Wu recently visited the Italian city of Sulmona, “a town with strong ties through immigration to Boston’s North End.” Restaurateurs were quick to make another comparison: outdoor dining is prevalent there.
I don’t know the specifics of your situation. I am sure that it is frustrating. However, public transportation serves numerous people more efficiently (when running correctly, lets not get sidetracked) and discouraging single occupancy vehicles is a positive in many people’s minds. Increasing single occupancy vehicle throughput by maintaining multiple lanes of traffic has been shown to hurt cities in many ways. I have a friend who is an electrician and he simply cannot use public transportation because he needs a van to take equipment to numerous locations, but he also supports road diets and bike lanes and that really makes me respect him.
I don’t know the specifics of your situation. I am sure that it is frustrating. However, public transportation serves numerous people more efficiently (when running correctly, lets not get sidetracked) and discouraging single occupancy vehicles is a positive in many people’s minds. Increasing single occupancy vehicle throughput by maintaining multiple lanes of traffic has been shown to hurt cities in many ways. I have a friend who is an electrician and he simply cannot use public transportation because he needs a van to take equipment to numerous locations, but he also supports road diets and bike lanes and that really makes me respect him.