al417
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al417
@public9965
I like transit, walking, biking, and housing supply.
Melrose, MA Katılım Şubat 2022
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@MilesPerHoward Healey’s another one of these centrist Democrats with presidential aspirations that bedevil the party. They’re milquetoast leaders whose primary goal is to just not screw up or offend, so that when it’s president time, they’re the least worst option.
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“I gotta run the state like a business” says so much about Maura Healey’s worldview
Matt Stout@MattPStout
“Hell no. No, no, no, no, no,” @MassGovernor said when asked if she’d seek to raise taxes to cover the cost of her $2.5 billion financing plan. “I’m the CEO of the state. I gotta run the state like a business.” bostonglobe.com/2025/01/21/met… via @BostonGlobe
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@ThunderWolf08 Feel free to yell at MA for its incredible sluggishness on East/West Rail. AFAIK the only real movement on it is only happening because of a federal grant.
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NY Gov Hochul is announcing plans to upgrade rail services between NYC and Albany, to increase capacity, reduce delays and decrease travel time by 15 minutes for Amtrak and MN improvements (Also to improve transit in Orange/Rockland County)
railway.supply/en/amtrak-serv…
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@SenJohnFKeenan She’s also 71, and Ron Mariano is 78. It’s time for a new generation to take the wheel.
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I chose not to vote to reelect President Spilka because the Senate needs to be more participatory, open and transparent. #MAPoli
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Using automated enforcement for traffic violations is not allowed under state law in Massachusetts. Increasingly, some municipal leaders say it’s time to change that. trib.al/ezy30cS
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This Sunday, December 15, Bus Network Redesign - Phase 1 goes into effect. Routes 86, 104, 109, 110, 116 & 117 will see changes, including new Frequent Bus Routes with service every 15 minutes or better, new connections to subway & more: mbta.com/BNRPhase1
#BuildingABetterT
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@thebostonlol I’m afraid all we can offer is being run over by a dude driving an F150.
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🧵 So here’s what you missed at November's MBTA Board Meeting ↓
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@TBestig @maxdubler Most of my driving time is spent with someone’s ultra-bright LED headlights right behind me. Or even worse, they’re driving so close to me I can’t see their headlights. They do this even if another car is in front of me, or a red light is visible ahead.
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@maxdubler I consistently go about five over, as does literally everyone I know, because going the actual speed limit means angry horns and dangerous tailgating. I fucking WISH we had better speed limit enforcement
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Many (most?) Americans explicitly believe that they should be allowed to drive as fast as they want, all the time; and that speed limits are fundamentally illegitimate laws that exist solely to generate ticket revenue.
Bryan Cheong@bryancsk
Why are the US Americans on Facebook so vehement against speed cameras, they're so benign and objective.
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@ThunderWolf08 Re: the long distance network, I find it fascinating how Republicans don’t like trains until they get one or have the serious prospect of getting one. I lowkey think Amtrak’s best bet for survival is expanding to as many red states as it can.
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@the_transit_guy Do you think big donors can just order a job at a Mar-a-Lago drive-in? “Yes, one Secretary of the Navy please, to go.”
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Oh, guys. Cracked rail on the Green, track problem on the Red, late work completion on the Blue.
MBTA@MBTA
Red Line Braintree Branch: Shuttle buses are temporarily replacing service between Braintree and Quincy Center due to a track problem near Braintree. Please expect delays as buses are dispatched.
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@thebostonlol @RonMariano I’m ready for traffic cameras everywhere. Red lights, buses of all kinds, speed cameras on the roads. 45k dead a year on roads and we keep doing nothing, or performative things like speed limit changes or radar speed displays.
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