Beacon Streets

NYC Housing Plans Are All Inadequate

Flooding projections just add another complication.

Apr 8 • 

Stowe Boyd

February 2025

What We Can Learn From Lower European Speed Limits

Lives saved with little impact on travel times.

Feb 23 • 

Stowe Boyd

January 2025

Another Reason for 20 mph: Lower Insurance Rates

If the direct benefits of fewer collisions aren't enough…

Jan 20 • 

Stowe Boyd

November 2024

Is the Hudson Valley Prepared for a New Era of Wildfire Vulnerability?

No, and that should make us worried. I am.

Nov 10, 2024 • 

Stowe Boyd

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July 2024

Kingston Moving Toward Area-Wide 25mph Speed Limit

Now that NY State has loosened its stranglehold on municipal traffic speeds.

Jul 5, 2024 • 

Stowe Boyd

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March 2024

How Beacon Could Create More Housing

And it wouldn't require massive developments or high-rise apartments.

Mar 26, 2024 • 

Stowe Boyd

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Wide Angle: Urban Orphans

My latest column from the Highlands Current.

Mar 16, 2024 • 

Stowe Boyd

July 2023

Highlands Current: Wide Angle

Recent columns I've written for the local paper.

Jul 7, 2023 • 

Stowe Boyd

March 2023

Governor Hochul's Housing Plan Fails In Albany

Her housing plan is shot down by the Legislature. Now what?

Mar 16, 2023 • 

Stowe Boyd

February 2023

Jay Jacobs Has To Go

No matter what the excuses for November's loses, the State Democratic Party is broken… or maybe never really built, at all.

Feb 22, 2023 • 

Stowe Boyd

January 2023

Mara Gay on New York Democrats' Challenges

Mostly, I agree with Gay, and the Democrats have a huge mess on their hands.

Jan 7, 2023 • 

Stowe Boyd

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December 2022

2023, The New New York, The New New Beacon

I am making no predictions, only one resolution, and offering only a few hopes

Dec 31, 2022 • 

Stowe Boyd

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