The Boston Globe reports on a Transportation Committee hearing on S.2354 “An Act relative to sight-seeing vehicle safety.” This bill, filed by Senator Brownsberger, would require a separate driver and guide on all sight-seeing vehicles and require proximity sensors and blind spot cameras on all amphibious vehicles.
Legislature will vote Thursday on final transgender anti-discrimination bill
MassLive reports that the bill to extend anti-discrimination protections to transgender people in public accommodations has been reported from conference committee and would receive final votes on Thursday.
Deal sets up transgender-rights bill for votes today
The Lowell Sun via State House News Service reports that a compromise has been reached and the transgender public accommodations bill will be voted on today.
What happened to the Belmont Street / Trapelo Road bicycle lane
Where is the bike lane on Belmont Street and Trapelo Road? It looks like final striping was done recently and what was painted does not deserve to be called a bike lane. All along we were told buffered bike lanes were required by federal guidelines (because of the 90% federal funding). What is there now …
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Outcome on the Energy Bill
It’s a very solid bill, although we couldn’t do everything that people urged us to do.
FY17 Budget Settled
It’s a tight budget and we’ll have to watch closely to see whether its assumptions hold up.