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jamesland7 t1_jc0j0z4 wrote

they should have built it that way, but not now. Look at all the other protected bus lanes in the area that are just ignored. Without enforcement, they're just a waste.

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psychicsword t1_jc10i5v wrote

There are also "temporary" bus lanes that they painted down during the orange line shutdown that are entirely unused now but still painted there.

How am I supposed to be able to tell which ones are real and which are fake.

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CarbonRod12 t1_jc1w083 wrote

Yeah the fact that the city didn't undo the painting for the temporary ones just makes people less likely to follow current/future ones. What a joke.

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gnimsh t1_jc1h9qe wrote

Take the damn ramp back from the staties

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Ordie100 t1_jc0o3gp wrote

Simply wouldn't be feasible. Would cause traffic jams on both ends that would hold up everyone, buses included. Realistically there should have been a third tunnel sank for a bidirectional busway when the big dig was done, serious missed opportunity.

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rayslinky t1_jc1en6u wrote

It already has a dedicated lane under the harbor, called the Blue Line.

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pillbinge t1_jc1iz0k wrote

Drivers who know it won’t be enforced would love to have a lane to themselves.

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Victor_Korchnoi t1_jc2gnni wrote

Yes. Having buses sit in traffic is a policy failure.

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Po0rYorick t1_jc20do4 wrote

If transit riders account for at least half of the total bodies using the tunnel, they should get half the real estate.

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Wizard_of_Rozz t1_jc1r889 wrote

They shut off TWT traffic coming from Logan last night due to complete gridlock. Second time in a week I had to take a detour through Revere to go south! What a cluster.

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inseminator9001 t1_jc2903y wrote

Building the Red-Blue connector would get rid of a lot of the transit traffic in the tunnel.

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Ordie100 t1_jc2cs4h wrote

I really don't think there's as much of a correlation there as you think.

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aray25 t1_jc38rav wrote

This should be top priority. Then the Silver line tunnel can be converted to be part of the Green Line with a connecting tunnel from Boylston.

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MarquisJames t1_jc3709x wrote

lol and make it even more of a clusterfuck?

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UpInTheCut t1_jc245ra wrote

No because of gridlock, a car sitting idle releases way more pollution than moving.. You want a cleaner /greener city? Keep cars moving..

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Victor_Korchnoi t1_jc2ggb3 wrote

This is the most uninformed take I’ve ever seen.

If we want a cleaner/greener city, we should be incentivizing taking transit, not taking personal cars for every journey. Dallas is pretty good at keeping cars moving. If that’s your idea of a cleaner/greener city, I want no part of it.

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