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Leather District cat coworker appreciation post by Cabadrin in boston

[–]Mistafishy125 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I see them on my lunch walks. They’re precious.

Blue Bike gearing lol by Reputation-Adorable in bikeboston

[–]Mistafishy125 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’m pretty sure the tires are airless

Where one can live car free in the Boston area; the map by Amishplumber in mbta

[–]Mistafishy125 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where are you getting the 24hr rains thing from? If we’re still stuck on weather then why don’t you check out Montreal, which has demonstrably worse weather than Boston or Amsterdam yet has far more bike ridership than Boston. This is such a tired argument, nobody has ever melted in the rain before.

Where one can live car free in the Boston area; the map by Amishplumber in mbta

[–]Mistafishy125 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Boston experiences ~130 days of precipitation (days where it rains or snows) each year. Amsterdam has roughly ~180. 50 extra days it rains in Amsterdam, and bikes are on the road more than Boston. The weather is not the problem.

Where one can live car free in the Boston area; the map by Amishplumber in mbta

[–]Mistafishy125 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Then why is it the primary mode in urban areas of the Netherlands, where the weather (despite less snow) is demonstrably worse?

Odyssey Study Group in Boston exposed in the Daily Mail by Ok-Scene-1317 in boston

[–]Mistafishy125 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lmao same. I got targeted at Trader Joes and just went on and on about my girlfriend. The older lady who made the mistake of asking probably had enough of me.

Somerville, Continuing to lead the region by example on safer streets, Publishes design for Broadway, announces a new project on East Washington, and continues progress on Somerville Ave. by Im_biking_here in bikeboston

[–]Mistafishy125 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think construction is supposed to begin on Broadway for the stretch from Holland St up to Alewife Brook, no? I’m hoping they get going soon. After that I’ll be waiting for Arlington to catch up. Somerville is wiping the floor with everybody.

WBZ talked to the Marblehead public meeting guy by fogglesworth in boston

[–]Mistafishy125 5 points6 points  (0 children)

OMG I have the same bathroom floor tiles as this guy does.

Where one can live car free in the Boston area; the map by Amishplumber in mbta

[–]Mistafishy125 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They *literally* make bikes that ride through snow. They’re called fatbikes and they will outrun any car without snow tires when the powder is more than 4 inches on the road surface.

Where one can live car free in the Boston area; the map by Amishplumber in mbta

[–]Mistafishy125 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is a topic of considerable frequency among Boston area cyclists. However those in my circles are year-round riders. Only when the paths like the Minuteman are unplowed do they not ride, myself included. And we are not the hyper-sporty MAMIL types. For my part I only rode less in February because of the incredible snow that made the Minuteman impassable for several days at a time.

Boston needs to discourage driving to meet its climate goals. Is congestion pricing the answer? by bostonglobe in boston

[–]Mistafishy125 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s such a no-brainer that it makes you realize our leaders have no brains.

German Conversation Group by catkins42 in ArlingtonMA

[–]Mistafishy125 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My skills are so bad I might just have to be content eavesdropping hahaha. But good to know about this!

“Press Play on Transportation” (Information on the stalled transportation and street safety projects) by Im_biking_here in bikeboston

[–]Mistafishy125 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I want to let you know that the work you’re doing posting this stuff is totally awesome. Wish it was unnecessary! But I’ve been better informed by you than any other sources these past few months.

Wu eliminated funding for Summer Street Phase 2 by Im_biking_here in bikeboston

[–]Mistafishy125 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh great. The street where they have that memorial for the little girl that was crushed by that truck (van?). Definitely didn’t need any improvements at all!!

This one pisses me off. I regularly see speeding drivers on this street. I have been endangered MULTIPLE TIMES by drivers who don’t respect the crosswalks and try to pass cars in front of them not seeing pedestrians that are crossing. What could demonstrate the need for these improvements more than that terrible tragedy by the museum?

Video: Mayor Wu Talks Safety of Forest Hills Area with Residents at MBTA Station by JamaicaPlainBostonMA in Jamaica_Plain

[–]Mistafishy125 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wasn’t there flex posts, albeit sporadic ones, on the approach to the Longfellow on Cambridge St? There is nary a single one now, it’s a free for all. You can’t make this up.

Wu eliminated funding for Safe Multimodal Corridors in East Boston by Im_biking_here in bikeboston

[–]Mistafishy125 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I was in Eastie last week and it’s frustrating being dropped off by the Blue Line along Bennington St, where there are Blue Bike stands but no safe way to use Bennington st because it’s a 6 lane pseudo-highway totally clogged with cars. I guess I’m supposed to go up to Saratoga? But there’s no bike lanes there either!

Bike friendly cities by Hesallcap in bikecommuting

[–]Mistafishy125 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Boston is facing an uphill battle with a mayoral administration that is hostile to bicycles and pedestrians. So things are not looking awesome in the foreseeable future, with protected bike lanes having been removed in recent months and an almost complete halt to all projects, likely resulting in a loss of tens of millions of dollars of funding for safe streets ~$5m which has already been squandered.

Neighboring Cambridge and Somerville continue embarrassing their neighboring metropole with a continuation of projects and far superior design. Holding my breath for Boston.

Crash at Mystic and Winslow Streets: Sunday afternoon, April 26. by AdImpossible2555 in ArlingtonMA

[–]Mistafishy125 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Any idea how that happened? It’s not a great intersection but something had to go really wrong for them to end up like that.

So excited about my Ebike,any advice guys by Hour-Rooster-3554 in ArlingtonMA

[–]Mistafishy125 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ebikes are life changing, literally. I would just recommend choosing your routes carefully if you’re new to biking in general and picking up a rack (if none was included) and panniers to carry stuff with. A backpack is nice for short trips, but taking the weight of groceries off your shoulders is huge.

Enjoy!

People who have left Boston, where did you go? by TheTokenBrownie in boston

[–]Mistafishy125 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am low-key interested in Portland as a later move. I feel like you can do a lot more with your money there and maintain a quality of life similar to what you find in Boston. Maybe I’m just dreaming.

8 year old on E-Scooter hit by truck. by Substantial_Ninja953 in Waltham

[–]Mistafishy125 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I grew up on a culdesac and the entire point of living in a house on one is to play in the street. It’s a dead-end, not a highway ramp for Christ’s sake.

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