Meh, I don't see it doing much. In Montreal I saw these cool street vacuum things with a portable hose that can snake around cars. Something like this:

https://www.auto-innov.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/montreal-sweepers.png

I see the stupid street cleaning go by and the street looks the same before and after. A small streak is damp, and that's it.

Literally?

Well there's definitely demand according to this. 87% want a new ISP.

The ground is dry downtown. We keep getting nothing out of these storms, every time. It's so strange.

Agree on the control, but the route's own ridership isn't the only thing that the system ridership drop indicates. Commuting overall is down. For example, peak traffic levels in Boston are down by almost half between 2019 and 2021 on some days of the week. (See https://www.tomtom.com/traffic-index/boston-traffic/)

My only exposure to this nonsense is through the people who keep posting about it in this sub. Seems a liiiittle much.

Freak out harder.

Seems a little bit obsessive, no?

You guys really need to get over this bakery thing.

Comparing 2019 and 2022 seems like a real apples and oranges situation. So much has changed. Overall T system ridership is still down by almost 30% vs 2019. A lot has changed, not just the lanes.

"Prominent abolitionists were active in recruitment efforts, including Frederick Douglass, whose two sons were among the first to enlist."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/54th_Massachusetts_Infantry_Regiment

I noticed yesterday that trees are already budding! In the first week of February. Complete and utter nonsense.

That's sad. Their drunken noodles were spicy as all hell.

Trade in human tissues is the same regardless of the tissue. It's creating an incentive to undertake a risky medical procedure under the duress of incarceration.

I hate to make the comparison, but alleged organ trafficking of prisoners in China has been a perennial human rights issue raised over at least the last decade.

I don't know but it's hard to contemplate bicycle wars in late January. The troops should call a truce when the ground is frozen.

Oh no the bicycle wars are back. Please no. I thought they all moved to a different sub or something.

Mmm, well people also said this about SF, and honestly it was very true. Gentrification decay is a real thing.

I think it must have to do with zoning or something? There are very few awnings anywhere in Cambridge. I know the owner of a shop who had to remove their custom signage because the building said it stuck too far out over the sidewalk.

Edit: OK in searching, I found Cardullo's application for its awning, which has been there forever. Looks like you need to jump through a lot of hoops for anything sticking out more than 6 inches. https://www2.cambridgema.gov/CityOfCambridge_Content/documents/121203%20app%201%20cardullo%20awning.pdf

Edit2: And it looks like the City Council itself has to vote on approvals. So that's a high bar. https://www.cambridgema.gov/~/media/Files/inspectionalservicesdepartment/OnlineForms/projectingsigndirectionsapplication.pdf

A rather distinct narrative from the one typically offered on the topic of housing. Good article.

I can't believe I'm saying this, but you know this is the definition of prejudice. Let's see what actually happened here first. This doesn't sound like your typical traffic stop overreaction... Something crazy was going on here.

Maybe we should wait for more information before jumping to conclusions...?

I don't think we really feel safe enough anymore for this kind of bullshit. People hearing a sonic boom at low altitude are more likely to think this is the end than to feel some kind of patriotic pro-military shit. We are essentially at war right now, and we also have a generation of vets around who went to war and came back. Sonic booms are not what anyone wants to hear over their homes, even from friendlies.

Well that was scary for nothing.