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noob_tube03 t1_jddpw8x wrote

Reply to comment by itamarst in Electric chargers coming to Inman Street next to City Hall Annex by Financial_Assist_786

the fact that non home owning residents have no way to charge electric vehicles makes any attempts at seeming progressive laughable. I get that the city doesnt want people to own cars, but it turns out, there are other cities beyond cambridge that people need to travel to. I mean, even just automatically assuming a green vehicle is single occupancy is an absurd bias. like oh wow, I guess no families or HOV commuters use electric cars.

If you want people to go green, then allow them. Saying "your only option to go grocery shopping is a bike or a gas guzzler" is ridiculous.

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itamarst t1_jddtttg wrote

Prioritizing other modes of transportation doesn't mean the city isn't thinking about this.

There's a page where you can make suggestions, with links to existing stations: https://www.cambridgema.gov/Departments/communitydevelopment/evchargingstations

(The suggestion map is https://cambridgegis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/CrowdsourcePolling/index.html?appid=153271b7f5ee474fb8a619c31d12d5b3, I believe the purple stations are existing municipal charging spaces you can use.)

Personally I get groceries with a bike trailer, which means I never have any problems parking at Market Basket.

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