SoulSentry

SoulSentry t1_jaasnde wrote

Vote for bike and transit infrastructure in Quincy. I commute from Cambridge to Quincy via the T and would love it if they invested in either the Blue bike network or a light rail network. Washington Street is begging for better transit options and more mixed use development.

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SoulSentry t1_j9hvz0m wrote

I asked this evening. Unfortunately it seems the staff is totally in the dark and also a bit upset about learning all of this through social media. The staff that I spoke with said they have no idea what is going on. Hopefully it all shakes out. I hope the game operator sticks around. Those pinball machines are in great condition

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SoulSentry t1_iyar5w4 wrote

30 cents per ride is a 12.5% increase in price per ride. That's a significant amount of money for a Wall Street banker let alone most people . Spending 12% more on your transportation with no improvement to the speed and reliability of service is a bridge too far and will result in fewer riders which means less revenue. It may not completely negate the gains but it won't result in 12% more revenue for the T. At best maybe 0.5%

A better idea would be to tax all road users for millage travelled and add tolls to I-93, Rte 2, Rte 3, and the other major roadways into and out of greater Boston. Only allow that tax revenue to fund the T. This makes choosing to drive more expensive and thus taking the T a more attractive (although slower) option. This would also have a follow on effect of more revenue from increased ridership. All of that new funding could be used to expand service and improve transit time and reliability.

This is the only serious way to fix a transit system

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SoulSentry t1_ivq809g wrote

Yep. Happened to me before I had a resident permit. I was parked on an unsigned street. There are still no signs there and it's odd because they can never tow during street sweeping due to it. They always come and the DPW says they can't sweep until traffic hangs the signs

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