Good Transit Is Pointless When People Can’t Live Near It
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A good Oregon bill would hold high-capacity transit lines to a very basic standard.
Recent Streetsblog MASS posts about Housing
Boston Planners Approved Over 11,000 New Parking Spaces in 2020
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The development projects that Boston planners approved in 2020 would add enough parking to store up to 11,162 more cars within the city limits – and the vast majority of new parking garages will be built in areas within easy walking distance of an MBTA rail station.
Updated Suffolk Downs Plan Acknowledges Climate Goals, But Still Proposes 6,760 New Parking Spaces
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The board of the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) voted Thursday evening to approve a massive development of Suffolk Downs, a former horse racetrack that straddles the Boston-Revere border adjacent to two Blue Line stations. As reported previously, the developers are touting the proposal as a “transit-oriented” neighborhood that will bring thousands of new […]
Guest Column: Yes, Transit and Dense Urban Places Are Safe – Even In a Pandemic
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It's now clear that the density of cities isn't a major risk factor in the COVID-19 pandemic. But another factor – crowding within households, which disproportionately affects lower-income and historically marginalized communities in big cities and rural areas alike, is a real culprit.
Brewery Landlord Sues to Block Housing for the Homeless, Because Parking
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The Jamaica Plain landlord of Turtle Swamp Brewing is arguing that his tenant’s “ability to find parking” on Washington Street is more important than housing over 200 homeless people. That’s one of the arguments in a lawsuit filing from Monty Gold, the owner of Turtle Swamp’s building at 3377 Washington St., who wants to overturn […]