CommonWealth takes note of some recent proposals for new residential complexes in the city that will have little or no parking spots for tenants (like this one next to the Ashmont Red Line station), and says the BPDA is taking steps to ensure the residents actually use public transit and not clog up neighboring streets with their cars - such as creating a registry of the buildings so that the city can bar their residents from getting residential parking permits.
Maybe this time the BRA, um, BPDA, has finally fixed its record keeping and so these records of buildings won't simply disappear into the ether like they used to.
Also, this transit-oriented-development stuff only goes so far. Last month, a developer proposed a 72-unit development with 84 parking spaces. Granted, in West Roxbury, but it's right on Washington Street, which is served by the 34 and 34E
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Planning, Development and Transportation Committee
By theszak
Fri, 02/01/2019 - 4:03pm
Planning, Development and Transportation Committee Boston City Council
email
ccc.plandev at boston.gov
Chair: Wu
Vice Chair: Baker
Committee: Baker, Ciommo, Edwards, Garrison, Wu
Team Lead, email
juan.lopez at boston.gov
1/10/19 Revised 2019 Committees Boston City Council available by email at https://www.boston.gov/departments/city-council/an...
[quote]"The vice chair of the committee of the whole shall serve as the president pro tempore in the absence of the president.
COMMITTEE STRUCTURE: All councilors shall be considered as members of each standing committee.
The president of the council shall name those members of each committee, including its chair and vice-chair, who are authorized to vote on matters in the committee.
All other members of each committee are not authorized to vote on such matters in the committee.
A quorum of the committee shall be determined on the basis of voting members only.
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This is not perfect, but it's
By dvg
Fri, 02/01/2019 - 4:11pm
This is not perfect, but it's a good solution.
Adam, interested in the back
By nobody
Fri, 02/01/2019 - 5:29pm
Adam, interested in the back story of the BPDA/BRA not keeping records of buildings that arent supposed to have resident stickers?
Havent heard of that before.
WTF
By anon
Fri, 02/01/2019 - 10:15pm
We are fighting over street parking because public transit sucks. Because Marty Walsh doesn't know WTF he is doing. He is keeping his construction union donor base happy - deliriously happy - and the urbanistas worship at the altar of the density god. And has anyone noticed how awful the MBTA is on weekends? Even if you can use the T during the week, you still need a car on weekends.
This is nothing new,
By anon
Sat, 02/02/2019 - 7:59am
This is nothing new, residents of Charles River Park can not get residential stickers. In allowing transit oriented development the city needs to preserve diversity of its neighborhoods including low density areas. Not everything should be transit oriented some some people need yards, off street parking and space. People who moved into low density areas farthest away from everything should be allowed to keep such
The city should charge for
By anon
Sat, 02/02/2019 - 8:09am
The city should charge for resident parking permits and limit the number of permits per unit. Other cities such as Cambridge charge and so should Boston. Also the city should issue city wide permits as other cities do. As far as parking tickets the price of the ticket should be based on the value of the car. Some people knowingly park illegally figuring the price of the ticket is the price of parking in the city. Since the city already assesses the value of the cars when they issue auto excise bills not additional work would be required
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