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Commercial_Board6680 t1_j5vtkx4 wrote

I moved here due to the highly rated mass transit services based on the research I did. Had I known it was all a lie, I'd have kept my bike to get around the city.

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thebruns t1_j5w86xq wrote

It was good 15 years ago.

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Hribunos t1_j5ymx8t wrote

It was so much better 15-20 years ago it's crazy. I wish you could have all experienced it right at the end of the token era before charlie cards. Shit just worked.

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Auzaro t1_j5wjll4 wrote

NY is the only one for true car free life

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Commercial_Board6680 t1_j5wy4mu wrote

Ideally, I think all major US cities should limit motor vehicles down to emergency and service (distribution, business, cabs,...) only. Open it up to pedestrian walkways and improved, expansive modes of mass transport. Watching Star Trek in the 60's had an impact on my visions.

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JordanRulz t1_j5x0bon wrote

Not until we get nyc service levels with asian city cleanliness

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troccolins t1_j5xhufk wrote

Never thought I'd see /r/boston upvote anti-car agenda

Last I remember being on here, people were downvoting someone suggesting more people take bikes to work because "we're not all 20 year olds" and "some of us can't show up to work sweaty"

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Commercial_Board6680 t1_j5yqc0l wrote

It's been a few decades since I was in my 20's, and I never want to arrive anywhere sweaty, but I've always lived my life -to the best of my ability - thinking 7 generations in advance. I'm not anti-car so much as I am wanting cities to be more forward-thinking and find alternate methods of travel within their borders. Unlike rural areas dependent on individual modes of transportation, cities, by their very compact nature, can make major adjustments in their methods.

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sloadslayer t1_j5wdaj6 wrote

Where in the hell did you read that Boston public transit was highly rated?

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theragingletter t1_j5x3rqy wrote

Boston public transit is consistently ranked as one of the best in the US. Granted, a big part of that has to do with the fact that most public transit in the US blows chunks, but it’s pretty common knowledge

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therealcmj t1_j5y9thr wrote

Tallest of the seven dwarves.

Edit: one of the tallest of the seven dwarves.

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Hribunos t1_j5ymzfm wrote

I'm honestly not sure it's better than DC anymore.

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theragingletter t1_j5yozqz wrote

Yes, hence my comment that it’s mostly tied to the fact that the US has shitty public transit

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sloadslayer t1_j5y2mut wrote

Should have gone to Chicago. Pretty much a bigger and better version of Boston and definitely better public transit in 2023. The only thing that makes public transit bearable in Boston is the fact that Boston is a tiny city. It should have a big old asterisk on any top 10 lists it graces.

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