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DIG 23.02 – 1/28/21

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STRANDED: MBTA CUTS, PLUS CABBIES CALL IT QUITS FROM CAMBRIDGE TO CALI

Written by ZACK HUFFMAN Posted November 17, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

"Transportation as we know it is going to be changing."

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID, MBTA, Pandemic Democracy Project, transit, transportation, Uber

THANKS, SOCIOPATHS!

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted November 16, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

More Mass residents have died from COVID-19 than all the Mass soldiers killed in WWII, but let’s “get back to normal,” right?

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Bob DeLeo, Charlie Baker, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, criticism, Democracy, Health, Jason Pramas, mask, Massachusetts, MBTA, policy, Politics, public health, social distancing, tax, taxation, transportation, usa

BOOTS ON THE GROUND: STATE PARKS STRUGGLE TO KEEP UP WITH PANDEMIC CROWDS

Written by CAITLIN FAULDS Posted August 9, 2020 Filed Under: LIFESTYLE

"A lot of improvements are going to have to wait until 2021 or further."

Filed Under: LIFESTYLE Tagged With: bikes, Lifestyle, slider, transportation

PASSENGERS AT RISK ON GREYHOUND, OTHER BUS LINES

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted November 21, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Ex-Greyhound Bus by Omar Omar is licensed under CC BY 2.0. Modified by Jason Pramas.

 

No way to contact management in the event of driver medical or psychiatric emergency

 

My wife had a meeting in New York City over the weekend, as is sometimes the case, and decided to take a bus back to Boston on Sunday evening. Over our many years together, we have found that buses are generally the best—and certainly most economical—way ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: anniversary, Apparent Horizon, bus, celebration, Column, customer support, Democracy, DigBoston, driver, driving, Greyhound, Jason Pramas, Journalism, labor union, Lyft, panic button, passenger, safety, transportation, Uber

LANDLORDS’ VIEWS ON RENT CONTROL… REFUTED

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted May 1, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: analysis, Apparent Horizon, capitalism, Column, commuter, criticism, Democracy, fairness, Housing, Jason Pramas, justice, news, Politics, rent control, rentier, transportation

STOP THE ELECTRIC SCOOTER SCAM

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted April 2, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Bird Rides, Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Column, criticism, Democracy, electric scooters, Gov Charlie Baker, Health, Jason Pramas, Lime, Massachusetts, MBTA, micromobility, policy, Politics, privatization, public, PVTA, Raleigh, RTA, safety, SOMERVILLE, St. Louis, State House, transportation

ON THE IMPORTANCE OF POLITICAL ACTIVISM IN AN AGE OF EXISTENTIAL THREATS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted March 13, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Black Lives Matter, Climate Change, Column, Councilor Michelle Wu, Democracy, ecology, Environment, existential threat, global warming, Housing, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, MBTA, Noam Chomsky, nuclear war, nuclear weapons, Occupy, political activism, Politics, Ralph Nader, Rep. Mike Connolly, transportation

SNOWY SADDLES, ICY BIKING

Written by ANDY METZGER Posted January 9, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, LIFESTYLE, Non-fiction

Some benefits of biking accrue no matter the weather: free parking, minimal traffic, aerobic exercise, the occasional thrill. Maybe that’s why more cyclists pedal their way through the snowy months.

Filed Under: FEATURES, LIFESTYLE, Non-fiction Tagged With: bicycling, bikes, Boston, Cambridge, snow, SOMERVILLE, transportation, Vicious Cycle, weather

SOME THOUGHTS ON TRANSPORTATION POLICY

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted August 16, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Image courtesy of pxshare.com. Creative Commons CC0 Public Domain.

 

Transportation is a subject I address frequently in my columns. But, as is often the case in journalism, it’s usually necessary to write about it piecemeal given various editorial constraints. So I might cover flooding ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: accident, Alphabet, Apparent Horizon, bicycle, bike, Bird Rides, boat, bus, car, Climate Change, Column, development, ecology, electric, Environment, global warming, golf cart, Google, Health, Housing, Jason Pramas, Jump Bikes, Lime, Lyft, monorail, motorcycle, municipal, news, planning, policy, Politics, prevention, public, robot, safety, scooter, Spin, train, transportation, Uber, urban, vehicle sharing

FLIPPING US THE BIRD: SCOOTER-SHARING COMPANY LITTERS CAMBERVILLE WITH DANGEROUS VEHICLES NO ONE ASKED FOR

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted July 25, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Bird’s model looks to be entirely profit-driven and completely mean-spirited. No matter how much CEO Travis VanderZanden tries to equate the unasked-for and unwanted service to “freedom.”

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: accident, Alphabet, Apparent Horizon, bicycle, bike, Bird Rides, Blue Bikes, Column, Google, Health, Jason Pramas, Jump Bikes, LimeBike, Lyft, municipal, news, Politics, prevention, privatization, public, safety, scam, scooter, Spin, transportation, Uber, vehicle sharing

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