riski_click t1_iuaf7jc wrote on October 29, 2022 at 8:30 PM

it's a very walkable city, but I don't know if I'd say it's "pedestrian friendly." Those seem to be two separate things that you have linked..

deadliftothersup t1_iud0kwt wrote on October 30, 2022 at 12:09 PM

Yeah basically no cities in the US are pedestrian first, but Boston is comparatively better, which of course are the options we have in front of us.

BackRiverAch t1_iudkp80 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 2:59 PM

It's very pedestrian friendly if you are from here because we jay walk like it was designed to be used that way.

riski_click t1_iudu0n3 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 4:05 PM

100%. Those of us that are from here know it's safer to cross wherever you are if there are no cars coming, rather than walking to a crosswalk and expecting cars to stop.

BackRiverAch t1_iuj0ub7 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 6:19 PM

Yep. I wasn't being funny, I'm glad someone else got it. We're not on a grid layout here with our roads, and people here also walk much faster in public than anywhere else I've been. I've never seen another city where people opportunistically cut through traffic like in Boston.

Like if you tracked most people here on Google maps walking around the city, it'd be them like zig-zagging through the city on foot instead of stopping at every crosswalk if they're from here.

Just an observation.

morrowgirl t1_iud07na wrote on October 30, 2022 at 12:05 PM

This is an excellent distinction. The car is still King in Boston and traffic laws are barely, if ever, enforced.

Id_Solomon t1_iudfa8m wrote on October 30, 2022 at 2:20 PM

Just don't stand in the middle of the road like an idiot. You're just asking for trouble (or maybe a settlement).

KEEP WALKING!!!