Missed genius of Marderosian’s post

Missed genius of Marderosian’s post

Put me in the the-cartoon-is-tone-deaf camp.* But, as important is it is to be on the lookup for gender-stereotyping, the sexism debate obscures the visionary genius in Mark Marderosian’s cartoon. The city ought to sell the police station property.  The site is...
No Pedestrian Accommodations for Dedham St./Brookline St. Construction

Congestion-pricing primer

Transportation for Massachusetts has a nifty primer on peak-period tolling, which is a form of congestion pricing.  I’ve been planning to post on congestion pricing (again). In the meantime, please invest two minutes in the Transportation for Massachusetts...
Holy sneckdown, Batman!

Holy sneckdown, Batman!

In livable streets/tactical urbanism circles, a sneckdown is (sorta) naturally occuring traffic calming that demonstrates that a street is wider than it needs to be. A neckdown or curb extension is a traffic calming measure where the curb line is extended into the...
Instrument Needham Street

Instrument Needham Street

I am, by day, a software product manager. Broadly speaking, product managers are responsible for making research & development investment decisions — build new features, enhance old features, attract new customers, retain existing customers, &c. One...
A City Councilor blocked me on Twitter!

A City Councilor blocked me on Twitter!

There is a serious story here about an elected official blocking users on Twitter. There’s also a bit of Twitter drama. And, there’s an important debate about what municipalities can and should be doing to combat global climate change.We start with the Twitter drama.

Vista Outdoor and Newton

Flowing from the Twitter work of my friend Aaron Naparstek, anti-gun activists are boycotting some of bicycling’s popular brands — Giro, Bell, Camelbak, Copilot, and Blackburn — because they are owned by the same parent company — Vista Outdoor — as assault weapon brands — such as Savage Arms.
Here we go again — Chestnut St. edition

Here we go again — Chestnut St. edition

Newton is refusing to address obvious opportunities to make our streets safer for pedestrians. I discussed this in the context of Adams St. in Nonantum (here, here, and here). A soon-to-be missed opportunity is the upcoming repaving of Chestnut St. from Collins Rd. to...

Needham Street Drivers

It’s hard not to get excited about the latest designs for Needham St. and Highland Ave. presented in a series of meetings a couple of weeks ago. What’s not to like about grade-separated bike lanes from Winchester St. practically to Rte. 95/128? Not only...