senatorium t1_jacrqwl wrote on February 28, 2023 at 2:40 PM

Reply to comment by jtet93 in Boston Daily Discussion Thread, Tuesday February 28 by AutoModerator

It was, but I'm not sure it's permanent. They published the numbers recently (I wish I could remember where I saw them) and as I recall it cost something like $300K to run and didn't get good ridership.

jtet93 t1_jacz68v wrote on February 28, 2023 at 3:31 PM

I feel like Boston always does this thing where they test something for a few months and go “look no one’s riding it.” But in reality it takes much longer for people’s learned behavior to change when it comes to travel.

iliketuurtles t1_jad5l9o wrote on February 28, 2023 at 4:13 PM

Or they don't pay attention to the other factors. When they kept the T open later, "nobody" rode it because 1) it takes time to change behavior 2) Uber was suuuuuuper cheap then

jtet93 t1_jad661u wrote on February 28, 2023 at 4:17 PM

That was SUCH unfortunate timing. Ubers were like $5 to go anywhere and it was still a new thing, so you could get a ton of free rides by referring friends. That trial was during my prime “going out” years and we did use the late night T occasionally but if you had more than 2 people it was cheaper to Uber lol

iliketuurtles t1_jad8geh wrote on February 28, 2023 at 4:32 PM

Yes - I remember doing the math and it was actually cheaper to uber than to take the T. Now I just want the 3 mile trip to/from the airport to be less than $30-40 lol (The only time I use uber because it's so goddamn expensive now)