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Boston and Cambridge’s transit is deteriorating rapidly. I used to live in East Cambridge and regularly visited Harvard and Kenmore. I watched as both trips b
by bitsage 3y ago
Boston and Cambridge’s transit is deteriorating rapidly. I used to live in East Cambridge and regularly visited Harvard and Kenmore. I watched as both trips ballooned in time due to longer headways and speed restrictions on the train. The buses also never seem to be on time during 8-10AM and 5-7PM. I soon came to the realization it’s significantly quicker, and more predictable, for me to bike than to take the bus or train for most trips nowadays.
To add to that, the rate of car ownership has actually been increasing here, although I should acknowledge Boston’s percentage of young professionals is greater than in previous decades. Also, our MBTA ridership is still below pre-pandemic levels
- ghaff 3y agoI'm in the city quite seldom and take the T even less so I'm admittedly not very plugged into the day to day experience. You're probably right about young professionals. I'd guess that relatively few mid-career+ professionals don't own a car. But I know a number of recent hires at my company who were typically interns at a university in the city and quite a few are basically continuing their college lifestyle for now (including leaning on their friends who do own cars). I think last time I looked, both T and commuter rail ridership were still way down. Maybe a bit over 50%. I know when I take the train in a train that would be packed standing room only starting at at least Waltham there are almost always empty seats today.