Bostonist: Will Pahking at the Pahk Stop Being So Wicked Expensive?

ed

Thu, 16 Jun 2005 17:38:09 -0500

oh, ed's take on this? if idiots want to pay an idiotic amount of money to park their cars, ed doesn't care. if you can afford the ridiculous prices for sox tickets and insist on taking your car, then enjoy. the big dig is more about highways than people driving downtown, and it was never meant to cost billions. we are just stuck with its crappy legacy and boston's old drinking buddy, corruption.

ed

Thu, 16 Jun 2005 17:27:42 -0500

man does the green line suck. the solution to this problem is making the green line suck less. unfortunately that will never ever happen. ever.

Josh

Thu, 16 Jun 2005 16:44:01 -0500

... because if that's what you're saying, I heartily disagree. Although my current abode makes bicycling more convenient than taking the T, I'm a life-long mass-transit user (in four different cities) and I know all too well the misery of crowded trains when my patience and will to live are already worn thin by the daily grind. I don't doubt that the addition of bright-eyed, baseball-eager out-of-towners would make the commute that much more miserable. But come on - that's what public transportation is for - to transport the public! The influx of people to the city for ball games (and other events) is inevitable, so of course they will add to the crowds somewhere. The question is, would we rather have them add to the crowds on the green line between downtown and Kenmore, or to the crowded roads everywhere inside 128? I vote for the former: moving people by mass transit is cheaper (not just for the people involved, but for the public, when you figure in road maintenance, pollution, accidents, etc.), cleaner, and keeps the roads clear for people who really need them (emergency vehicles, the disabled, delivery trucks, pedestrians, cyclists). It can't be true that the only answer to overcrowding on the T during rush hour is to encourage everyone who can to drive instead.

Josh

Thu, 16 Jun 2005 16:04:54 -0500

Are you saying that anyone well-acquainted with the C-line's impossibly slow pace and generally crowded, stuffy unpleasantness wouldn't seriously suggest getting people to take the T to ball games?

Ant

Thu, 16 Jun 2005 15:45:23 -0500

I think that eveyone involved with this issue should be forced to take a C line train from Copley to an above ground stop past Kenmore, at rush hour, before any night game. Preferably after a long day at work.