Good news! Construction has started on the Dorchester extension to the Neponset River Greenway Trail! Work should last about two years. When completed this will bypass the Expressway offramp at Morrissey Blvd.

Many suburbanites benefit from implicit housing & transportation subsidies as well as unpriced environmental externalities. Also homevoters in low-density, high-amenity urban neighborhoods refuse to allow more housing, driving up rents. All policy/political choices.

REALLY IMPORTANT: “But Norway says it isn’t hoping to simply replace combustion engines with electric counterparts 1:1 but motivate people to get out of their private vehicles & walk, cycle, & take public transport” Electrek.co Does YOUR country get this? electrek.co/2022/05/17/nor…

How far can you travel by train within 5 hours? A cool tool by Benjamin Td chronotrains.com

Interested in the “why” behind affordable housing & importance of building complete neighborhoods? Join our @MadoreChristine & other experts for a webinar hosted by Mass. Municipal Assn on May 23rd. bit.ly/3W2idyJ Laura Shufelt Callie Clark Tom Hopper Lisa Braxton

"There is a lack of affordable multifamily homes, and we are advocating for a change in zoning bylaws to allow for more of these homes, and for them to have access to public transportation." - Group of Arlington, MA 8th Graders to Town Meeting Members yourarlington.com/component/easy…

Massive, massive win for transgender people out of my birth state of Louisiana. Louisiana becomes only the 3rd red state to beat back a total gender affirming care ban for trans teens. Activists there should be truly proud. This was not an easy task.

How the affordable housing crisis drives homelessness marketplace.org/2023/05/30/how…

I'll be testifying shortly to the MA legislature's Joint Committee on Housing oversight hearing, about the work of Abundant Housing Massachusetts and the need to end exclusionary zoning statewide to build more homes and an open and inclusive MA. Tune in: malegislature.gov/Events/Hearing…

3 Days Left until our Annual Summer Social Event at Night Shift Brewing Allston beer garden. 🍻 It's the pro-housing event of the summer! Come learn more about the things we have ♨️ cooking up this summer! 😎 eventbrite.com/e/ahma-2023-su…

Never forget that when Seoul, Korea removed the Cheonggyecheon expressway in 2003 and replaced it with a restored stream, 1000 acre park and improved transit, not only did it transform the city’s public life & economic success, but the traffic got better. The traffic got BETTER.

Elon Musk announced that he will restrict the term "cisgender" on twitter, declaring it a slur. This is a recycling of anti-gay tactics, which declared "straight" a slur. "Cis" has a long history, and I examine it here. Subscribe to support my work. erininthemorning.com/p/cisgender-is…

This #PrideMonth, it is important to recognize non-binary and gender nonconforming people have been here from the beginning of the U.S. Here is a thread on one of the most influential such persons in early America. An abolitionist minister known as The Public Universal Friend. 1/

Just making sure @SenBruceTarr is aware of the MBTA Commuter Rail which runs hourly trips to Gloucester, departing from North Station just a short walk down the road from The State House. It’s also only $2.40 right now thanks to the Sumner Tunnel diversion mitigations! Enjoy! 🚆 😃

We're encouraging bold changes in state policy to chart a course to a future where people can afford to stay in Massachusetts and make it their home. bit.ly/3L3sMNr MAHA CHAPA MassHousing Callie Clark Tom Hopper Dana LeWinter Clark Ziegler

I hadn’t really thought about it like this but it’s almost certainly true—slowest speeds, least service in the last 7 years and almost certainly this century

E-cars were 9% of car sales in 2022, and the e-car fleet was under 17 million worldwide. E-bike sales were at 275 million. Politicians and policy-makers, stop ignoring, or underestimating, e-bikes. Via Treehugger.com #EBikeEffect treehugger.com/stop-ignoring-…

For decades Newton, MA had no by-right zoning for multi-family housing. All MF development required special permits or rezoning - political votes of city council. Tonight Newton passed reform. MF allowed by-right in several village centers. Win for state + local leadership!

Pandemic relief is over, and evictions are back - The Boston Globe "A new report estimates that eviction rates in Massachusetts, after falling sharply amid COVID-19 rent relief programs, have returned to at least pre-pandemic levels." bostonglobe.com/2024/01/18/bus…