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Alan Wirzbicki

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Should I save $63 by ditching Boston’s electric plan?

Opting out of the city’s municipal electricity program, whose rates are now higher than Eversource’s, seems like a no-brainer. But there are...

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Can we do better than the 30-year saga for South Coast Rail?

It’s not written in stone that projects like South Coast Rail, which finally opened after about 30 years of planning and delays, have to take so long.

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We’re #38! And #7! And #11!

I've read through three of a new crop of state-by-state rankings. The broad takeaway is... don't take rankings too seriously.

17.03.2025 2

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Good riddance to The Pit

Many people have fond memories of the Harvard Square landmark. But The Pit had a dark side that shouldn’t be glossed over.

13.03.2025 3

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Tesla owners: I want to hear from you

I wrote a whole article making fun of the plight of Tesla owners. Then I decided to drop it. They've suffered enough.

10.03.2025 7

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Readers weigh in on proposed Logan fee increase

MassPort has proposed raising fees for Uber and Lyft rides to Logan Airport to up to $15 round-trip. I asked readers: What do you think?

03.03.2025 4

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We can have nice things. We just don’t.

In 2023, in took twelve days to rebuild a portion of Interstate 95 that collapsed in Philadelphia in 2023 – a tantalizing example of what Americans...

24.02.2025 4

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Will bike and bus lanes be an issue in the Boston mayoral election?

Three Opinion writers to weigh in on the debate about bike and bus lanes across the city.

19.02.2025 3

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How you can help the T this Valentine’s Day

The Trump administration said it will give more transportation funding to places with higher marriage and fertility rates. How romantic!

11.02.2025 9

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Does Josh Kraft have a chance against Mayor Wu? 4 writers react.

He’s a rich white guy, who comes from a family that may not be super popular in Boston right now. Can he beat an incumbent mayor who has a serious...

29.01.2025 7

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We have a need for speed… cameras

Boston would be allowed to install up to 130 speed cameras under a proposal filed by Governor Maura Healey that could markedly upgrade traffic...

27.01.2025 4

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Why Trump should save the whales

Massachusetts politicians were fine with the economic costs of protecting endangered species – but only when it meant destroying the livelihoods of...

21.01.2025 2

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Is NYC’s congestion pricing a woke scheme or commuter’s dream?

The relatively smooth rollout in New York has, predictably, triggered questions about what other cities might follow the Big Apple’s lead.

14.01.2025 5

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Do the police arrest enough drunk drivers?

Are police in Boston really making fewer arrests than in small towns – and if so, why?

07.01.2025 4

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Is the dam breaking on camera enforcement?

Pedestrian deaths have been rising, and it’s increasingly indefensible not to use an obvious tool to reduce them.

31.12.2024 10

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Finding more money in the state budget for transportation

The clock is ticking on the Healey administration’s transportation funding task force.

24.12.2024 2

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Widett? Well, why not?

Everyone wants the train, nobody wants the train yards.

17.12.2024 4

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When the Mass Pike viaduct comes down in Allston, what will go up?

The Allston Interchange plan has changed countless times since the state began planning it a decade ago, and undoubtedly it’ll change many times...

10.12.2024 8

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Yesterday’s future, today

I’ve been collecting failed predictions related to Greater Boston’s physical infrastructure for the last two years. Some were nuts, but some showed...

03.12.2024 4

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The other east-west rail

The Northern Tier isn’t second tier.

19.11.2024 3

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Someone needs to shake up Beacon Hill

The extreme dysfunction of the Legislature, though, is giving GOP candidates an opening to use the same playbook that Democrats have often used...

02.11.2024 10

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Getting people back on the T

The very best way for the T to rebuild ridership at this point is to reestablish rider’s confidence that trains run every day without fail.

29.10.2024 3

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A Kendall Square train station would be grand

The Grand Junction is an increasingly incongruous relic: a sizable chunk of Cambridge real estate that is rarely used anymore and creates traffic...

15.10.2024 3

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Warren’s GOP challenger faults her on Cape bridges

John Deaton, the attorney who won the Republican nomination last month, faults Warren for failing to bring home the bacon for her constituents.

07.10.2024 3

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Milton’s case against MBTA law heads to SJC

The closely watched case has critical implications for the state’s housing crisis.

30.09.2024 2

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Reading the T leaves on late-night service

Is the T going to resume late-night subway service eight years after discontinuing it?

16.09.2024 1

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Bike lane politics roil Cambridge — again

Bike controversies were clearly part of the Cambridge state representative campaign backdrop — and a potential sign of the political turbulence...

09.09.2024 3

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An “existential threat” to transit in New York

There’s always been fare evasion on transit. But New York seems to have reached a tipping point where it’s starting to become the rule on buses,...

02.09.2024 2

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Boston’s first traffic garden opens

Last Thursday, members of the Wu administration cut the ribbon on the city’s first “traffic garden,” a miniature play streetscape for kids in South...

26.08.2024 3

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A tight deadline for the Fairmount Line

Maybe the Fairmount project breaks the pattern of missed deadlines, but four years is an awfully short timetable to become the first battery-train...

19.08.2024 2

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More bike lanes? Let’s vote

It’s perfectly reasonable in a democracy to let voters decide how to divvy up a limited public resource – in this case, street space.

05.08.2024 2

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2024 hindsight on Boston’s Olympic bid

Did Boston avoid a fiasco or miss a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity when it abandoned its bid to host the 2024 Olympics?

29.07.2024 3

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