The Godfrey Hotel on Washington is an easy walk, 2-3 blocks. Has a nice coffee shop in the lobby and great breakfast place around the corner.

You can call me a troll if you want. You are the one that thinks if you personally can’t use something then society as a whole should get rid of it so no one can use it. It’s one of the more ridiculous and selfish opinions I’ve seen on this sub

Right, seems like there could also be some type of mini ramp for wheel chair users and a designated spot for the green line to stop to make the ground level stops truly accessible.

This doesn't matter for stroller users, as you said, but isn't fair for others with mobility challenges. And by not fair I mean not ..legal

Ooooooookay, then. You know what, I'm just gonna walk away from this one. Don't feed the trolls, folks.

That's not true, tons of people drive in the area, all day and night.

They reviewed my infant bucket seat the baby was in at MGH and looked up how to tighten it because they didn't know the seat.

At Cambridge, they followed us to the car (borrowed from in laws) to watch us put the baby in a convertible seat.

I do know people who have been strongly warned against leaving by the T, which is a good call when you've just given birth.

Makes sense, I haven't been back since it was finished.

The original union plan had no elevator and a type of low grade ramp that was pretty far from the stop. It ended up being something like .4 or .5 miles to enter the station exposed to the elements if you were in a wheelchair, pushing a stroller, etc.

The temporary one wasn't bad. My pushback at the East station was that they combined the station entrance ramp for everyone (there are no stairs) with the CPX exit / entrance ramp.

It's pretty foreseeable that there will be collisions in the future.

Having lived right by there and having to walk through those area all the time. I say take Omni hotel and walk away from park street T stop and downtown crossing T stop. The one street connecting the two (Summer st?) is where a lot of transients hangout. 8pm is fine. But always be cautious and walk in well lit and populated area.

I used to walk home at 11pm after work and it’s really about being smart on where you walk.

Also yes I agree don’t drive there. It’s crazy traffic in that area and parking at hotels can go upwards of $40-70/night. On-par with Nyc

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Tip from someone who learned stick by the seat of my pants, when in crawling traffic (1-5mph) don’t worry about rolling forward while lugging the engine. Wait until there’s enough space to accelerate to 5+mph before stopping. Eventually you’ll get a feel for crawling in traffic but it’s tough the first time around

Thank you!

You were unhappy that the train went to a station that you aren’t allowed to get off at. Then you were unhappy that the train slowed down at the stop you weren’t allowed to get off at.

When I pointed out that other people used public transit besides you, you tried to say that the users of the river works station were the ones who needed to realize that other people exist.

I clarified that you need to realize that other people use the train who get off at the river works station. It’s a real station. I got all that stuff from your words. I used an extreme example to show you how silly the logic was. Sorry that it went over your head

They inspected mine at MGH. That said I'd imagine if I refused they wouldn't have done anything. What are they going to do, keep the baby?

I raised 2 kids in Cambridge without a car. They are 15 and 21 now and we're still living in Cambridge. Wear the baby, get a good sturdy walking stroller with plenty of storage for the neighborhood and a lightweight umbrella stroller for the subway.

There was a temporary ramp at Union for a while because the elevator wasn't ready.

The sidewalks need to be raised to the level of the low level floors to avoid a step up into the train.

Pretty sure I read a couple years ago that a woman and her baby were both tragically killed when she fell down the stairs at a New York subway station while trying to carry a stroller up the stairs. MTA's response? A PSA about why you shouldn't try to carry a stroller up the stairs. No apology. No "renewed commitment" to accessibility. Not even an acknowledgement that this is a huge systematic issue for them.

Bit before 79, but maybe…

https://www.barnstablepatriot.com/story/opinion/2022/08/26/early-files-arthur-fiedler-pops-perform-cape-cod-mall-72/7872797001/

Yes, but also way more stealable than even the smallest car, or even a motorcycle. Hence why you don't just park it unattended at the curb .... unlike what you can do with a car.

But they're still way smaller than a car.

For many of those Green Line stops, though, "not accessible" means you might have to lift the stroller half a foot to get it on the train. Not a dealbreaker here. (Though it would be, of course, for someone who uses a wheelchair, so we can still strive to improve.)

The only major problem stations I can think of off the top of my head now would be Bowdoin, Boylston, Hynes Convention Center, Symphony, and Valley Road out on the Mattapan line. Symphony has a project in the works now to add elevators, and Hynes will get them as part of the new developments going up around the station.

Long before my time, just figured that might help you nail down the exact date :)

I really don't understand where you're getting all the stuff you just said about my words from, but it ain't from my words.

It must have been 78-79, then. I was too little to remember the date, I guess.

Yes! AF seemed like the pawpaw we all collectively wanted to have. When I was young, I knew innately how talented he was, and tried to soak it in.

Which mall OP? Arsenio mall? (/s)