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dpm25 t1_j9kdfy2 wrote
dpm25 t1_j6phylo wrote
Reply to comment by DearChaseUtley in Wu wants to cut fares at Boston’s commuter rail stations. Is that really a good idea? (NO PAYWALL) by GlobeOpinion
I own 3 cars, drive/bike to the Braintree MBta station for my commute.
Lol
dpm25 t1_j6ph7kg wrote
Reply to comment by DearChaseUtley in Wu wants to cut fares at Boston’s commuter rail stations. Is that really a good idea? (NO PAYWALL) by GlobeOpinion
Where do those people who already use it live?
Who will move there when they move out to apartments on top of Braintree?
Wait. That's a net increase in ridership AND a step towards fixing our housing crisis.
dpm25 t1_j6pgqoa wrote
Reply to comment by DearChaseUtley in Wu wants to cut fares at Boston’s commuter rail stations. Is that really a good idea? (NO PAYWALL) by GlobeOpinion
Oh, interesting. So it would drive ridership of the system?
Ya don't say.
dpm25 t1_j6pfzs6 wrote
Reply to comment by DearChaseUtley in Wu wants to cut fares at Boston’s commuter rail stations. Is that really a good idea? (NO PAYWALL) by GlobeOpinion
You think housing on top of the red line would go empty?
dpm25 t1_j6pezaa wrote
dpm25 t1_j6per24 wrote
Reply to comment by DearChaseUtley in Wu wants to cut fares at Boston’s commuter rail stations. Is that really a good idea? (NO PAYWALL) by GlobeOpinion
Nothing says reducing car dependency like needing a car to safely access your local MBTA station.
Take Braintree. Surrounded by high speed 4 lane roads strip malls and a parking garage.
Only way most people get there is by car. Put some housing right on top of the station and none of those commute need to drive to the station at all.
dpm25 t1_j6p2eac wrote
Reply to comment by DearChaseUtley in Wu wants to cut fares at Boston’s commuter rail stations. Is that really a good idea? (NO PAYWALL) by GlobeOpinion
The MBTA should be reducing parking at it stations and using the land for residential development.
Train stations should be surrounded by housing and life, not parking lots.
dpm25 t1_j6o7n6w wrote
Reply to comment by UltravioletClearance in Wu wants to cut fares at Boston’s commuter rail stations. Is that really a good idea? (NO PAYWALL) by GlobeOpinion
Is it penalizing driving to subsidize driving less?
That's a pretty hard sell.
dpm25 t1_j6k2295 wrote
Reply to comment by mshelikoff in Maura Healey wants to solve the state’s housing crisis. Here’s step one. by _Hack_The_Planet_
Yeah I prefer grad students sharing multi bedroom apts and homes, it's oh so much better for competing rents /s
The socialist wing of the left is so bat shit crazy on housing.
dpm25 t1_j6jrqos wrote
Reply to comment by mshelikoff in Maura Healey wants to solve the state’s housing crisis. Here’s step one. by _Hack_The_Planet_
Yimbys aren't talking about oil rigs and steel Mills. They are talking about housing.
dpm25 t1_j64ppbx wrote
If you are not confident and capable of driving in the city, the answer is don't
Take the train from Alewife or a commuter rail line on the north shore.
dpm25 t1_j63f358 wrote
Reply to comment by StinkFloyyd in How do Downtown joints like Sam LaGrassa’s and Archie’s pay the rent only opening for 3 hours 5 days a week? by [deleted]
Equity and more specifically equity growth is that viable income.
dpm25 t1_j6003w7 wrote
Reply to comment by samirfreiha in Lawmakers pushing for MBTA to electrify Commuter Rail by 2035 by ToadScoper
No, the line item veto was an advocation for battery trains.
dpm25 t1_j5ws7dj wrote
Reply to comment by garrdon in Lawmakers pushing for MBTA to electrify Commuter Rail by 2035 by ToadScoper
Electric trains are faster, cheaper, more efficient, and oh yeah, faster plus EMUs can be run with much smaller train sets on weekends etc.
Not to mention the exhaust issue in tunnels. NSRL when?
dpm25 t1_j5wgsml wrote
Reply to comment by ToadScoper in Lawmakers pushing for MBTA to electrify Commuter Rail by 2035 by ToadScoper
Battery trains was the baker veto. Legislature called for no new diesel purchases by 2030 per that article.
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Reply to comment by Vinen in MBTA to close part of Orange Line to work on slow zones it said were eliminated, but weren’t, during full shutdown by ik1nky
The governor absolutely has political influence over the legislature.
dpm25 t1_j5vafhx wrote
Reply to comment by kevalry in MBTA to close part of Orange Line to work on slow zones it said were eliminated, but weren’t, during full shutdown by ik1nky
I have some hope with Healey prioritizing the T, but not a ton.
She does seem to have directed the transit police to start enforcing bus lanes.
dpm25 t1_j5v9n7d wrote
Reply to comment by ToadScoper in Lawmakers pushing for MBTA to electrify Commuter Rail by 2035 by ToadScoper
Wasn't this already passed in some version and line item vetoed by Baker?
dpm25 t1_j57bcnh wrote
Reply to comment by defenestron in Five-building residential and life-sciences complex with a museum could rise on long vacant parcel on Tremont Street across from police headquarters by rabblebowser
I mean obviously there is no way to get to BPD hq without a car. /s
dpm25 t1_j56t9ox wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Five-building residential and life-sciences complex with a museum could rise on long vacant parcel on Tremont Street across from police headquarters by rabblebowser
Interesting. Not working in that neighborhood anymore. They have parked there for as long as I can remember.
Wonder what spurred that.
dpm25 t1_j56qzpu wrote
Reply to Five-building residential and life-sciences complex with a museum could rise on long vacant parcel on Tremont Street across from police headquarters by rabblebowser
But where will all the BPD HQ employees park now??
You cant take their sidewalk away!
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Reply to comment by SecureberaldoExaon3 in The current housing market in a nutshell by LopsidedWafer3269
Who said anything about 2019?
The housing market has been bananas much longer than that.
dpm25 t1_j9yke7f wrote
Reply to comment by everynameistakenyo in Was there recently a crash at the Kenmore Sq stoplight?? by supersalmonz99
Out of control cyclist or pedestrian.