This is a laudable goal, and one that is necessary to maintain Boston's position as an economic leader that attracts young entrepeneurs. But the truth is, we don't need to do much infrastructure expansion-wise. We have a terrific transit system that needs two things to be successful. The first is maintanance, so people can rely on the trains. The second is development near transit. That is hard. Cambridge is debating a crazy downzoning measure in Central Square because a few aging hippies don't want to see a 16-story apartment building in their midst. The state needs to threaten a stick here, and and remind local areas of its power to override local zoning in many instances. That will send the message to local leaders that they need to get a real plan in place to significantly increase density around transit stations, or else the state will come in and make development decisions for them, which no one wants. It's sad to say, but Mitt Romney did a much better job pushing this agenda than his successor, who really should be taking the lead here. Even for a liberal Democrat like me, it's hard to love Deval, the Invisible Man.

What the heck. . . Beijingers used to be on that town's streets by the hundreds of thousands each commuter hour, pedaling for all they were worth to get to their destinations, whether work, play or study.  Now, of course, the Chinese capital has lots of Middle Classers, so the bikes' numbers have reduced. But here comes Boston, led by its Patrick-sanctioned nanny bureacracy, that seeks to emulate Beijing, and Amsterdam, at their 'best'.  These state-employed nincompoops are setting up an increase in traffic fatality/injury statistics in this town of Boston drivers by narrowing motorized vehicle lanes to crowd motor vehicles in favor of pedalers.  And with a per capital transportation deficit aiming to give a contest to that of the national government, this guy Richard Davey wants those folks who don't favor pedaling to use shanks mare or a train, even if the Patrick choochoo to Fall River and New Bedford provides the same kind of service as the one to Cuttyhunk - none.  No more buses or trackless trollies or SUVs or Smart cars or Vespas for this Patrick mob. No sirrah. . . public transit like trollies or subway cars or choochoos or - for those who prefer private - walking or pedaling. Well, how's this for a suggestion?  Let Deeval the Dope and his Transport czar, Davey, jump a freight train for Chicago and let Deeval go join Rahm and set up his social engineering in the windy city.

Remember Nicola Tesla? He's the inventor who gave us alternating current, which keeps all your appliances going and electrifies the entire planet. He was so inventive and so far ahead of his time that J.P. Morgan would not finance a major invention of his, that was and is so far advanced that it is difficult even to talk about it. He was so far advanced that the government back in the thirties in full cooperation with the oil conglomerates, (OK, I assume) at the time confiscated all his papers. You see, it was better to keep the oil-based economy going rather than help people. Google and find out how he empowered an electric car. I'm sure you won't believe it but do you believe in alternating current, his brilliant invention that empowers your bathroom light. Gee, he must know something. But, you see, it is better to pollute the atmosphere to support the polluting economy than to do the right thing, which is not to.