BadDesignMakesMeSad t1_jed8k4i wrote on March 31, 2023 at 4:04 AM

Reply to comment by Thiccaca in A new report found that Mass. has the highest GDP per capita in the country and is among the states least dependent on federal dollars. by truthseeeker

The secret is that winter weather isn’t the main cause of road damage. It’s mostly wear from vehicles, particularly large freight trucks but the big SUVs and oversized pickups that so many people drive are not helping either. A lot of this traffic could be offset if freight railroads weren’t shit and if the MBTA was functional but I guess that’s too much to ask

Thiccaca t1_jed8q7e wrote on March 31, 2023 at 4:06 AM

Why make it functional when you can keep using it as a way to funnel money to your friends in the form of consultancies?

dede_smooth t1_jed9d5d wrote on March 31, 2023 at 4:12 AM

If passenger rail wasn’t shit either small cities of students move around the state multiple times throughout the year every year. Putting trains from out west to Boston (preferably near Logan) could relieve tons of student and holiday traffic.

RandyCheeseburgers01 t1_jeeze9p wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:06 PM

To be fair, (Greater) Boston, with its huge student population, is part of the Northeast Corridor, which connects cities from Boston to DC and has the best intra- and intercity passenger rail in the US-- not that that's a very high bar, but still.

MammothCat1 t1_jee5vxi wrote on March 31, 2023 at 11:11 AM

We could even use some old unused railway that was installed ages ago... Oh wait they just made that into a bike trail....