what the heck is wrong with Boston?

[Dinner]

Originally posted by The Emperor Fabulous
Where was your hotel?

And we go to bars (underagers have fakes)

But yes, Boston does close early - but not until 2. Blame it on lingering puritanical effects.

If a city doesn't have good restaurants open until 4am then it isn't worth living in. Bonus points are awarded if said restaurants are willing to break state liquor laws for regulars and keep serving until the last bar fly leaves.

[JimmyCracksCorn]

Second, I will be the first to say the T sucks. Jimmy, sorry, but it does. I hate having to take the Green B line to and from school 4 times a day, because it is slow and overcrowded. There are a great deal of changes that are necessary.

Blasphemy.

The Green line does suck. It sucks because its almost exclusively used by out-of-towners to get to and from their over-priced college. Other than that its fine.

Now the red line is classy. I used to take the Mattapan Trolley to Ashmont station everyday and it came every five minutes and was free.



hell yeah

[molly bloom]

Originally posted by Agathon
Really, I had to walk for hours to find a phucking Post Office and the one I found resembled something from North Korea.

What a savage indictment of a whole city.


Yes, I found the Vatican crap, because there wasn't a McDonalds in the Sistine Chapel !

[Az]

Originally posted by JimmyCracksCorn


Blasphemy.

The Green line does suck. It sucks because its almost exclusively used by out-of-towners to get to and from their over-priced college. Other than that its fine.

Now the red line is classy. I used to take the Mattapan Trolley to Ashmont station everyday and it came every five minutes and was free.



hell yeah

ugh, what a waste of track. longer trains, and no trams.

[molly bloom]

Originally posted by Az


longer trains, and no trams.

Trams are civilized, you heathen. There's a very good dining tram in Melbourne, Az, if ever you're tempted to pop Down Under and want to educate Melbourne's lovely Jewish girls in the joys of Az.

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by pchang
Go to some place cool like UC Berkeley.

I want to go to CMU.

[Az]

is "civilized" a euphemism for slow? Trams are only allowed if it's a town in germany with less than a million in metro area. Otherwise, get a ****ing rapid rail line.


btw, My first vacation out of eurasia is Ausland.

[JimmyCracksCorn]

Originally posted by Az



ugh, what a waste of track. longer trains, and no trams.

Those are just a connector service to the actual subway trains. They're vintage 1930s trams. They're also free, so how can you beat that?

OMFG!!!!!!!!!!

What a load of horse****.

As far as the "Silver" bus line, a system of dedicated bus lanes are an awesome idea.

Ottawa, Ontario (where I live now) has had such a system for years and it works excellently.

The Transitway
The Transitway is a unique dedicated bus route that has its own bus lanes running in a fixed dedicated guideway which serves numerous communities and downtown Ottawa. The Transitway is served by two trunk Transitway lines, the #95 and #97, and are also intersected and used by local, express, and feeder routes that travel to and/or through the busway. Routes 95 and 97 are proof-of-payment routes, in which fares can be paid on the bus, and proof of payment via a transfer, receipt, or passes, are required to board. They serve areas such as Kanata, Lincoln Fields, Orleans, Greenboro, and St. Laurent.

And all those stops are serviced by normal street buses. It works. The fact that Boston is utilizing this to compliment its many other diverse forms of transit, I think, makes it one of the more dynamic cities for public transport in the world.

[JimmyCracksCorn]

Originally posted by Az
is "civilized" a euphemism for slow? Trams are only allowed if it's a town in germany with less than a million in metro area. Otherwise, get a ****ing rapid rail line.


btw, My first vacation out of eurasia is Ausland.

Like I said, its just a connector service to the main high speed rail line. No one wants a ****ing speed liner going through an old, quiet town village.

[Urban Ranger]

We have got some classy trams:

[Az]

Those are just a connector service to the actual subway trains. They're vintage 1930s trams. They're also free, so how can you beat that?

Point taken.

As far as the "Silver" bus line, a system of dedicated bus lanes are an awesome idea.

Ottawa, Ontario (where I live now) has had such a system for years and it works excellently.

Dedicated bus lines are dandy, but not wasting tons of cash on immense underground stations for them. just run the light rail thru, and get it over with.

[:) Smiley]

For most mass transit, frequency of service is more important than speed of vehicle, so smaller trams that runmore frequently are better than fast trains that run slower and have stops further apart.

[chequita guevara]

Re: what the **** is wrong with Boston?

It gets cold in the winter and is frequently overcast. Other than that, not much.

[Gibsie]

Reminds me of when PH and I were looking for somewhere to get some food late on a Friday night. Not a single place could be found in all of south east London. I cried, he cried, the baby cried...

[Boris Godunov]

NYC mass transit pwns Boston et al.