Ladies and gentlemen, these are your plans: ridiculously expensive personal transportation and unreliable government transportation.
Or you could always ride a bike.
This morning’s Boston Herald, by no means a bastion of right-wing thought, relates the story:
With just a week left before the Orange Line and a section of the new Green Line shuts down for a month, the MBTA and city of Boston finally revealed how they intend to get more than 100,000 riders a day around the city and northern suburbs.
“Biking can be a great alternative for some people during the shutdown,” said Boston’s “chief of streets” Jascha Franklin-Hodge. “Opening up and enhancing Bluebikes service is just one of the ways we’re helping residents access good alternatives to their normal transit routes.”
Great alternative for who? Disabled or physically impaired riders? People who don’t want to get mowed down by an SUV while pedaling their little bike?
Just what Boston needs — thousands of novice bike riders wheeling around the city trying to figure out how to get where they want to go. A great alternative for those who want to arrive at work exhausted, stressed out and drenched with sweat.
And of course, in the doing the highlight of your day will be watching City administrators rolling by in their black limousines.
Hey, it works for China…
