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swni t1_jcu5vby wrote
Reply to Where to find the NYT? by objetpetit
Many years ago I picked one up in a gas station on Mass ave near central / MIT. No idea if they would still be sold there, or other gas stations.
swni t1_jaav6rz wrote
Reply to comment by LennyKravitzScarf in MBTA won’t roll out $935M automated fare payment system in 2024 by weallgettheemails2
For Jan 2019 I see 658k subway rides per weekday, way higher than 1.7m per month. Bus was 370k / weekday. https://mbtabackontrack.com/performance/#/detail/ridership/2019-01-01/Subway///all
swni t1_jaaq9q0 wrote
Reply to comment by LennyKravitzScarf in MBTA won’t roll out $935M automated fare payment system in 2024 by weallgettheemails2
That doesn't seem right, as of 2014 it is close to a million subway rides per weekday. 2019 fares were 671.4m. Last year fares were only $200m though obviously that was mostly a temporary decline. https://cdn.mbta.com/sites/default/files/financials/budgets/fy19-itemized-budget.pdf
swni t1_ja2nzse wrote
Reply to comment by vanillacrepe in Climate Justice Orgs in Cambridge by vanillacrepe
Hmm too bad. I would like to get involved in some way.
swni t1_j9x2i4p wrote
Reply to comment by vanillacrepe in Climate Justice Orgs in Cambridge by vanillacrepe
Can you share what you or others actually do as part of Sunrise etc? Some years ago I looked into 350 Mass and got rebuffed by the recruiters I spoke to who basically said they just want people to email their representatives. I am sure there is more to these organizations than that but I was left with a sour taste.
swni t1_j5x5blj wrote
Reply to comment by smowstorm077 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
Generally speaking anytime you enter / leave free shuttle bus there is no fare; the subway gates will be left open at those stops. No promises that that will happen in your situation though.
swni t1_j4z1l01 wrote
Reply to Cambridge leads American Cities with >100k pop with Bike and Walk scores by MrMadLeprechaun
I have lived in the Netherlands, and while Cambridge is fairly walkable to say "Cambridge has excellent public transportation and is a biker’s paradise" is an absolute travesty and an indictment of the US as a whole. Public transit is acceptable if you live near the T, barely adequate for daily commuting if you rely on the bus, and there are only a handful of safe biking routes (e.g. by the Charles or along Alewife linear park).
swni t1_iwemea9 wrote
Reply to comment by albertogonzalex in Linear park redesign (Alewife to Davis) by zeratul98
I went biking through at like 6pm once and for half of it I may as well have been walking. It is still very pleasant and much preferred to being on the street, but I could see someone using it for commuting at rush hour getting impatient after a while.
swni t1_jegsji9 wrote
Reply to comment by random12356622 in SJC rules Mayor Wu had the authority to require municipal workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine - The Boston Globe by TouchDownBurrito
> advocate for the rights of the members of the union
Supporting the rights of union members is not synonymous with blindly opposing anything employers support; unions that oppose (useful) safety measures are not helping their members.