We spend a lot of time talking about gondolas and autonomous vehicles, but not enough time talking about buses. Yeah, buses. A report issued this month by the Livable Streets […]
Episode 90: Time to talk about buses
Posted inTransportation
Time to talk about buses
We spend a lot of time talking about gondolas and autonomous vehicles, but not enough time talking about buses. Yeah, buses. AÂ report issued this month by the Livable Streets Alliance […]
Posted inThe Download
The Codcast: Time to talk about buses
We spend a lot of time talking about gondolas and autonomous vehicles, but not enough time talking about buses. Yeah, buses. AÂ report issued this month by the Livable Streets Alliance […]
Posted inOpinion
Forget the gondola, there’s nowhere to put it
Unlike Elon Musk’s latest foray in to urban transportation, which involves several as yet non-existent technologies, the idea for a Summer Street gondola is something which at least has been […]
Posted inOpinion
Why free speech must be defended
ON SATURDAY – and earlier this month – students around the country organized marches and staged a nationwide walkout to honor the lives of the 17 people killed at Marjory […]
Posted inPolitics
‘A child shall lead them’
ONE OF US (LSD) is a Democrat. The other (PR) is a Republican. We disagree on many issues, but on the issue of access to assault rifles, we are in […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Compromise criminal justice bill unveiled
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A HANDFUL OF MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCES for drug offenses would be repealed and the state’s approach to juvenile offenders overhauled in a sweeping criminal justice bill […]
Posted inOpinion
Down-ballot races heating up in Mass.
2018 WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE YEAR of blockbuster matchups in Massachusetts. The de facto leaders of both parties are running for reelection, offering the prospect of bruising contests for […]
Posted inOpinion
Two takes on the Yawkey Way controversy
PHILLIPS: A COMPROMISE WAY FORWARDÂ There is a simple but equitable solution to the current controversy over the name Yawkey Way, the little street that runs alongside Fenway Park that […]
Posted inThe Download
State Police shield is tarnished
The Massachusetts State Police, long viewed as a model professional law enforcement agency with funny-looking uniforms, is going through one of the toughest times in its 153-year history and there are […]
Posted inPolitics
House passes new tax on short-term rentals
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE TRYING TO BRING STATE LAW in line with the new ways in which people rent short-term lodging, the Massachusetts House on Thursday passed legislation to regulate […]
Posted inThe Back Story
Spilka followed Rosenberg playbook
Sen. Karen Spilka of Ashland appears to have followed the playbook of the former Senate president, Stan Rosenberg, in pulling together the votes she needed to become the chamber’s next […]
Posted inThe Download
Social media maelstrom
Facebook’s billionaire founder Mark Zuckerberg finally stepped out yesterday to try to stanch the bleeding that has his empire under full-scale assault after revelations that information on 50 million users […]
Posted inPolitics
Spilka secures votes for Senate president
SENATE WAYS AND MEANSÂ Committee chairwoman Karen Spilka has secured the votes to become the next Senate president, according to State House sources. Spilka, an Ashland Democrat, was one of four […]
Posted inEconomy
Walsh pulls Airbnb proposal
JUST HOURS BEFORE the Boston City Council was set to vote – and likely reject – Mayor Marty Walsh’s proposed ordinance to regulate short-term rentals such as those listed on […]
Posted inThe Download
The Yawkey divide
The battle over renaming Yawkey Way continues, with the Boston Globe, owned by Red Sox owner John Henry, taking all sides of the fight. Was Tom Yawkey a racist? Yes, […]
Posted inEnvironment
State’s top executives push for more natural gas
THE MASSACHUSETTS COMPETITIVE PARTNERSHIP, a group representing the top executives of the state’s largest employers, released a letter on Tuesday urging the state’s top three political leaders to push for […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
State Police cite overtime discrepancies
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A REVIEW INITIALLY LAUNCHED to look at overtime payments made to a handful of State Police members has uncovered possibly more malfeasance, as audit results have […]
Posted inThe Download
Autonomous car hits, kills pedestrian
An autonomous car operating in self-driving mode hit and killed a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona, on Sunday night, but police officials say their initial investigation suggests the Uber test vehicle […]
Posted inUncategorized
Wu seeks to limit short-term rentals
BOSTON CITY COUNCILOR MICHELLE WU filed an amendment Monday to the mayor’s proposed ordinance on short-term rentals that would bar investors from purchasing properties and renting them out on platforms […]
Posted inUncategorized
RMV offices going dark Thursday night
WAIT TIMES at the Registry of Motor Vehicles are likely to go up starting next week as the state installs a new software system and begins complying with new requirements […]
Posted inTransportation
T notes: New bridge to feature bus lane
THE STATE TRANSPORTATION BOARD approved a nearly $177 million contract on Monday to replace the rundown North Washington Street Bridge in Boston with a new span featuring four lanes for […]
Posted inThe Codcast
Episode 89: Wu grades the T
Boston residents are probably more reliant on the MBTA than anyone in the state, yet city government has no formal say in the operation of the T. It’s been an […]
Posted inThe Download
The Codcast: Wu grades the T
Boston residents are probably more reliant on the MBTA than anyone in the state, yet city government has no formal say in the operation of the T. It’s been an […]