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IMO, they should consider banning cars in downtown areas (and adding large parking garages just outside them) while they're at it.
by TimTheTinker 3y ago
IMO, they should consider banning cars in downtown areas (and adding large parking garages just outside them) while they're at it.
- alfalfasprout 3y ago[flagged]
- Arrath 3y agoNothing says that banning general commuter cars also means banning handicapable public transit, cabs, or specialty medical transport though.
- menus 3y agoThe original comment did not specify that. It may be obvious to you or me but not to most people. Advocates for improved cities need to understand that are less likely to receive pushback if they are clear and concise from the get go.
- spywaregorilla 3y agoThe original comment was a single sentence, not a thorough advocate proposal.
- TimTheTinker 3y agoI didn't imply (or did I?) that those would be the only options left. There are several large cities that have already successfully banned cars in city centers, and I doubt they're accused of being ableist. Ghent, Belgium would be a great model to follow.
- skwirl 3y agoThey will have to fix Boston’s horribly broken subway system first.
- HWR_14 3y agoEasier to do if you stop having to maintain tons of roadway and can move that money into mass transit.
- caditinpiscinam 3y agoWhen I lived in Boston I used the subway a lot and though it was ok. What makes you say it's broken? Has it gotten worse recently?
- spacephysics 3y agoRed line and blue line don’t connect. You need to take a bus to “connect” them
- smolder 3y agoOr the green line, or the orange line...
- whymauri 3y agoSince Fall of 2022, there's been a negative spiral within the MBTA. Primarily due to poor maintenance leading to: service cuts, full shutdown of certain lines, and the highest percentage of slow zones in recent history. Here's a graph of slow zones: https://old.reddit.com/r/boston/comments/11qtx82/red_line_slow_zones_since_october_9th_2020_rough/ https://old.reddit.com/r/boston/comments/11qtx82/red_line_sl... They are returning a good chunk of the system back to regular service this Summer, though. Edit: the slow zones might not be clear on that graph, but at one point the Red Line end-to-end was around 1-1.5 hours slower. Especially bad for commuters.
- natdempk 3y agoTransitMatters has a nice graph of the problem: https://dashboard.transitmatters.org/slowzones?startDate=2022-08-01 https://dashboard.transitmatters.org/slowzones?startDate=202...
- IX-103 3y agoThey've banned new parking places in Cambridge. They're not fixing the red line or adding parking outside of the city. They're just not allowing more parking inside. So I have the option of paying $700 a month to park in town or take a bus that only comes by once every hour and then get jammed on a subway car that might even make it to it's destination.