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> Cities like Seattle and Boston have generally OK public transit. But pretty much everyone I know personally (tends towards older) in Boston still owns a car b
by littlestymaar 3y ago
> Cities like Seattle and Boston have generally OK public transit. But pretty much everyone I know personally (tends towards older) in Boston still owns a car because they do weekend activities and regularly visit friends outside the city.
I (French) lived in Boston for 9 months and I was pleasantly surprised how good the city is for cycling, there was not that many dedicated infrastructures (except along the Charles river, which still help a lot) but the reasonable density of the left bank means there's lots of small streets with very few cars and you can go pretty easily from one place to another: I was commuting from center Somerville to Chinatown and except during the few months with 2 meters of snow everywhere, cycling was much more pleasant and faster than public transport, and I would never have considered driving a car there given the cost and traffic.
- ghaff 3y agoI've never heard Cambridge called the Rive Gauche :-) But, yes, I don't bike personally (and don't live in the city) but Cambridge has done quite a bit to improve cycling infrastructure and there are also the bike paths on the Esplanade and in the Emerald Necklace. I won't say a lot of people cycle but a fair number of people do, probably in part because there are a lot of students.
- littlestymaar 3y ago> I've never heard Cambridge called the Rive Gauche :-) Oh I didn't know it was a only French thing to name places this way. TIL
- ghaff 3y agoI don't know if it's only a French thing, but I've never (in decades) heard the term used here. What you do get is Cambridge people who take (very mild) umbrage at being lumped in with Boston :-)