How was this photo taken/edited? It looks good but also weirdly like it’s a rendering of something and not actually taken IRL? Something just feels off about it.

Also, it’s an opinion piece by somebody who is notably not Sen. Cassidy and contains very little things that actually came from him. The whole piece is predominantly “[action], [result of action], [why this guy who clearly doesn’t care should feel bad about himself]”

The article doesnt state at all that Cassidy himself feels sorry? It just kinda says that he should feel that way but then also says that now he’s just doubling down in a sense anyways. If anything it seems like this article is kinda advertising for him and also sane-washing to a large extent.

What are you on about? I take the MBTA daily and while it sure ain’t optimal, it functions better than transit in most of the US, and works well enough that you can rely on it pretty consistently, especially in the Boston proper.

How? Biking can and should be a complement to public transit systems all the time. In fact, if anything we should be encouraging bikeability and walkability in tandem with maintaining the transit system because it reduces the pressure on it while still diverting people from cars.

If the Mafia (and dysfunction surrounding it) won’t allow a bridge to be built, why would they allow a tunnel to be built??

if I remember correctly, cormorants are one of the few waterbirds whose wings don’t dry off naturally, so they actually have to sit in the sun to dry off (as they’re doing here).

I’m fairly sure Discord has a built-in feature for that? I know Snapchat definitely does.

Text from the 3/29/25 edition of MASSterList reading “The chance to ride rails that haven't carried passengers in decades attracted scores of railroad enthusiasts (like Miles in Transit), and Healey shared her own excitement as she ended the press conference that took place with trains running just yards away.”

@milesintransit.com you made it into the State House News Service’s MASSterList daily newsletter!

MA (and Somerville particularly) is democratically held at every level of government - no excuses on that front.

The GOP is hard at work trying to build the Prayer Factory for sure.

It’s Match Game 78!

Some absolutely amazing stuff going on in Serbia it seems. I understand that the structuring of things there is a bit different from the U.S., but certainly there’s some things we can carry over?

#housing #CambMA #Boston #MApoli

End forced broker fees!

Wait what if I first read the skeets about transit and urbanism?

I’m trying to process how this would even work. I assume 104>Blue>Orange>32>Fairmount but I’m very confused where the Green Line fits into that lol.

For the Alt text - there’s a transcript of each comic at explainxkcd.com, which also includes the title text.

Yeah, I wonder if the MBTA will advertise it a bit more as an airport route b/c it does mean that you can get from most of the inner core to the airport and blue line in a two bus ride (and a pretty short one at that).

Yeah - it was about the same when I took it. Still not the least-busiest of the new routes though, I was talking to a Route 104 driver and he said he had nobody on the bus heading westbound on one of his runs.

I assume heading down to Harvard? When I took the full route (for fun) that was the only part that was empty at all the whole way to Linden Square.

This is a spam bot - I’ve seen it quite a bit all over.

I’ll give you up to NYC. Between NYC and Boston is the New York, New Haven and Hartford, and north of Boston is some Boston & Maine territory. We don’t need no Yankees on our turf!

Ironically the hostel I was taking about here converted into a hotel since I was there lol. I just checked to see how much it’s actually be.

I stayed in one on a school trip in New Orleans (US, so perhaps a bit different) seemed nice enough though, and I don’t think I’d mind going there myself much if it was cheap enough. Of course, being in America there aren’t nearly as many hostels as GB.

Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.

Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.

ALL ROAD USERS.

And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.

Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org

Vehicle height compounds dangers of speed for pedestrians New pedestrian injury risk curves calculated by IIHS show that vehicles with taller front ends begin to cause serious injuries at lower speeds.

New study from IIHS shows that car bloat is dangerous even at low speeds:

If hit by a sedan going 27 mph, a pedestrian has a 60% chance of a moderate+ injury and 30% chance of a serious one.

If it's a pickup going 27 mph, those odds rise to 83% and 63%, respectively.

www.iihs.org/news/detail/...

This is exactly how a bike lane network should be conceptualized…in the same design language and typology of that city’s public transportation network and with connectivity to subways, busses, LRT etc.

Once again, Paris is leading the way.

If only Medford had any Christmas tree sales that weren't at the high school - symptomatic of our lack of urban integration of any sort of major commercial areas or schools for that matter.

Cycling can make seniors healthier and more independent − here’s how to design bikes and networks that meet their needs Cycling provides many physical and mental health benefits, but older riders have specific concerns, such as balance. A bike network expert explains what seniors need to be comfortable pedaling.

Cycling can make seniors healthier and more independent − here’s how to design bikes and networks that meet their needs

Of course the two times I’ve fallen were when the roads were clear too - once along Alewife Brook and once in a park.