Here we have @ChloeEudaly doing the hard work of making our streets better.

Everyone who drives a car thinks they're an expert on transportation. Actually it's complex.

This simple change will dramatically improve streetcar and bus performance. https://twitter.com/PBOTinfo/status/1319343722631290881

This shouldn't have been hard. Steve Novick should have done it; Leah Treat should have done it; many other officials over the years could have stepped up.

But if you (a politician) try to take away a redundant car lane, mad NIMBYs and business lobbyists yell at you.

When politicians try to improve transporation, NIMBY and pro-corporate activists bring down fire and brimstone; they tell the local newspaper rags that you're going to destroy freedom and football. They send cranky letters to fill your inboxes.