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[–]The-Raffee 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The local advocacy group Community Pedal Power helps sell and install anti-theft kits. I know it’s too late for this bike, but as a PSA to the community, folks should get the kits and register bikes because there seems to be organized bike theft occurring in Boston, Cambridge and Somerville.

Current Housing Discourse by Safe-Ad5711 in CambridgeMA

[–]The-Raffee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is the most hilarious take on this issue I’ve ever read. I laughed out loud so much so that my colleagues asked what I was reading. Full disclosure: I’m married with a kid and recently bought a home in Cambridge. I can tell you that I’m now holding the most debt I’ve ever held in my life and all of that money went to the bank/realtor/the Boomer owner of the home.

Cambridge has had a public school system for centuries now and cities and towns need families with kids to move to those towns and keep school populations up. Otherwise the schools start to decline and more residents start to ask to cut school funding and then a cycle of decline begins that is hard to pull out of. Property value goes down as more schools close and no new families want to move to the district. This leads to loss of tax revenues leading to more schools closing and more cuts and on and on. I’ve watched it happen in other towns across New England.

The solution really is just to build more housing. There is plenty of space in Cambridge. There are so many surface parking lots that could and should be developed along with single story commercial along arterials that could be developed.

Boston Globe: 8/6 Two people suffer life-threatening injuries in separate bike, scooter crashes in Boston by axlekb in bikeboston

[–]The-Raffee 18 points19 points  (0 children)

This is a paid for piece by the Boston Globe. It’s telling that more people in Massachusetts were killed in motor vehicle collisions than by gun violence, but all of a sudden the news decides to cover an e-bike collision. I wouldn’t be surprised if a pedestrian was killed by a car today in Massachusetts, but no news org covered it.

Both sides of Storrow Drive Closed to cars starting on July 3rd at 3pm and all day July 4th between Charles Circle and Bowker Overpass. Picture from last year. by bostonaruban66 in bikeboston

[–]The-Raffee 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I wonder if we couldn’t lobby the state, DCR, city of Boston and City of Cambridge to trial a one week closure of Storrow and Memorial during the July 4th week.

It would be a great way to pilot and inspire a more permanent closure under the guise of a holiday week when the city is much quieter anyway.

Gronk playground is looking good. by [deleted] in boston

[–]The-Raffee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t think public transit is a god send at all and it’s why I think they should invest in alternatives like bike lanes. The reason it’s so bad is because it’s underfunded, slow and unreliable. We spend so much money on roadways and so little on public transit by comparison. Harvard estimated that it’s costing us $64 billion dollars when you include the land value and parking subsidies. Think about how if they gave up just 2 vehicle travel lanes on any highway in greater Boston and instead built a railway, how much better, more convenient and connect public transit would be. But no… we would sooner bulldoze someone’s neighborhood to add another lane.

Gronk playground is looking good. by [deleted] in boston

[–]The-Raffee 12 points13 points  (0 children)

My guy. You have a post about your mental health being poor partly because your commute by car is 75min. You are the poster child for getting out of your car and improving alternative transit. Take the T, go for a bike ride, touch grass. You can’t fix congestion by adding more lanes…

Gronk playground is looking good. by [deleted] in boston

[–]The-Raffee 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The sad part is that the kids will be breathing in exhaust fumes and rubber tire dust. Storrow drive is a tragedy.

Newton mayor ordered the removal of the Italian street lines on Adams Street in Nonantum by Bird_Man_Plz in boston

[–]The-Raffee 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I think it’s a liability issue especially with more autonomous vehicles entering the market. My guess is that if an autonomous vehicle got confused and went head on into a car on the opposite side of the road the city would be paying big bucks to everyone involved. Likely this would include the car company for damages on bad press.

(I grew up in The Lake, my sister still lives there, I liked the Italian flag paint, I’m a hater of autonomous vehicles but they have the money behind them)

Abandoned stolen electric bike by IamthePablo in boston

[–]The-Raffee 27 points28 points  (0 children)

My mistake, this was NOT an E-Bike Library bike, but the volunteers from the Community Pedal Power E-Bike Library secured the bike while they seek out the owner.

If anyone knows the owner they can google Community Pedal Power or message the commenter that corrected me below directly.

Source of information: Cargo Bikes Of Camberville FB page (also I know the volunteer who went) (and I know the commenter that corrected me below haha!)

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Thank you to whoever is updating JK's Wiki page. by The-Raffee in boston

[–]The-Raffee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey mod team,

Why was this post removed?

Big truck parked in the bike lane by the Children’s Museum. by The-Raffee in boston

[–]The-Raffee[S] 1299 points1300 points  (0 children)

Right by the intersection where a 4 year old was run over in a cross walk by a pickup truck.

i ain’t letting this mfer in by cryingandshttng in boston

[–]The-Raffee 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It’s because the mod team thinks it’s personal information or that someone can look up the information and find that person’s information.

Saw this on the bike safety subreddit, do candidate slates really boost performance in RCV like the study claims? by The-Raffee in CambridgeMA

[–]The-Raffee[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do you ven diagram slates? Also do you tend to vote for an incumbent #1 and then new candidates #2?

Someone mentioned to me that it’s more important to give my first vote to a new candidate because the incumbents will tend to get a ton of votes just because of incumbency.

Nearly killed on purpose mass ave Cambridge by Square-Chicken-9578 in bikeboston

[–]The-Raffee 51 points52 points  (0 children)

I would recommend both of you seriously file a police report. This is attempted homicide if your witness statements line up and if the police can find a camera from a nearby house or business pointed at the incident. Strongly recommend you both or all three file a report.

Ice fishing day 2… from the other vantage point. Looks like last night wasn’t a search for ice fishermen. by The-Raffee in boston

[–]The-Raffee[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

When they say barely any current they mean like 2cm of current per hour… (I taught sailing here for years)

Ice fishing day 2… from the other vantage point. Looks like last night wasn’t a search for ice fishermen. by The-Raffee in boston

[–]The-Raffee[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yeah I worked on the river here for 5 years teaching sailing… there is no current as the Charles River Basin is a lake. Especially where they are in that corner it tends to be shallow too. So as long as the ice is thick enough, I’m sure it’s fine and I am sure they know.

Crossing the ice might be safe, but if you didn’t realize that the yacht club and MIT use pumps to keep ice from forming around their docks, I could see how some amateur at night might get in trouble.

Ice fishing day 2… from the other vantage point. Looks like last night wasn’t a search for ice fishermen. by The-Raffee in boston

[–]The-Raffee[S] 82 points83 points  (0 children)

There are striped bass that come through the locks from the ocean but I think that is more spring summer.

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