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Massachusetts YIMBY retweeted
Sign the petition if you want high-speed rail across the United States
change.org/p/billions-spent-âŚ
Massachusetts YIMBY retweeted
The housing shortage isnât just about not enough homes, itâs about not having enough options in all of our communities.
Peopleâs needs change over time, but many neighborhoods only offer one kind of housing. We need more choices in the places people actually want to live.
Massachusetts YIMBY retweeted
The transit community now needs to do what it does best: Show the MBTA the right path to take (EMUs).
the #MBTA costs are out for the BEMUs. theyâre the most expensive rolling stock ever procured. but not just thatâat roughly $25m/car ($525m npv over 21 usable cars), they are 2x more expensive than any other rail cars ever bought
Massachusetts YIMBY retweeted
remember: when you don't build new luxury housing, luxury buyers outbid for down-market units and convert them.
this makes housing more expensive for everyone, and it's why building all housing (regardless of price) is critical to reduce prices
Massachusetts YIMBY retweeted
"There is now unambiguous, solid economic evidence, not just abstract economic theory, that rent control would make the affordability problems facing [Massachusetts] worse, not better."
- Jon Gruber, Chairman of the Economics Department at MIT
Massachusetts YIMBY retweeted
Let me be clear. If we want an abundance of housing in the future, then we canât allow rent control. Itâs a bandaid on a supply problem.
Everyone needs to call their reps to prevent this alternate rent control bill from passing.
Mayor Michelle Wu threw her support behind a compromise rent control proposal that tenant advocates and a group of high-powered real estate developers unveiled earlier this week in a bid to avoid a brutal ballot fight this fall. trib.al/GeAXbR2
Massachusetts YIMBY retweeted
âI understand why rent control sounds compelling, but the reality is that it has consistently been shown to hurt those it is meant to help.â - @PVDMayor
We need more housing if we want to lower costs. Vote no on rent control in November in Massachusetts.
The rent in Providence is too high and we need real solutions to bring down costs for families. And I understand why rent control sounds compelling, but the reality is that it has consistently been shown to hurt those it is meant to help. In Cambridge, in Berkeley, in Portland, in St. Paul and more, rents actually went up under rent control and new construction plummeted. My plan provides direct rent relief now and lowers costs long-term through continued new construction. I look forward to working with the City Council to continue addressing the root cause of our housing shortage and bring down costs for all our neighbors.
Massachusetts YIMBY retweeted
Most of Connecticutâs cities have barely changed over the last 30-50 years. We need a regulatory overhaul to set the state on the right track.
Massachusetts YIMBY retweeted
This is exactly the kind of infrastructure that Massachusetts should be building
The Netherlands just put another $1.2 billion into its cycling infrastructure.
They aren't being generous, they're actually being cheap. National infrastructure projects of any size are legally required to undergo a cost-benefit analysis before they get built.
They ran the numbers on cycling and every dollar invested came back as roughly $8.90 in benefits: lives saved, healthcare costs avoided, quieter streets, cleaner air, less congestion. 6,500 fewer premature deaths a year, six more months of average life expectancy across the entire country.
A few years ago they were skeptical of a $17 million cycling bridge across the Maas River. They ran the analysis. The bridge was predicted to save $132 million over its lifetime, so they built it.
Most conversations about cycling infrastructure start with "how do we pay for it?" The Dutch conversation starts at "what's the cost-benefit ratio." That's the key difference.
The Netherlands isn't just subsidizing bicycles, it's refusing to waste money on the alternative.
Massachusetts YIMBY retweeted
Enough with the delayed experimentation. The MBTA needs to put the commuter rail BEMUs on the back burner in favor of buying the same EMUs from Stadler that Caltrain bought.
We need functional transit that delivers tangible, immediate benefits for riders.
Massachusetts YIMBY retweeted
Imagine how well the Hartford Line would do if we encouraged massive transit-oriented developments around stations. Also, imagine how much revenue the developments would bring in!
Massachusetts YIMBY retweeted
This is a reminder that the Triangle once studied building a commuter rail line. We can be the generation to make it happen.
The Greater Triangle Commuter Rail project would serve a region slated to grow by more than a million people in the next 30 years. Have your say in how the project proceeds by visiting readyforrailnc.com/feasibili⌠and leaving your comments!
Massachusetts YIMBY retweeted
oh my god, this is unbelievable: the striking LIRR worker complaining that Hochul âhas money for everything except our salariesâ LITERALLY MADE MORE MONEY THAN HOCHUL DID LAST YEAR
Massachusetts YIMBY retweeted
Drop the South Station expansion project in favor of the North-South Rail Link. Itâs cleaner.
Massachusetts YIMBY retweeted
The MBTA is considering building a switch at Park St to allow both inbound Green Line tracks to continue north.
PLEASEEEEEEEEEE BUILD IT
