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Re:How to Quit Cars by ripe on Thursday May 18, 2023 @07:34PM (#35995822)
I don't have numbers, but I can tell you that the city government is serious about providing other alternatives to cars. For example, making buses free. [1]

[1] https://www.boston.gov/news/new-steps-reduce-vehicle-emissio...

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Re:How to Quit Cars by sokoloff on Thursday May 18, 2023 @07:46PM (#35995943)
The buses aren’t generally free though: https://www.mbta.com/fares/bus-fares

They are free on only 3 lines (plus SL1 leaving the airport) https://www.boston.gov/news/mayor-wu-takes-steps-expand-fare...

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Re:How to Quit Cars by bluGill on Thursday May 18, 2023 @10:41PM (#35997129)
Free buses should not be considered in any city. Spend that money on more frequent routes. People will not use a free bus that only comes once an hour, or doesn't stop close to them. Until your city is covered with transit coming every 5 minutes you need to work on that not cost.

Not even the best transit cities have transit every 5 minutes all over the city. There is a lot of room to improve in them all

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