He died july ‘79

Eh, maybe we're better off without one: https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/mbta-apologizes-after-person-gets-stuck-in-elevator-at-somerville-station/3000186/

Didn't even notice Ball Square had an elevator, and I haven't been to union since the Medford tufts like opened and used the ramp. Never saw an elevator.

The East stop is definitely the worst though. The ramp is going to suck when CPX opens.

Ironically the state "owed" GLX because of 93's impact on East Somerville, not the city as a whole, and we have the worst stop with the least pedestrian improvements around it.

Only East Somerville doesn't have an elevator. Tufts, Magoun, Gilman and Lechemere all have elevators to get to the platforms. Union and Ball have elevators at their "high" entrances, but both also have lower entrances level with the platforms.

In 2019 he came to Worcester. My (then) 2 year old twin niblings LOVED it- I hope your family does as well :)

Yes, or anyone with a suitcase or cart. It's not friendly to the elderly either.

The thing with carrying a stroller is that you can really only safely do that with 2 adults and 1 kid or a very light stroller if you're alone.

My sister lives in NYC and had a baby in fall and when I warned her about this, she said they wouldn't take the subway much. It's incredible how much transit inaccessibility incentivizes people to drive in the most dense city in the US.

I didn't realize those stops didn't have elevators - I guess because we would always use govt center, park st, Copley, Kenmore instead.

Right, you have to get on in the back generally - I reviewed a lot of the GLX plans on a citizen committee and most don't have elevators, they're just either flat or have ramps with low enough grade to meet ADA standards.

Seriously! Raffi was my first concert in, like, 1994.

My sister lives in NYC and she met us for dinner yesterday- they took the subway there. After I told her about the sign I saw she mentioned that she and her husband had to carry the stroller up/down the stairs at least at one end of the trip. And obviously this is a huge accessibility issue for wheelchair users, people who use other mobility aids or even just struggle with stairs. (My sister is fortunate that most of the places she takes her kid are places she can easily walk to.)

Boylston, Hynes, and Symphony are the only underground stations that aren't ♿ accessible. The rest are above ground stops that are basically just sidewalks. I'm not sure how to make the sidewalks compliant, it more depends on the trolleys themselves I'm guessing.

Yes

It's awful right ? I have no idea how disabled people with mobility challenges are supposed to be able to live there.

It's really tough for parents of little kids, too, because most subway stations don't have elevators and you can't bring an open stroller on the bus. I have un coincidentally not been back to NYC since I had only one kid.

Don’t have recommendations on where to find a car to do this (sorry, my car is not that forgiving and i already had to apologize to it when i let my partner learn on it 😅) but there’s some decent empty lots over in Watertown, I believe just beyond where the old Russo’s used to be. High key recommend finding empty lots to practice in bc you can go slow and it does not matter how often you stall out. Definitely also recommend watching some YouTube videos on how to do it, because they can be really useful!

Using your silly logic then trains should only pick people up at the stop where you get on and drop people off at the stop where you get off.

There are tons of stops in between the stops for your personal commute that you don’t use. Should we get rid of all of them? Just for you? No. Like I said, other people exist besides just you.

Just because you don’t personally use it that doesn’t mean anything. Other people use it

Yes! Baby wearing.

(I’m currently in NYC and they have signage that 95% of the stations will be accessible by…2055!! Glad Boston is better than them in that aspect.)

Raffi?

... That is literally what I'm saying about them.

Which green line stations aren't accessible? I've never encountered that.

Compared to NYC, where only 1/4 of stations have elevators, Boston is really accessible.

FWIW, not every t station is wheelchair accessible/has elevators. Only about 2/3 of green line stops are accessible (all of the red and orange line, and all the blue line except bowdoin are accessible).

We have 3 diono seats - they fit 3 in a row due to being narrow and are easy to get in and out of a Zipcar or rental car.

We take the bus and T a ton, too - every T stop has elevators thanks to an ADA lawsuit in the 90s. I have both a side by side and convertible double stroller.

How do you go on trips anywhere? You have three car seats / bases in your house for when you use a zip car?

Buddy of mine bought a used truck one time, sight unseen. We drove all the way to the Cape to pick it up. It was a stick. He didnt know how to drive stick (and at the time, I did not either).

He drove all the way back to Dorchester...somehow.

About two weeks later the clutch was fried so he sold it.

I learned in my mid 20s when I decided to buy a Subaru STI, only knowing how it works and never having driven a manual. Had a buddy test drive it with me and just figured it out in the parking lot. Was living in Somerville at the time so the learning curve was fast. Very sink or swim. Almost every car including my new one has been a 6 speed and I'll never go back.

Hell yeah, I live in Somerville with a baby and 2 preschoolers and 2 dogs and no car.

So do many other people. What do you want to know ?