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Old 12-04-18 | 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by acidfast7
There are also natural geographical constraints that one often forgets.[.]There are also natural geographical constraints that one often forgets]We're on Portsea Island, which is within the middle of the photograph.

And, in a lot of ways in like Boston, as the population growth is constrained by natural boundaries. We haven't initiated a "big dig" here (I remember that as a child) but instead use hovercrafts and ferries between the islands (we're old fashioned.)
@acidfast refers to the big dig, which was a massive project in the 90s-00’s to relocate an elevated highway that cut through downtown, to a tunnel, freeing up a swath of land to become the Rose Kennedy Greenway, a pedestrian mall.

However, even in a mecca like Boston, walkable areas to live without a car are limited, though sizeable enclaves:
Originally Posted by Jim from Boston
...However, even in Metro Boston, last weekend I spent two hours in freeway traffic on a normally one hour errand.
Originally Posted by I-Like-To-Bike
Why didn't you use your bicycle for transportation for this errand?

Could you have transported the same passengers and/or shopping bags, packages and other errand related stuff by bicycle?

How long would the same errand trip taken if you had traveled by bicycle?
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