Artist and community activist Tim Devin has put together a collection of ideas about the future of Somerville.
From Tim:
“The history of Somerville, 2010-2100″ is a community art project that is exploring what the future might be like. Both the book and the website present what we’ve found by talking to Somerville community members about the [...]
I just posted some more fantastic read submissions to the futureMBTA. Head over and check them out. Great work guys, keep them coming!
Back when I made this map for the Boston Magazine challenge for the next big thing in Boston I was pretty burned out about the whole future map thing and I swore it would be my last map. I ended up throwing it together last minute and even though it is my most publicized [...]
I think that the purpose of the MBTA needs to be split from an all-encompassing transit authority into purely that of operations. A parent authority should be established that would take the debt burden off the MBTA and allow it to focus all funds on operations and maintenance.
Capital construction and expansion would be handled by [...]