I took the train regularly - 4 to 5 days a week - from 2009 through the start of the pandemic in 2020. For me the occasional schedule irregularities were not a problem; I worked on the train if it was slow, and I had this great little phone app that told me when the train was going to arrive. I live about a mile from the station, so in the warmer months I could ride my bike over as quickly as I could drive. I had the kind of job where arriving late occasionally wasn't an issue.
I tried Alewife and I couldn't stand it. It took 30 to 45 minutes just to get out of the garage. But for me, the savings were not worth the huge hassle, and I didn't want to stay in the city late enough to avoid that Alewife parking garage traffic jam. I never had subsidized parking from my employer (as many Lincolnites do), so driving in was always the most expensive option. On Sat, Nov 4, 2023 at 3:25 PM Susanna Szeto <[email protected]> wrote: > My husband worked at MGH! He too gave up riding the train into work! It > was unreliable and it went so infrequently and also expensive! We gave up > the idea of living with one car even though we live about a mile from the > train station! When we have friends coming in to visit from the city, we > would pick them up from Alewife rather than asking them to take the train > in! So there goes our public transportation! > Susanna > Giles Road > > On Nov 4, 2023, at 7:03 AM, Jonathan Feinberg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Here's something that I'm not sure has been discussed: the reality of MBTA > service in Lincoln. > > I've worked in Cambridge for 20 years, and I've used many modes of transit > (including driving my bike to Lexington, parking, and riding the rest of > the way). And, as terrible as driving is, the only truly untenable mode is > public transit. The Fitchburg line is essentially never on time, and is > frequently severely delayed and canceled. The red line's dysfunction is a > byword. > > Setting aside the question of zoning per se, the state government's > *tying* of zoning requirements and incentives to the mere presence of an > MBTA station in the town makes no sense, particularly since Baker and pals > gutted the T to pay for the Big Dig. If MA can properly refinance the Dig, > untie the T, and spend 10 years rebuilding a functioning public transit > system, *then* it might be time to ask its people to rely so heavily on > such a system. > > -- > Jonathan Feinberg [email protected] http://MrFeinberg.com/ > <http://mrfeinberg.com/> > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to [email protected]. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to [email protected]. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > >
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