{"items": [{"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/notes/jeff-kaufman/friday-september-17-2010-other-possible-mbta-expansions/429492691212/?comment_id=429506961212", "anchor": "fb-429506961212", "service": "fb", "text": "@Herbert: I wouldn't be surprised if it's been long enough now", "timestamp": "1284750477"}, {"author": "Jesse", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/notes/jeff-kaufman/friday-september-17-2010-other-possible-mbta-expansions/429492691212/?comment_id=429509126212", "anchor": "fb-429509126212", "service": "fb", "text": "Might be surprised. Arlington apparently was militantly opposed to marking bike lanes on main roads (last year).", "timestamp": "1284750933"}, {"author": "Jerome", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/notes/jeff-kaufman/friday-september-17-2010-other-possible-mbta-expansions/429492691212/?comment_id=429518646212", "anchor": "fb-429518646212", "service": "fb", "text": "Well, with the bike lanes, there is a school of strong vehicular cyclists that believe that bikes should behave like cars and oppose anything that would differentiate the two. I would agree that there are problems with poorly-designed door-zone bike lanes, but can see the utility of cycling infrastructure for encouraging cyclists less experienced at riding in traffic.", "timestamp": "1284753129"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/notes/jeff-kaufman/friday-september-17-2010-other-possible-mbta-expansions/429492691212/?comment_id=429521736212", "anchor": "fb-429521736212", "service": "fb", "text": "@Jerome: my guess was that opposition to bikelanes in arlington was in the form of \"don't take away room from cars\" not \"bike lanes encourage bikers to believe that they shouldn't act like vehicles\"", "timestamp": "1284753950"}, {"author": "BDan", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/notes/jeff-kaufman/friday-september-17-2010-other-possible-mbta-expansions/429492691212/?comment_id=429528711212", "anchor": "fb-429528711212", "service": "fb", "text": "Not long enough yet. And the cheap way to do it would be to permanently destroy the Minuteman, which would increase opposition.
An alternate version of 4. actually branches at Harvard Square, incidentally. See http://futurembta.com/theredline/ (and the site has a lot of other possibilities, too).", "timestamp": "1284755734"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/notes/jeff-kaufman/friday-september-17-2010-other-possible-mbta-expansions/429492691212/?comment_id=429529776212", "anchor": "fb-429529776212", "service": "fb", "text": "@BDan: You think that the red line could be put through above ground if it weren't for the minuteman?", "timestamp": "1284756038"}, {"author": "BDan", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/notes/jeff-kaufman/friday-september-17-2010-other-possible-mbta-expansions/429492691212/?comment_id=429530846212", "anchor": "fb-429530846212", "service": "fb", "text": "I'm not sure. But the Minuteman definitely makes it worse -- a lot of people use it, and for recreation as well as commuting. I honestly don't think I could support a project that got rid of it, even if it resulted in useful rail service.", "timestamp": "1284756354"}]}