I don’t love this, TBH. I’d rather see more investment in cities in transit or sidewalks/bikelanes. The geometry problem of car-centric transportation and storage is unchanged by electric cars.
Right, but I also think there is room to talk about where public investments in charging should go. I am a huge EV proponent but also I love bikes and transit and car free spaces, and I’m cautious about further enshrining parking in our public spaces by building charging infrastructure. I don’t think it’s as simple as any and all charging infrastructure is good, there’s room for that discussion here.
This is Boston, which does invest quite a bit in transit and walkability, and will continue to do so. But that doesn’t make cars disappear overnight.
BTW, one of the recent changes in the direction was to mandate multifamily zoning near transit in every community served by mbta. This really deserves to be talked about more as the impact is just now being felt:
You have to do what you can. I think a lot of people would rather see that but that’s a massive investment you have to convince large masses of people to agree to pay for, which is historically futile. This approach requires zero investment from taxpayers.
I agree that we need better rail and mass transit along with more pedestrian-friendly planning overall. Some benefit from electric vehicles, including busses and trucks is less polluted air on the routes shared with bicycles and pedestrians.
I don’t love this, TBH. I’d rather see more investment in cities in transit or sidewalks/bikelanes. The geometry problem of car-centric transportation and storage is unchanged by electric cars.
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Right, but I also think there is room to talk about where public investments in charging should go. I am a huge EV proponent but also I love bikes and transit and car free spaces, and I’m cautious about further enshrining parking in our public spaces by building charging infrastructure. I don’t think it’s as simple as any and all charging infrastructure is good, there’s room for that discussion here.
This is Boston, which does invest quite a bit in transit and walkability, and will continue to do so. But that doesn’t make cars disappear overnight.
BTW, one of the recent changes in the direction was to mandate multifamily zoning near transit in every community served by mbta. This really deserves to be talked about more as the impact is just now being felt:
You have to do what you can. I think a lot of people would rather see that but that’s a massive investment you have to convince large masses of people to agree to pay for, which is historically futile. This approach requires zero investment from taxpayers.
I agree that we need better rail and mass transit along with more pedestrian-friendly planning overall. Some benefit from electric vehicles, including busses and trucks is less polluted air on the routes shared with bicycles and pedestrians.
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