As someone that travels abroad a lot, Boston is an extremely walkable city, and to say otherwise is bullshittery. Almost all tasks can be accomplished on foot. Also, you’re never more than a 5-10 minute walk from a park, and a public square. It’s safe, well lit, and clean.

Even by European (and yes, British Standards), we do a fantastic job. As long as we’re not comparing to London. If we’re comparing to Leeds, Bristol, Birmingham or even Dublin - we’re categorically above.

We have many neighborhoods with walk scores of 99. Cambridge is the most walkable city in the country and ranks as highly as anywhere abroad. We average lower due to neighborhoods like West Roxbury and Roslindale that are more car dependent, but the core city is great.

Unfortunately the MBTA is meh-as-fuck. Even though Paris Metro on-time performance is similar to ours, they still manage to have 2 minute departures during peak hours.

Our Blue Line is pretty normal by European standards in terms of reliability - and the Orange Line actually seems better with all the new trains. Though departure times are less frequent since the Feds got involved and cleaning house.

Hopefully things will get better with Governor Healy. I’m not entirely optimistic, but TBD.