#Boston #greaterBoston #MBTA #transportation

How is there ONE bus route connecting Chelsea, Revere, and downtown Boston (the 111) but not a *single* stop in Charlestown? 😠
I’d guess something like classism or racism but maybe there is a good reason I haven’t thought of. Maybe it will get fixed with the route updates scheduled for this year. Pple who have lived here longer do you know?

Tagging #ASL #Boston #greaterBoston #Spanish

And Skip the Small Talk - a really cool project spearheaded by Ashley Kirsner out of #greaterBoston that’s still happening years after it began. You can find it on the #Harvard calendar at least. And last I knew it was open to folks outside the school. I recommend

Are you

- a resident of Boston
- a public transit rider
- someone “connected to communities of transit riders, including employees, customers, and students;”
- a person committed to “high quality, reliable, and affordable public transportation as a core strategy of economic growth, cultural vibrancy, and quality of life.”

@wutrain wants you to represent #Boston on the 9 member #MBTA board of directors.

https://commonwealthmagazine.org/the-download/wu-taking-unusual-approach-with-mbta-board-appointment-2/
#Massachusetts #MAPoli #Transit #WalkableCities #BetterBoston #GreaterBoston #GreatestBoston?

Four commuter trains idling at south station, none ready to take the 12:30 passengers.

#greaterBoston #MBTA #transport

#Boston #climate #greaterBoston
Aside from the event tomorrow, teens and other kids looking for unique extracurricular activities that jive with the school calendar can fill out the contact form online ("Join Us!")
https://www.xryouthboston.org/

#Boston #climate #greaterBoston
Are you a younger person or do you know someone who cares about our future?
XR Youth (https://www.xryouthboston.org/) is having a summer's end celebration tomorrow, 8/26! Get more info and RSVP here: https://xrboston.org/action/xr-youth-end-of-summer-celebration/

@jamesrylandmiller this dysfunction sounds familiar to us in #NewtonMA & #GreaterBoston where gas utility leaks to sometimes explosive levels inside electric utility subsurface infrastructure, but the utilities play ignorant. https://figcitynews.com/2023/05/grade-1-hazardous-gas-leak-discovered-between-city-hall-and-eversource-substation-emergency-repair-in-progress/

This is the best overview of the concept of #socialhousing and how it might be implemented in modern U.S. cities that I have read to date. It posits 3 core principles: nonspeculative (outside the market), democratically run (which U.S. public and most affordable units are not), and publicly backed (government subsidies and institutional support). It also lays out several possible models for the U.S.

Time to discuss in #GreaterBoston?

https://bit.ly/3WRueHz

#housing #affordablehousing

This week, the Greater Boston Food Bank reported that 1 in 3 people in Mass. struggles to afford enough to eat. Then on Friday, we had this great story about a 500-unit new building in Dorchester, which desperately needs more *affordably priced* housing. 66 units will be income-restricted; the rest range from $2,500 studios to $5,000 3BRs. How can people eat when housing sucks up all they've got? https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2023/06/01/dot-block-fills-in-a-stretch-of-the-avenue
(The food story: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/05/30/business/high-levels-hunger-persist-mass-covid-era-benefits-roll-back/) #housing #greaterboston

Today's Boston Globe Trendlines newsletter has bad, but unsurprising news about the #GreaterBoston #housing market. It should be great news that prices are dropping, but the market was too messed up already for that to improve affordability -- plus the spike in interest rates has been huge.

Inside I-495, the median price fell 3% year-over-year in April, to $820,000, and sales were down 26%. People can't afford to buy, so they can't afford to sell, either.

https://mailchi.mp/bostonglobe/trendlines-the-states-housing-market-is-frozen-and-updates-to-other-big-stories

A few more highlights:

They feel like — I feel like — Boston is working against us, rather than with us. That merely surviving here forces you to navigate a maze of obstacles. That thriving is not an option. And in that resistance, one person told me, “the city is telling us who it is:” a place of cultural and academic prowess, of history and of innovation, inhospitable to the very people who bring so much of its energy.

#GreaterBoston #housing #GenZ

Living in a cramped, traffic-congested urban region where parking can be tricky, you'd think compact, city-friendly cars would be popular in #GreaterBoston, but nah. We gotta be manly. https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-boston-25a2b32c-9e27-49b9-b692-0257b755f6f7.html #trucks #SUVs

#GreaterBoston friends, consider joining the next die-in happening here at Harvard Square. 5:30pm Tuesday
XR Boston has been organizing these regularly to visualize what is at stake. RSVP and details for 2/7 can be found here: https://xrboston.org/action/dying-for-climate-action-feb2023/
#bospoli #climateBreakdown #climateChange #climateCrisis
See you there?

“I’m not in need of police,” the man concluded, “but I’m being policed.”

https://www.cambridgeday.com/2023/01/13/there-was-more-protest-than-answers-at-meeting-about-the-killing-of-a-bangladeshi-man-by-police/

#ACAB #BLM #Cambridge #cambridgeMA #greaterBoston

Greater #Boston friends who have perhaps been here longer than me, do you think most places/businesses will be open on new years eve?
#food #GreaterBoston #restaurants #shopping
Or do people around here observe a two-day holiday?

Small landlords, especially owner occupants in older houses, control a large share of the affordable market-rate units we still have in Greater Boston. But many are still struggling due to the effects of the pandemic, and in some areas, like East Boston, they're being targeted heavily by prospective buyers.

In pandemic’s aftermath, small landlords are still feeling the pressure https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/12/25/business/pandemics-aftermath-small-landlords-are-still-feeling-pressure/

#rentalhousing #affordablehousing #greaterboston @wutrain

Friends! It's still #Level2 #Guarded on the #FrenchToastScale in #GreaterBoston. @frenchtoast reminding us to stay vigilant on our French Toast supplies for next week's precipitation!

Hey hey! Here are some #audiodrama highlights from 2021-2022. I'm so thankful to every show that's welcomed me to their cast, I'm always having a blast as a #voiceactor.

Special shoutout to the shows in these highlights: #GreaterBoston #HumanError #TheSheridanTapes #Starfall

The #DorchFoodCoop (Dorchester Food Coop) has hired a general manager! 🎉

#Boston #community #greaterBoston #locavore #sustainability

Consider becoming a member-owner if you haven't yet, and otherwise look fwd to the opening of our store here this spring. We have a #solidarity fund in case you can only cover a portion of your share.
https://www.dorchesterfoodcoop.com/