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<v Speaker 1>It's nice Boston's news Radio.

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<v Speaker 2>All Kyle, thank you very much. We are talking about

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<v Speaker 2>bike lanes in Boston, specifically referring to an interesting column

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<v Speaker 2>in Yesterday's Boston Atte written by old friend Brian McGrory.

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<v Speaker 2>Brian wrote a piece entitled is the Boylston Street bike

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<v Speaker 2>lane really necessary? Well, the answer I think is clear

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<v Speaker 2>in the question the once grand thoroughfare now feels like

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<v Speaker 2>a crowded, unkempt, chaotic mess. Yes it does, and that

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<v Speaker 2>can apply to a lot of other areas. Now, Brian

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<v Speaker 2>is no anti bike lane person, per se. I am

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<v Speaker 2>fit that description much more because I think that city

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<v Speaker 2>streets are for automobiles. They are not for bicycles in

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<v Speaker 2>my opinion. But obviously there is a new sheriff in town.

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<v Speaker 2>We have a Czar of Streets in Boston, and they

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<v Speaker 2>are committed to putting bike lanes everywhere I have been

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<v Speaker 2>in recently, been over in Dorchester, Mattapan, Roxford area, and

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of places where they have bike lanes just

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<v Speaker 2>absolutely unnecessary. Brian McGrory writes specifically specifically about Boylston Street,

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<v Speaker 2>which is such a great, great street. It is one

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<v Speaker 2>of Boston's grand You know, grand commercial thoroughfare. So if

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<v Speaker 2>you've been in Boston lately, love to know how I

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<v Speaker 2>feel about bike lanes. If you're in other parts of

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<v Speaker 2>the country, whether you're in a rural town in Ohio

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<v Speaker 2>or you're in a major city in Michigan. We have

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of listeners in a lot of different places

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<v Speaker 2>around the country. I'd love to know also what you

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<v Speaker 2>think about bike lanes. They are a huge problem in

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<v Speaker 2>Boston in my opinion and in the opinion of many

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<v Speaker 2>of our callers. Six one seven six. Let's go to

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<v Speaker 2>a Boston caller and Joeanne is in East Boston. Joe Anne, welcome,

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<v Speaker 2>How are you tonight?

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<v Speaker 3>Good Dan, how are you?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm doing just great. So you're in East Boston. You

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<v Speaker 2>get some bike lanes over there.

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<v Speaker 4>The bike lanes are on the sidewalk because no one

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<v Speaker 4>wants to drive in the street, so they go flying down.

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<v Speaker 5>You know.

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<v Speaker 4>I live on Bennington Street and it's a great you

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<v Speaker 4>know family. Most of the people that live in the

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<v Speaker 4>houses have been here for years, but also there are

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<v Speaker 4>new people with babies and carriages and dogs, and I

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<v Speaker 4>think the worst part is that there's no room for

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<v Speaker 4>all of this. So we were sitting out the other day.

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<v Speaker 4>Let's just tell you quickly that this neighbor of mine

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<v Speaker 4>had her dog and her baby in the carriage and

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<v Speaker 4>this scooter. The scooters are another thing we have to

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<v Speaker 4>contend with, drying down the street forty miles an hour

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<v Speaker 4>and did not slow down, and you know, we yelled

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<v Speaker 4>at him slow down, and he came back and he

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<v Speaker 4>gave us the you know, flipped us off.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, basically one.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 7>No, he came back a.

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<v Speaker 2>Classic guy, A classy guy.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, really, classic kid. It's a kid.

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<v Speaker 8>It was a kid.

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<v Speaker 4>So it's these kids. And he came back in front

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<v Speaker 4>of my house four or five times. So not only

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<v Speaker 4>are they intimidating when they are on these wheels, but

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<v Speaker 4>you tell them to slow down and they're in and

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<v Speaker 4>they're furious that who do you think you are? But

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<v Speaker 4>the other problem here is I work on Comass and

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<v Speaker 4>I drive to work because I work at MGH, and

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<v Speaker 4>to contend with number one bike riders that can't ride

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<v Speaker 4>bikes and one and number two is that when there's

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<v Speaker 4>a sign that says that they have the right to

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<v Speaker 4>the full lane, that means in and out, weaving in

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<v Speaker 4>and out. There is a red bike signal to stop,

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<v Speaker 4>rarely ever ever obeyed. And you know right where mass

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<v Speaker 4>av and Newberry Street and that new building are. The

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<v Speaker 4>light goes on for the pedestrians to cross, for the

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<v Speaker 4>cars coming from mass Ave to cut over to the

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<v Speaker 4>mass Pike, and for the bikes to go. And I'm

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<v Speaker 4>sitting there watching this, and I mean, no one's paying attention,

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<v Speaker 4>no one. And if you tell, if I tell the

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<v Speaker 4>bike lane, if I tell the bikes, you have a

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<v Speaker 4>red light. Oh my god, you think.

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<v Speaker 2>They believe that they owed many of the bikes on

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<v Speaker 2>the road.

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<v Speaker 9>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Literally, they don't pay for the roads, the insurance on

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<v Speaker 2>their viehicle, They don't pay sort of any sort of

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<v Speaker 2>like gas taxes to support the roads. But they feel

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<v Speaker 2>that they have a right to do whatever they want

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<v Speaker 2>and they don't comply. Many of them do not comply

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<v Speaker 2>with red lights. And some of them find themselves in situations,

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<v Speaker 2>sadly where they get injured on bikes because they have

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<v Speaker 2>been ready to believe that they are impervious and they

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<v Speaker 2>can do whatever they want. And it's sad every time

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<v Speaker 2>I hear a story about some bicyclist who has been

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<v Speaker 2>hit by a truck taking away. Yeah, yeah, you were

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<v Speaker 2>you thinking? Were you aware of what was going on?

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<v Speaker 2>And I mean, I don't want to say so.

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<v Speaker 4>They're changing Dan, they're changing the signals so you can't

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<v Speaker 4>turn right on red anymore. But that's that's for cars,

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<v Speaker 4>because bikes don't follow that. The other point is, you

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<v Speaker 4>know what's wrong with taking taking some lessons on learning

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<v Speaker 4>how to ride a bike or get a license if

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<v Speaker 4>you want to ride in the street. And I know

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<v Speaker 4>that's not popular amongst any bike but although.

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<v Speaker 2>The bike, the bike riders, the bicyclists want to be

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<v Speaker 2>free to use whatever road they want. They do not

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<v Speaker 2>feel they have to pay anything insurance, any sort of registration.

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<v Speaker 2>And if a bike bike, it has happened to people,

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<v Speaker 2>happens to impact your car, scratch your car, or God forbid,

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<v Speaker 2>take out the mirror on your car, you're in the hook.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you have a two hundred and fifty dollars

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<v Speaker 2>five hundred dollars deductible in your automobile insurance, you're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>you're gonna pay for them, and they're just gonna merely

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<v Speaker 2>drive away and you have no way of identified them,

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<v Speaker 2>and I identify them. They have become a very powerful

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<v Speaker 2>political lobby, and they show their strength in Boston and

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<v Speaker 2>in different parts of the city. What I don't understand

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<v Speaker 2>is how people in West Roxbury have allowed Semistry to

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<v Speaker 2>be taken over by bike lanes.

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<v Speaker 4>Well because they need the mayor. So, I mean, the

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<v Speaker 4>mayor would never allow half the things that she's allowing

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<v Speaker 4>in Boston next to her house. So we all say,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, do you want a twenty twenty condo building

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<v Speaker 4>next to your house? N answer would be no. Do

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<v Speaker 4>you want to pop up restaurant next to your house?

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<v Speaker 6>No?

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<v Speaker 4>So I mean it's it's just ironic that we continue

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<v Speaker 4>to have to suffer for these kind of innovations that

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<v Speaker 4>go great somewhere else but not in Boston.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, they might be great in the city like Phoenix,

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<v Speaker 2>which has big, wide streets and weather, you know, eleven

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<v Speaker 2>months out of the air at sunny and Phoenix and

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<v Speaker 2>you have a few rainstorms at at different times, but

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<v Speaker 2>it's not Boston, right, not Boston. But guess when someone

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<v Speaker 2>gets elected mayor, they have four years to do whatever

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<v Speaker 2>the heck they want, and she certainly has in terms

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<v Speaker 2>of bikelines.

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<v Speaker 4>I'll tell you, but one more thing. Do you see

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<v Speaker 4>wheelchairs now have any right to the road because they

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<v Speaker 4>can't even get through. And I think that was brought

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<v Speaker 4>up in the Globe, and I think it was on

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<v Speaker 4>your show when you have Flynn on a couple of

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<v Speaker 4>weeks ago, where they were talking about there's no advocacy

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<v Speaker 4>for anybody that's disabled in a wheelchair. Now it's by

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<v Speaker 4>reserve to bike lanes, but where the wheelchairs.

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<v Speaker 2>Go nowhere, Nowhere. Again, you do not have a wheelchair lobby.

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<v Speaker 2>You have a bike lobby and politicians right lobby to

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<v Speaker 2>political lobbies. That's it's simple. It's as simple as that, Joey.

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<v Speaker 2>Look at what's happened to the restaurant owners in the

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<v Speaker 2>North End. They basically be rolled over by the mayor's

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<v Speaker 2>They said, you don't want to participate, you don't want

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<v Speaker 2>to play and do what we say we will. We

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<v Speaker 2>just roll over you. This mayor's made a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of different constituencies mad whether or not someone's

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<v Speaker 2>going to step up, we will have we will have

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<v Speaker 2>to see. I certainly hope that the mayor does not

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<v Speaker 2>have a free ride because that will only embolden her

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<v Speaker 2>to put bike lanes through people's living rooms. Run.

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<v Speaker 4>I hope I help Flynn runs I hope Flynn runs

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<v Speaker 4>because I'll vote and work on his campaign.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, Well, if that's listening a situation.

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<v Speaker 4>Dan, Dan, if you want to talk about East Boston,

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<v Speaker 4>you call me anytime, because I'm an advocate here and

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<v Speaker 4>I'm constantly, you know, trying to bring attention to not

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<v Speaker 4>blaming people. But let's take responsibility as shared responsibility, that

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<v Speaker 4>we're working together and it's not one section pitted against another.

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<v Speaker 4>But that's what's happening. And I love your show.

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<v Speaker 3>By the way, so well, Joey, thank.

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<v Speaker 2>You so much. Please call more often. I love your calls.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you very much.

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<v Speaker 4>I will do that.

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<v Speaker 2>Take a care to tell your neighbors about night Side.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, you don't have to sit in front of

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<v Speaker 2>the boob tube and just watch. They can participate.

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<v Speaker 4>I just put it on Facebook. I just call them.

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<v Speaker 4>Than take care, Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>Good night, We'll keep rolling here. The only well, I

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<v Speaker 2>got one line hoping that Joeanne was on six one, seven, two, five, four,

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<v Speaker 2>ten thirty and two lines at six one, seven, nine, three,

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<v Speaker 2>one ten thirty. I got Bill and Lexington Paul and

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<v Speaker 2>need him coming up in this room for you. We're

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<v Speaker 2>talking about bikes in Boston. And when The Boston Globe

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<v Speaker 2>former editor Brian McGrory agrees with me, he's not an

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<v Speaker 2>anti bike person. I'm not an anti bike person either,

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<v Speaker 2>but I think it's way out of control. And Brian

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<v Speaker 2>McGrory and Yesterday's Globe on b one above the fold says,

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<v Speaker 2>is the Boylston Street bike lane really necessary? They will

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<v Speaker 2>kill the city of Boston. They will kill the city

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<v Speaker 2>of Boston with bike lanes and all of these people

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<v Speaker 2>who want more and more bikes. There's some bicyclists out there,

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<v Speaker 2>but they are way out numbered by drivers. Unfortunately, the

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<v Speaker 2>car car drivers don't have the lobby that bike lanes do.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll continue the conversation. If you think that Boston needs

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<v Speaker 2>more bike lanes, I'd love to hear from you. We're

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<v Speaker 2>coming back on Nightside. If you're from West Roxbury, way

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<v Speaker 2>in you people have been rolled in rest wa wes

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<v Speaker 2>Roxbury because frankly you don't have any representation in city

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<v Speaker 2>council anymore that represents West Roxbury. Got you basically get

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<v Speaker 2>outnumbered by the progressives in Jamaica. Plane We'll be back

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<v Speaker 2>on Nightside six one, seven, nine thirty only lines available

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<v Speaker 2>Back on Nightside.

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<v Speaker 1>Now back to Dan Ray live from the Window World

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<v Speaker 1>to night side studios on WBZ News Radio.

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<v Speaker 2>It's funny tonight all of our calls have been from Massachusetts.

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<v Speaker 2>Very rarely do we have a program without any out

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<v Speaker 2>of state calls. We have stuck with local issues tonight,

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<v Speaker 2>primarily these the Steward healthcare crisis here in Massachusetts and

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<v Speaker 2>now bike lanes in downtown Austin. But if you want

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<v Speaker 2>to weigh in from another region of the country, love

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<v Speaker 2>to know if you are infested with the number of

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<v Speaker 2>bike lanes or infected. I'm not sure which word you

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<v Speaker 2>want to use. As we are here in Boston, it

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<v Speaker 2>is incredible ount of pavement in a relatively small city

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<v Speaker 2>like Boston. Physically geographically we're big city, but it's a

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<v Speaker 2>small area. It's only a city that's about five or

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<v Speaker 2>of Hyde Park in Readville, and yet bike lanes are everywhere.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's go next to Bill and Lexington. He wants to

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<v Speaker 2>talk about bikes as well. Hey Bill, how are you, sir?

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<v Speaker 10>I'm okay, how you doing.

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<v Speaker 2>We're just great. I don't know if you get a

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<v Speaker 2>chance to get into Boston, but Lifton on what you

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<v Speaker 2>think about Boston's desire for more and more bike lanes.

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<v Speaker 10>I am more all over Boston in the metro area.

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<v Speaker 10>I've been driving for thirty plus years. I've never once

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<v Speaker 10>been like, huh, we need bike lanes. There's so many

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<v Speaker 10>bikes out here, there's between.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's the point, you know, when you think about

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<v Speaker 2>the amount of asphalt or or city streets that are

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<v Speaker 2>we were Amsterdam where everybody was in a bike, fine,

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<v Speaker 2>get rid of cars and go to bikes. That's eight

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<v Speaker 2>percent of the vehicles on the road in Boston, and

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<v Speaker 2>an ave given day of are automobiles. But automobiles don't

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<v Speaker 2>have ninety percent of the pavement or the asphalt.

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<v Speaker 10>One hundred percent in the millions of dollars that go

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<v Speaker 10>into painting the bike lanes. And it's not just in Boston,

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<v Speaker 10>it's all around. To go twenty miles out side of

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<v Speaker 10>Boshington and they're painting bike lanes on state roads and

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<v Speaker 10>how many bikes do I ever see on them? One?

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<v Speaker 10>Maybe on a Sunday, not Monday through shadowy Yeah, it's

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<v Speaker 10>it's it's very like, huh, why we wasting got money

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<v Speaker 2>Well, we're wasting our money on it because politicians respond

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<v Speaker 2>to political lobbyists, and the bike bicycle lobby has been

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<v Speaker 2>very effective in Boston. They basically have rolled many of

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<v Speaker 10>Wou You couldn't have said a better dam And that's

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and I don't think it's going to get better

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<v Speaker 10>You can't. You can't be dumbing money at politicians and

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<v Speaker 10>have them both the way their constituents want. You need

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<v Speaker 10>to ask you situents like it's just it is. It's

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<v Speaker 10>kind of crazy. I would like to personally see a

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<v Speaker 10>account and maybe have some of the bike was staged back,

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<v Speaker 10>some of the money, Like why do you get these

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<v Speaker 10>multimillion dollar bonuses when you you can't produce and make

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean I think that if the politicians paid

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<v Speaker 2>more attention and what was going on with Stewart Healthcare

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<v Speaker 2>as opposed to paving paving the road with bicycle lanes,

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<v Speaker 2>we'd all be better, but.

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<v Speaker 10>Hey, better empty. They're all empty. I mean, love you,

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<v Speaker 10>love you if you bike to work. Yeah, like i'd

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks Bill, appreciate you call. I have a great ongod

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<v Speaker 2>night pleasure all right, right back, got you. Uh, look,

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<v Speaker 2>we can always add a little humor here. But if

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<v Speaker 2>I wasn't going to laugh, you bought to cry. Because

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<v Speaker 2>I think Boston is being really railroaded with this. All

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<v Speaker 2>of a sudden, I got a bunch of open lines.

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<v Speaker 2>Couple of folks drop off, Let's fill them up. Six one, seven, two,

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<v Speaker 2>I think this is a really important topic. It's going

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<v Speaker 2>to be interesting whether or not we're going to hear

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<v Speaker 2>from any other listener in any other state. Maybe it's

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<v Speaker 2>only Boston that has the problems. Let me go to

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<v Speaker 2>Sandy in West Roxbury, and I suspect that Sandy is

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<v Speaker 2>not thrilled with the bike lane proliferation and Center Street

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<v Speaker 2>in West Roxbury. Hi, Sandy, how are.

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<v Speaker 5>You quite well? Welcome back to Italy.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah. I think the two main problems are one that

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<v Speaker 5>most people don't vote. I think in the last election,

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<v Speaker 5>what percent of Bostonians voted because everybodyisms is no point.

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<v Speaker 5>But I think people, I mean I've not met many people,

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<v Speaker 5>hardly any that like may Wou. And the other thing

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<v Speaker 5>about her is you can't get through to her at all.

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<v Speaker 5>I've called several times. She will not take my call.

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<v Speaker 5>I've been approached by several of her lackeys that want

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<v Speaker 5>meetings with me because I've considered a leader because of

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<v Speaker 5>the historical society, and they take copious notes and you

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<v Speaker 5>never hear from them again. You can't disagree with her,

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<v Speaker 5>She'll fire you. And what you said about the city council,

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<v Speaker 5>we have no representation at all.

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<v Speaker 2>You have a city councilor that is assigned to west Roxbury.

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<v Speaker 2>And if west Roxbury doesn't want to get out and

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<v Speaker 2>vote your city councilor. I think also where presents part

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<v Speaker 5>He doesn't care about what doctory you know? He But

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<v Speaker 5>the thing is you can't disagree with her because if

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<v Speaker 5>he did, and I don't think he does anyway, but

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<v Speaker 5>if he did, I mean she would just you know,

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<v Speaker 5>cold shoulder him. And you know he's doing all these

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<v Speaker 5>things that that she wants. That's how she runs it.

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<v Speaker 5>Mae Andnino, who's the only one I really knew. Well,

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<v Speaker 5>he was so approachable. I mean he show up places

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<v Speaker 5>and you go up and talk to him face to face,

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<v Speaker 5>and his word meant something. If he said he was

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<v Speaker 5>going to do something, he didn't and if he didn't

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<v Speaker 5>like something, he'd tell you right then.

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<v Speaker 2>And Nadia face and Tomnina was a great mayor.

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<v Speaker 5>Well, he cared about the city. She doesn't. She doesn't

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<v Speaker 5>care about at all. Dirty or she's stupid.

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<v Speaker 2>The one thing I know about Tom Minino, and I

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<v Speaker 2>know tom Nino very well, he loved being mayor.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah he did.

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<v Speaker 2>That was the epitome of his career. He had no

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<v Speaker 2>aspiration to go anywhere beyond mayor, beyond the mayor of Boston.

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<v Speaker 2>I cannot say that about the current mayor.

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<v Speaker 5>Clearly, I think she knows better than anybody. And you

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<v Speaker 5>know that's the whole attitude of the city council.

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<v Speaker 2>But Mayor Wu, I think is counting the days until

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<v Speaker 2>Elizabeth Warren decides to give up her sendency. Or Eddie

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<v Speaker 2>Marky because she sees herself as Senator Wu in Washington.

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<v Speaker 5>Well, I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>No, I don't either, but I think that's what her

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<v Speaker 2>aspiration is she is not gonna be she would serve

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<v Speaker 2>two terms if if, if she's lucky enough to be

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<v Speaker 2>re elected, and that will be it. Because she feels

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<v Speaker 2>that from an actual oarial point of view, either Marky

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<v Speaker 2>or Warren are going to have to give up their

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<v Speaker 2>Senate seat and now there'll be a competition. I think

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<v Speaker 2>Governor Healy might be interested in it. I think that

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<v Speaker 2>Joe Kennedy might want to make a comeback. But well,

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<v Speaker 2>we will see.

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<v Speaker 5>But that's what Mayor is looking at. Well, I mean,

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<v Speaker 5>we have a few now, but for the most part,

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<v Speaker 5>they're not strong enough. They don't have the money, and

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<v Speaker 5>they don't you know, they just feel like people aren't

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<v Speaker 5>going to vote. And I think most people, I mean

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<v Speaker 5>I was an avowed Democrat. I think most people wore

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<v Speaker 5>but Democratic Party, you know, isn't what it used to be.

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<v Speaker 5>It's ridiculous, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>Well it's you know, they talk about how we got

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<v Speaker 2>to be We've got to have to have transparency and

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<v Speaker 2>Donald Trump's an autocrat and we don't like authoritarians and autocrats.

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<v Speaker 2>But look what has happened.

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<v Speaker 5>Here is the worst autocrat that I've ever and Kamala

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<v Speaker 5>I mean and and then she goes and steals his ideas.

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<v Speaker 5>That's that's all he's going to do.

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<v Speaker 2>We talked about that, We talked about that last Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>I just joke. I think it's amazing that the vice

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<v Speaker 2>president has become the nominee of the Democratic Party without

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<v Speaker 2>ever campaigning for the job, without.

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<v Speaker 5>Ever the last night that way, Well, I.

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<v Speaker 2>I truly consider it to be miraculous.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I know, what do you call it? The immaculate?

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, the whole thing is a joke. I mean,

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<v Speaker 5>you know what everything they say about I mean, no,

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<v Speaker 5>I don't think anybody likes Trump. It's a person.

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<v Speaker 2>He's at me that The phrase I'm using is the

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<v Speaker 2>immaculate nomination.

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<v Speaker 5>Immaculate nomination. But you know, Trump knows what he's doing.

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<v Speaker 5>He made the country a safer, better place. And Joe

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<v Speaker 5>Biden I don't. I don't know if he's dirty or not,

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<v Speaker 5>but either way, he is stupid. And that's not a

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<v Speaker 5>nice word, I know, But you know.

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<v Speaker 2>It's I think we can we cant that a little bit.

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<v Speaker 2>City We could. We could say that he's lost a

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<v Speaker 2>little off his fastball.

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<v Speaker 5>Well I don't think he ever had anything.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, we could say that too, but we don't want

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<v Speaker 2>to say.

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<v Speaker 5>He's stupid, right, No, it's a bad word, and I

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<v Speaker 5>feel bad about it.

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<v Speaker 2>We can strike that from the record, Okay, I.

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<v Speaker 5>Mean, but no, the people of the worst, the constituents

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<v Speaker 5>of the country, because I don't see what's happening right

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<v Speaker 5>in front of Well.

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<v Speaker 2>I looked at the voter turnout in West Roxbury. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>last mayoral race in city council election, and it's not

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<v Speaker 2>the West Roxbury that I once knew. It's not the

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<v Speaker 2>West Roxbury that used to have, you know, political rallies

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<v Speaker 2>on the night before primaries and the night before elections

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<v Speaker 2>that we come.

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<v Speaker 5>Well, everybody was a Democrat, but it was a good

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<v Speaker 5>thing to be a Democrat in those days. You know,

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<v Speaker 5>all the maze that I knew. But especially Menino listened.

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<v Speaker 5>They didn't impose she doesn't listen at all.

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<v Speaker 2>Not only doesn't she listen, doesn't mayor will listen, but

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<v Speaker 2>Mayor lou Will then enjoys the confrontation she had, the

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<v Speaker 2>confrontation with the North End restaurant owners. And you you

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<v Speaker 2>upset a sufficient number of people, and your road to

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<v Speaker 2>reelection can be tough. But we'll see, we'll see. You

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<v Speaker 2>got to call more often, Sandy, Okay, you got to

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<v Speaker 2>wake some of your people up in West Roxbury, but

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<v Speaker 2>we're awake.

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<v Speaker 5>But you know, it just feels like an uphill battle cliffs.

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<v Speaker 5>She's obleak, terribly oblique, and you can't get you can't

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<v Speaker 5>get through to her, and you can't get through to

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<v Speaker 5>anybody who works for her, because you know, if you

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<v Speaker 5>hadn't minute, can I tell you that when she invited

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<v Speaker 5>me for lunch? Do you have a minute for that?

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<v Speaker 6>All right?

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<v Speaker 5>So one day I get this email, the May wants

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<v Speaker 5>to invite you, and I almost clicked it off because

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<v Speaker 5>I opened up the dacy, Andy, the May wants to

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<v Speaker 5>Center Street and touch and Touch a day please, RSVP.

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<v Speaker 5>So I thought, what is this? So I emailed a

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<v Speaker 5>few people I knew, and they know they hadn't been invited.

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<v Speaker 5>So then I called back and I said, yes, I'd

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<v Speaker 5>like to come, but why was I invited? Well, it

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<v Speaker 5>turns out she invited the presidents of all the associations,

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<v Speaker 5>so they're about fourteen or fifteen of us. So we

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<v Speaker 5>were supposed to get another email, please be there by

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<v Speaker 5>quarter of twelve. The mayor is never late, so by

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<v Speaker 5>quarter or twelve, there's about fifteen of us standing outside

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<v Speaker 5>the Old Aalehouse. And by twelve and by twelve o'clock

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<v Speaker 5>nothing had happened. So I tried the doors and the

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<v Speaker 5>doors were locked. So about ten minutes past, I said,

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<v Speaker 5>something's wrong. I knew it wasn't me because we were

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<v Speaker 5>all there and she wasn't. And so I don't have

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<v Speaker 5>one of those films, but other people do where they

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<v Speaker 5>can check their email. So at the last minute she

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<v Speaker 5>changed the venue and I'm sure she never connected with

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<v Speaker 5>the Old Lalehouse, but at any rate, so it was

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<v Speaker 5>at this place. I won't mention the name because it

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<v Speaker 5>was horrendous. So I got there meeting with the twelve.

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<v Speaker 5>I got there twenty minutes to one, and they stopped

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<v Speaker 5>serving lunch. That had you know, we'd been about a lunch.

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<v Speaker 5>So there are about twelve of us in the horseshoe

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<v Speaker 5>configuration and half the table got served full meal beginning

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<v Speaker 5>to end. I didn't even get a plate. Nobody on

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<v Speaker 5>my side of the table got a plate. Okay, no food,

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<v Speaker 5>no nothing, So I was shaking it this time, I

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<v Speaker 5>was so angry. So she at one o'clock on the dark,

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<v Speaker 5>sa I have to go. I have another meeting. So

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<v Speaker 5>she runs with her eighteen peep. There were more of

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<v Speaker 5>her people than there were of us, And so I

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<v Speaker 5>went up to one of the waiters and I said,

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<v Speaker 5>what's going on? Why did only half the table get

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<v Speaker 5>served or play season? And he said, well, that's what

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<v Speaker 5>they told us to do. And he said, I'll make

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<v Speaker 5>you a plate right now. You'll take it home. I

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<v Speaker 5>said no, no, I wasn't at him, but.

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<v Speaker 2>Well that was pretty poor planning. Hey, Sandy, I'm way

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<v Speaker 2>into my newscast. Remind me I got to take a break.

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<v Speaker 5>Interesting story people point, Yeah, yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Surrounds yourself with bad people, arrogant and incompetent. That's not

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<v Speaker 2>a good combination. Not a good combination. Thanks Andy, talk.

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<v Speaker 5>To you, they ca, thank bye bye.

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<v Speaker 2>Take a quick break. Here's the news six one, seven, two, five,

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<v Speaker 2>four ten thirty one line there six one, seven, nine, three,

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<v Speaker 2>one ten thirty Coming right back.

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<v Speaker 1>You're on Night Side with Dan Ray on WBZY, Boston's

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<v Speaker 1>news radio.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks Kyle, let's get right back to the Coles calls.

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<v Speaker 2>We have full lines. Let's see what everybody wants to

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<v Speaker 2>talk about. Karen and Wisconsin. Karen, you are next on nightside.

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<v Speaker 2>Got any bike lanes in Madison, Wisconsin?

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<v Speaker 11>Oh yeah, I've got them behind my house. And then

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<v Speaker 11>they decided to take my avenue and spend a year

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<v Speaker 11>and a half redoing it to put a bike lane

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<v Speaker 11>in when there's one right behind the house, so they

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<v Speaker 11>could call it loop around the lake. You know, it's

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<v Speaker 11>more fun to have water while you bike, So I

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<v Speaker 11>guess we have to go a block back.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe they should put they should put a bike lane

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<v Speaker 2>through the lake and see how they would do driving

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<v Speaker 2>on their bike lane right through the lake.

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<v Speaker 11>I have more trouble with the trains here. They don't

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<v Speaker 11>put any signals up to tell you there's train coming

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<v Speaker 11>that that.

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<v Speaker 2>Could be a real problem, Tarn. I've seen some of

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<v Speaker 2>those train accidents.

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<v Speaker 11>I saw it coming and there was nothing telling me

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<v Speaker 11>one was coming.

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<v Speaker 8>But I hope that's I do.

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<v Speaker 11>I will just say I wonder how she really likes it,

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<v Speaker 11>because she's got to be she's living right on top

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<v Speaker 11>of West Roxbury. Unless she's only going into Boston proper

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<v Speaker 11>and back, she's living right there outside of Rosie Square. Yeah, roaches,

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<v Speaker 11>you know, right down the street and I hear roach.

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<v Speaker 11>How can people I talk? I don't talk to a

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<v Speaker 11>million people, but I lived there. I know what west

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<v Speaker 11>Roxbury's like.

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<v Speaker 8>I can.

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<v Speaker 11>I can tell you people don't even want to go

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<v Speaker 11>into roads because they've got it.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeahangerous. Now center Street. I've been on Center Street.

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<v Speaker 11>I mean, I think that's the roach. I would say,

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<v Speaker 11>I'll see it road.

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<v Speaker 2>Street. Absolutely, that's when I'm back in Boston. That's where

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<v Speaker 2>I go to shop.

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<v Speaker 11>That's and and I can't see how the you know,

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<v Speaker 11>all the restaurants, the things that are still in West

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<v Speaker 11>Roxbury are going to survive with this. And and she

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<v Speaker 11>lives right by the what does she do ride or

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<v Speaker 11>bike to West Roxbury?

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<v Speaker 2>I guess I don't think she gets to West Roxbury

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<v Speaker 2>very much. I think to a nice indoor parking space

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<v Speaker 2>at city Hall. Hey, Karen, I got a run. We'll

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<v Speaker 2>talk soon. Stay safe and stay well.

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<v Speaker 11>I will you too, Dane.

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<v Speaker 2>We're gonna let's let's go down the cape. Larry and Dennisport. Larry,

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<v Speaker 2>welcome next on night Side.

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<v Speaker 10>How are you hi? Dan Taylor?

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<v Speaker 6>So you know we have the rail trail over here,

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<v Speaker 6>and but I want to mention my son is a

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<v Speaker 6>homicide detective in the Boston Police Department and he spent

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<v Speaker 6>quite a few years in the vehicular homicide unit. Here's

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<v Speaker 6>the problem. Cyclists have to obey every rule of the road,

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<v Speaker 6>just like a car does that they don't, well, they're

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<v Speaker 6>supposed to know. Sure, So you mentioned one of the problems.

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<v Speaker 6>So a truck or a vehicle comes up to a

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<v Speaker 6>red light wants to take a right on red, which

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<v Speaker 6>I guess they're eliminating all of those, but in other

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<v Speaker 6>areas you could still do it. But they look to

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<v Speaker 6>the left, no car coming, They take a right turn,

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<v Speaker 6>and the cyclist in his bike lane, which gives him

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<v Speaker 6>a false sense of security. These the red light doesn't matter.

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<v Speaker 6>He goes straight through. It ends up under the truck.

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<v Speaker 6>Whose fault is it. It's always the vehicle. It's always

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<v Speaker 6>the car or the truck's fault. It's a terrible, terrible situation.

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<v Speaker 6>So I'll end it with this one. I still have

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<v Speaker 6>some doctors up in that area, and one of my

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<v Speaker 6>doctors moved to a new office on Broadway in Somerville.

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<v Speaker 6>Have you seen what they did to that one?

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<v Speaker 2>No? I can just imagine in Summerville.

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<v Speaker 6>It must be yeah, same thing. They got those white

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<v Speaker 6>lines and I couldn't even find the entrance into the

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<v Speaker 6>doctor's office. You know what I said.

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<v Speaker 2>They have those stanchions that you have to park outside.

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<v Speaker 6>Right, those white picket fences all along broad So to

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<v Speaker 6>solve the problem, I just found a new doctor.

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<v Speaker 2>Well it's too bad that you have to find a

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<v Speaker 2>new doctor. That is not easy to do in Massachusetts.

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<v Speaker 10>I know, I know.

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<v Speaker 6>But on the rail trail here. You've been on Cape

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<v Speaker 6>Cod right, you know what it's like. They come through

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<v Speaker 6>the rail trail, they get to the crossings, whether it's

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<v Speaker 6>Deepot Street or whatever street it is, they're supposed to

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<v Speaker 6>stop and walk their bike. If they're walking their bike

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<v Speaker 6>in a crosswalk, they're considered a pedestrian. But if you're

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<v Speaker 6>riding on a crosswalk, you're not a pedestrian and you

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<v Speaker 6>don't have the right of way.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, they do some crazy things.

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<v Speaker 6>And again, and I'm an avid cyclist.

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<v Speaker 2>No I understand, No, I know that, But you're a

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<v Speaker 2>responsible Yeah.

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<v Speaker 6>Well, you know what the difference is. You know what

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<v Speaker 6>I did. Now, I don't like riding in the roads.

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<v Speaker 6>I switched to my mountain bike and ninety percent of

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<v Speaker 6>my riding is in the gorgeous wooden trails of Cape Cod.

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<v Speaker 2>You know something, You're a wise man.

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<v Speaker 6>Someday.

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<v Speaker 2>Great, dear you boys. Thanks, Okay, we'll talk soon.

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<v Speaker 6>All right, Thanks, all right, Dan, alright, bye bye.

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<v Speaker 2>Good night. Okay, Okay, we'll get one more in here

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<v Speaker 2>before the break. Let me go to in in San Antonio,

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<v Speaker 2>Texas in you were next on nightside.

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<v Speaker 8>Welcome back, Hi, Dan, how are you good? Very good?

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<v Speaker 8>Thank you. This is a pity call. I'm so sorry

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<v Speaker 8>for what's going on. It's really just awful. It's terrible representation.

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<v Speaker 8>The arrogance of it all is astounding.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you have do you have many bike lanes popping up?

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<v Speaker 6>And don't have any?

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<v Speaker 8>And I just hope it doesn't happen.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, if you get if you get some progressive city

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<v Speaker 2>councils or god forbid, a progressive mayor in San Antonio,

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<v Speaker 2>you'll you'll, yeah, they will, they will.

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<v Speaker 8>Pop up, whether you like it or yeah, and be crazy.

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<v Speaker 8>I can't vote for our mayor because I live in

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<v Speaker 8>the town, mayor county, but you know, I'm in San

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<v Speaker 8>Antonio and he's been a wonderful mayor. Though Mayor ron Nurrenberg.

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<v Speaker 8>He's been wonderful, but this is his last year and

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<v Speaker 8>the three people that are going to be running at

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<v Speaker 8>this point are.

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<v Speaker 2>Not are not. All you need, well, all you need

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<v Speaker 2>is one, you know, one good candidate who's going to say, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>we're not going to trip the roads over the bicycles.

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<v Speaker 2>That's all. But up here it is in up here,

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<v Speaker 2>it is just wild. I mean, there's more, yeah, bike

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<v Speaker 2>lanes than there are traffic lanes. And if you get

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<v Speaker 2>a chance to rud Brian mcgrory's piece in the Globe yesterday,

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<v Speaker 2>Brian is very progressive on most of these issues, and

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<v Speaker 2>he says in the Globe piece that he's talking but

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<v Speaker 2>at some point you got to say, whoa wait, hold it.

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<v Speaker 12>Stock the quality of life is is really taken a

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<v Speaker 12>down turn to think that they don't even have uh

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<v Speaker 12>handicap accessible. Uh that's terrible. Well I just can't imagine.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, don't come to Boston. Trust me.

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<v Speaker 8>Well, we've had we've had visitors down here and they're

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<v Speaker 8>they're talking about the bike lanes and all the traffic

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<v Speaker 8>that uber and and you're right, and it's very sad.

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<v Speaker 8>It's very sad, and it's.

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<v Speaker 2>Not getting any better, and thank you so much. We

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<v Speaker 2>actually had we have like a bikes are in Boston.

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<v Speaker 2>We have a rats are and a bikes are. That

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<v Speaker 2>says a lot about Boston if you want.

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<v Speaker 8>Who well, you know what your called what your caller

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<v Speaker 8>said about her luncheon with the mayor that that was astounding,

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<v Speaker 8>and see it said something else as well, and uh,

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<v Speaker 8>I can't remember what it was now, but uh it

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<v Speaker 8>was a good call day and us.

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<v Speaker 2>Is a good call as well. Keeping keeping contact with

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<v Speaker 2>you later. Okay, we do have a break. We got

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<v Speaker 2>in on and off, but we're a little bit late,

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<v Speaker 2>so let's go to the break. We're gonna get Michael,

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<v Speaker 2>Laurie and g O w in. I am gonna try

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<v Speaker 2>and I think we can do it back on nights

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<v Speaker 2>out after this.

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<v Speaker 1>Now back to Dan ray Mine from the Window World

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<v Speaker 1>night Side Studios.

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<v Speaker 2>On w b Z News Radio. All right, let's try

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<v Speaker 2>to get everybody in here. We're gonna go next to

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<v Speaker 2>Laurie in Idol. Got the bike lings out Idaho.

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<v Speaker 3>Laurie, Well, no, because there's a sign when you enter

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<v Speaker 3>the city where I live. This says, you know what,

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<v Speaker 3>pedestrians and michaelists bicyclists have the right of way no

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<v Speaker 3>matter what. So it's kind of like back in the day.

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<v Speaker 3>I remember back in the day, Boston was kind of

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<v Speaker 3>the city and said, if a pedestrian drops out of

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<v Speaker 3>the sky and you hit the pedestrian, your fault. And

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<v Speaker 3>so that's that's kind of like, yeah, here the the

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<v Speaker 3>the buckers and the bikers how the right away. But

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<v Speaker 3>everybody seems to kind of respect each other. And it's

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<v Speaker 3>not certainly it's not a huge city. And what we

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<v Speaker 3>do not have is a mayor WU which helps everything. Still,

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<v Speaker 3>it's it's interesting. It just seems like everybody kind of

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<v Speaker 3>gets along and the bicycles do their thing, and they're

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<v Speaker 3>not allowed to ride on the sidewalk. They have to

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<v Speaker 3>ride on the streets. And they have changed parking a

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<v Speaker 3>little bit, so there's some more room for the bicyclers.

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<v Speaker 3>But anyway, so I would think, I mean, so, I mean, so,

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<v Speaker 3>what is what is WU envisioning. I'm guessing there's not

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<v Speaker 3>like a peloton of bicyclists commuting to work every morning

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<v Speaker 3>in Boston and those bike lanes.

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<v Speaker 2>Right no, particularly in the winter when it's snowy, well

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<v Speaker 2>just not No, they've allocated probably twenty five percent of

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<v Speaker 2>the city's street surfaces to the bike lanes and just ridiculous.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah it's it's not being used, right, but they don't care.

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<v Speaker 2>Those bike lanes are never going away.

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<v Speaker 3>Wow yeah, yeah, yeah, that's that's you'll see them when

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<v Speaker 3>you come back, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>Why.

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<v Speaker 3>And I can admit it. I can envision them. I'm

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<v Speaker 3>familiar with the arion A letter stuff and I just

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<v Speaker 3>I can't even imagine. And everybody who calls, well, I

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<v Speaker 3>might see one bicycles a day in them, and she

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<v Speaker 3>just is not backing down.

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<v Speaker 2>No, no, she's not backing down on anything. And hey,

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<v Speaker 2>we'll see what happens. I mean, the bike lanes support

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<v Speaker 2>the bicycles. It's a very powerful lobby. It's as simple

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<v Speaker 2>as that. And it can it can, it can influence

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<v Speaker 2>a city election. And that's that's what she's mean. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>for sure, you see Lloyd Love You gotta go here.

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<v Speaker 2>I got two more going to try to get in Okaya.

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<v Speaker 3>Good night, welcome back back.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks thanks so much, Michael and Aiboro. Michael got room

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<v Speaker 2>for you in one more.

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<v Speaker 6>Please go ahead, Michael, me Dan.

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<v Speaker 9>I'm on this website. Senna Street Post construction re routing

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<v Speaker 9>three percent of the time versus point three percent preconstruction.

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<v Speaker 9>But here it's just parking reduced by seven spaces on

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<v Speaker 9>Center and two on Belgrade, and a DA space is

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<v Speaker 9>increased by one, which ridiculous plants add three more. I've

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<v Speaker 9>been over there.

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<v Speaker 13>There's a few spots oddball spots down near Rah that

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<v Speaker 13>famous donut shop that.

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<v Speaker 3>We in Duet in his donuts, right, yeah, yeah, it's

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<v Speaker 3>it's like ten bucks.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a little more expensive than me. I'm sticking with Duncan's.

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<v Speaker 2>But that's that's just the point of personal preference.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, anyway, and may good but maybe not that good. Okay, right, anyway, anyway, the.

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<v Speaker 9>That area and a couple out of the years with

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<v Speaker 9>the curved.

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<v Speaker 13>Stats to uh become rounded so you can mark the

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<v Speaker 13>side street, they did a thing where the bikes them

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<v Speaker 13>against the curb and they made packing.

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<v Speaker 2>Right. You got to park in the middle of the

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<v Speaker 2>street and you got a hope that you're near a meter.

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<v Speaker 2>It's unbelievable, unbelievable.

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<v Speaker 9>Chance of being killed. I'm only cutting off because chance

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<v Speaker 9>of being killed when struck by a driver as curious

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<v Speaker 9>speeds by age.

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<v Speaker 2>About I don't want. I hope no one gets killed. Michael.

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<v Speaker 2>I got to get one more in my friend earlier.

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<v Speaker 2>More time.

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<v Speaker 6>Okay, you why you know why she's getting back in there.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm here, I'm here. Yeah, I'll give you five more seconds.

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<v Speaker 6>Fight the Asian businessman.

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<v Speaker 9>We haven't edity.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't really think so, Mike. I think that's got

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<v Speaker 2>nothing to do with it. Thanks for the call, Geo, Geo,

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<v Speaker 2>you're late.

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<v Speaker 7>Go ahead, Dan, Which one doesn't belong We all went

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<v Speaker 7>to Rome, Geo, Dan Ray, Tommy Menino, and Fred schell

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<v Speaker 7>Vuci from MIT who planned the big gig. Which one

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<v Speaker 7>doesn't belong Dan Ray, who went to Rome and failed

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<v Speaker 7>to come back, describing Rome as a walking city with

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<v Speaker 7>bicycles and without cars.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, first of all, first of all, Rome does have cars. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>and I don't know when you were last in Rome,

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<v Speaker 2>but they it is a walkable city. But don't get

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<v Speaker 2>in front of the cars in room, Geo, or I

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<v Speaker 2>won't have you as a caller anymore.

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<v Speaker 7>When you went to the did you go to the

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<v Speaker 7>Trevy Fountain? Of course, cars from the Trevy Fountain.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, right, that's that's one area. That's one area of Rome.

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<v Speaker 2>So you're right on Trevy Fountain. But again, Geo on

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<v Speaker 2>the mistake and never in doubt. Buddy, great to hear

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<v Speaker 2>your voice. Gotta go. Thanks J I appreciate it. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my god, Geo is amazing. What do we got?

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<v Speaker 2>Thirty thirty? So okay, great, we're done Geo early, we

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<v Speaker 2>get have more time. You're a fun caller. We're done

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<v Speaker 2>for the night. I thank Rob. I'll also thank our

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<v Speaker 2>new producer tonight, Dan Tantano did a great job under

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<v Speaker 2>the tutelage of Rob. Back tomorrow night. Everybody. I got

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<v Speaker 2>Knightside with Dan Ray coming up on Facebook in a moment.

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<v Speaker 2>All dogs, all cats, all pets go to heaven. That's

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<v Speaker 2>why Pal Charlie Rayes, who passed fourteen years ago in Februar,

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<v Speaker 2>that's all your pets are who had passed. They loved you,

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<v Speaker 2>You loved them, and I believe you will see them again.

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<v Speaker 2>Have a great Wednesday, everybody, Dan Ray for Nightside, thanks

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<v Speaker 2>for listening, thanks for calling. Seeing Facebook. In a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of minutes,