2024–25 · City-wide
Make Boston more bike friendly
Resident asks for a more bike-friendly Boston with fewer cars, noting biking can be faster than the train for their commute.
English title and summary written with AI from the resident's text.
The resident's idea, as submitted
The idea
Let’s slow down the pace, make Boston a bike Friendlier city!
Who it helps and why
Boston is a small enough city that doesn’t need as many cars on the roads. Let’s change the way people commute, our runners can bike too. Our train system works so much slower than our feet can peddle. It shouldn’t take me 1 hour on the train to get home when it only takes me 20 minutes on a bike. Make Boston a bike friendlier city!
Details
- Cycle
- 2024–25
- Submitted
- July 3, 2024
- Neighborhood
- City-wide
- Portal category
- Streets & Sidewalks
- How it was submitted
- Individual submission
- Submission language
- English
Themes grouped with AI from resident idea text.
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