Just allowing more housing to be built would raise tax revenues without making housing more expensive or making taxes more regressive. It’s crazy that this alternative is never even discussed.

I love how they spent all of that money to rebuild those ramps in the same bad locations that are not aligned with the bike path as they were in before, presumably to avoid having to move any catch basins.

Same! We use it pretty much exclusively for fun and holidays.

Half-measures like bus lanes full of parked cars or bike lanes that don't feel safe and are not part of a connected network don't end up being used by anyone and just end up pissing everyone off and making the streets feel lawless.

I think this is actually the story of how a LOT of our current crop of GOP "leaders" rose to power...

Um, ok. We’re not talking about charity *or* wealth redistribution here. Just whether or not towns should be granted the authority to block certain kinds of housing.

But also, those kids are already alive and they are going to live somewhere. Is it really acceptable to allow towns to skirt their responsibility to educate by limiting housing production? Who should pick up the slack, exactly?

Okay yes but given a particular school district, which housing type do you think is more likely to attract families?

Quick question: Which kind of housing do you think is more likely to attract households with children: Detached single family homes or apartment buildings?

"Lossy" doing a lot of work here

In the transit-poor neighborhoods, where you actually need a car to get around, you don’t need to tell developers to build parking. They will build it anyway.

I think you might be a little confused about where this is happening though. Right now developers build tons of spaces that sit empty in transit rich neighborhoods because we make them. People without cars (who tend to be poorer) end up paying for those empty spaces.

The whole diesel heaters thing really confirms for me that, at least for the MBTA, BEBs are mostly about scoring points with the legislature rather than a genuine commitment to lower carbon emissions.

Apparently diesel engines being left to idle all night because they won’t start in the cold do not count.

Basically the same as me. I wear a ski helmet when biking in the winter because it is more wind proof than a hat.