 21 - In a dramatic reversal, Marshfield voters approved MBTA Communities zoning compliance Monday night by a vote of 363-209, ending nearly two years of resistance to the state law after rejecting similar measures twice before.
dlvr.it
October 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
This encapsulates many of the MBTA Communities law's problems - pure "malicious compliance". Marshfield has treated zoning for housing as though zoning for radioactive waste, talking only of "minimizing impact". They've structured the district to make sure the least housing gets built. #mapoli
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MA has one of the most heavily Democratic legislatures, but the lack of small "d" democracy makes progress slow. #mapoli
commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/why-...
commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/why-...
Why the Democratic supermajority on Beacon Hill won't pass Democratic bills - CommonWealth Beacon
Sooner or later, enough people will learn how democracy in Massachusetts is a lie. When they do, leadership’s iron grip will crack, not because those in power wanted to change, but because voters fina...
commonwealthbeacon.org
October 13, 2025 at 11:13 PM
MA has one of the most heavily Democratic legislatures, but the lack of small "d" democracy makes progress slow. #mapoli
commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/why-...
commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/why-...
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Cape Cod Bridge Filings Reveal @massdot.bsky.social Does Not Intend to Obey State #Climate Laws
#mapoli
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#mapoli
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Cape Cod Bridge Filings Reveal MassDOT Does Not Intend to Obey State Climate Laws - Streetsblog Massachusetts
MassDOT's projections of increasing car traffic to Cape Cod are incompatible with a future where the region isn't inundated by rising seas.
mass.streetsblog.org
October 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Cape Cod Bridge Filings Reveal @massdot.bsky.social Does Not Intend to Obey State #Climate Laws
#mapoli
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#mapoli
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Even retired, Joe Manchin is still a self-deluded schmuck. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/u...
Joe Manchin Would Like a Word. (OK, Maybe Several Words.)
www.nytimes.com
September 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Even retired, Joe Manchin is still a self-deluded schmuck. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/u...
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The #mapoli right wing oligarchs always want more. They are truly insatiable.
BALLOT BONANZA: Business groups led by Mass. High Tech Council wading in with their own ballot question proposals for 2026
Income tax cut and tax revenue overhaul
Income tax cut and tax revenue overhaul
August 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The #mapoli right wing oligarchs always want more. They are truly insatiable.
I hope that the discussion about the Revs stadium shines a light on just how badly Sullivan Square needs a complete re-think and re-do. There's no reason for that area to be the horrible car sewer that it is and it wastes the Orange Line stop located there. #mbta #bospoli
The battle between Boston City Hall and the Krafts plays out on two fronts: campaign politics and a stadium fight at the Everett-Charlestown line. #BosPoli
The Wu-Kraft war: A dispatch from the front in Charlestown
Plus: Campaign finance filings for July are in
massterlist.beehiiv.com
August 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I've really come to hate the word "falsehood" as media platforms (looking at you, NYT) have cleaved to it in the Trump era. It's just a wussy form of "lie". Just say "lie". He **lies**.
August 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I've really come to hate the word "falsehood" as media platforms (looking at you, NYT) have cleaved to it in the Trump era. It's just a wussy form of "lie". Just say "lie". He **lies**.
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For a site equidistant from two major transit nodes this plan is a transportation fail. Rooted in mid-20th century thinking, aggressively anti-pedestrian, no true transit orientation - the plan is a non starter. #mapoli #bospoli @leungboston.bsky.social
As P&G prepares to redevelop Gillette campus, South Boston residents push for more… www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/05/b...
As P&G prepares to redevelop Gillette campus, South Boston residents push for more - The Boston Globe
The “World Shaving Headquarters” is the largest remaining vestige of South Boston’s old industrial waterfront.
www.bostonglobe.com
August 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
For a site equidistant from two major transit nodes this plan is a transportation fail. Rooted in mid-20th century thinking, aggressively anti-pedestrian, no true transit orientation - the plan is a non starter. #mapoli #bospoli @leungboston.bsky.social
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Tomorrow at 6pm, my interview with Patrick will go live and you will be able to judge for yourself what you think of him as a candidate. I learned a lot from our talk, and I think you will too. I have invited Lynch on as well, and hope that he comes in for his own interview!
youtu.be/42j4pMWaFAo
youtu.be/42j4pMWaFAo
Stoughton Politics with... This Guy: Interview with Patrick Roath
YouTube video by Stoughton Media Access Corporation
youtu.be
July 15, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Tomorrow at 6pm, my interview with Patrick will go live and you will be able to judge for yourself what you think of him as a candidate. I learned a lot from our talk, and I think you will too. I have invited Lynch on as well, and hope that he comes in for his own interview!
youtu.be/42j4pMWaFAo
youtu.be/42j4pMWaFAo
Maybe it’s time for Boston to try some new ideas for delivery drivers and curb management. wapo.st/4nCgi10 #bospoli
Delivery apps broke our streets. New tech might fix it.
Home delivery has exploded since the pandemic, and our streets can’t handle it. D.C. and other cities are trying to get those packages into smaller rides.
wapo.st
July 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Maybe it’s time for Boston to try some new ideas for delivery drivers and curb management. wapo.st/4nCgi10 #bospoli
I feel sorry for the tourists strolling the Greenway. Sorry, guys, false advertising- it’s really just a multi-lane highway with an extra-nice median.
July 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I feel sorry for the tourists strolling the Greenway. Sorry, guys, false advertising- it’s really just a multi-lane highway with an extra-nice median.
More and more I feel like the Internet is offensively low-quality. YouTube is drowning in AI slop and AI-made ads. Instagram reels are right behind. X is awash in bot and right-wing conspiracy shit. Local news sites are mostly ads. It’s easier for me to not just scroll because the content is bad.
July 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
More and more I feel like the Internet is offensively low-quality. YouTube is drowning in AI slop and AI-made ads. Instagram reels are right behind. X is awash in bot and right-wing conspiracy shit. Local news sites are mostly ads. It’s easier for me to not just scroll because the content is bad.
@wutrain.bsky.social Why was the lane removed when the MBTA is swiftly moving towards automated bus lane enforcement? What traffic problem in Boston has ever been solved by allowing more cars? #bospoli
City Hall's press office confirms that they're removing the northbound bus lane. Story is here:
mass.streetsblog.org/2025/07/08/a...
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Another Bus Lane Bites the Dust: Wu Administration Forces Chelsea, Charlestown Transit Riders to Wait In More Traffic - Streetsblog Massachusetts
The change comes just weeks before the MBTA is expected to roll out a new automated bus lane enforcement system, which is expected to improve bus service considerably – at least on the dwindling numbe...
mass.streetsblog.org
July 9, 2025 at 1:23 AM
@wutrain.bsky.social Why was the lane removed when the MBTA is swiftly moving towards automated bus lane enforcement? What traffic problem in Boston has ever been solved by allowing more cars? #bospoli
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City Hall's press office confirms that they're removing the northbound bus lane. Story is here:
mass.streetsblog.org/2025/07/08/a...
mass.streetsblog.org/2025/07/08/a...
Another Bus Lane Bites the Dust: Wu Administration Forces Chelsea, Charlestown Transit Riders to Wait In More Traffic - Streetsblog Massachusetts
The change comes just weeks before the MBTA is expected to roll out a new automated bus lane enforcement system, which is expected to improve bus service considerably – at least on the dwindling numbe...
mass.streetsblog.org
July 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
City Hall's press office confirms that they're removing the northbound bus lane. Story is here:
mass.streetsblog.org/2025/07/08/a...
mass.streetsblog.org/2025/07/08/a...
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Balanced For Now – But Beacon Hill Is Putting the T Back On the Edge of Another Fiscal Cliff - mass.streetsblog.org/2025/07/07/b...
#mapoli
#mapoli
July 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Balanced For Now – But Beacon Hill Is Putting the T Back On the Edge of Another Fiscal Cliff - mass.streetsblog.org/2025/07/07/b...
#mapoli
#mapoli
I'm guessing that this is going to be increasingly how we see the Fair Share money being used - to fund existing education and transportation, not to expand it. The Legislature just won't be able to help itself. commonwealthbeacon.org/government/s... #mapoli
Supplementing or supplanting? Surtax spending gets 'complicated' - CommonWealth Beacon
The Legislature this week agreed to use nearly $500 million in surtax revenue to deliver a major boost to K-12 school funding, a move that some see as fulfilling the voter-approved mission of the tax ...
commonwealthbeacon.org
July 3, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I'm guessing that this is going to be increasingly how we see the Fair Share money being used - to fund existing education and transportation, not to expand it. The Legislature just won't be able to help itself. commonwealthbeacon.org/government/s... #mapoli