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Necessary-Celery t1_ixsi5nq wrote

So much of famously walkable Boston has very narrow sidewalks, often with trees narrowing down the sidewalk even more.

And I think we're all just used to it, because despite that Boston is still one of the, if not the most walkable bigish cities in the US.

But my point is, it would be great to have a wider sidewalks, although I very much doubt we'll ever see the trees planted in the street. And it would be very odd to get that before we get physical barriers between traffic and bicyclists.

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-yuergus t1_ixtzxiz wrote

What do you mean by walkable?

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NightingalesEyes t1_ixua7sg wrote

it’s easier to get around boston on foot than by car most of the time (bar the mbta being non functional).

but generally when people say walkable they mean the city doesn’t prioritize cars over pedestrians. boston did that unintentionally bc it’s not a planned city, so the streets are a mess but walking around is pretty straightforward.

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