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lukewarm_sax t1_iy6jhct wrote

Subway or tram system throughout Worcester and bordering towns is my absolute dream (I literally sometimes when I'm bored draw over maps of what a system might look like). The fact that the city is so dependent on cars is becoming ridiculous. They want to build denser and denser downtown but can't accommodate the number of cars that want to park. There are other cities of similar size (both physically and in population density) in both the US and across Europe that have decent public transit systems, and it's just so sane.

Seconding bike infrastructure like someone else said. Not just this painted lines on the roads bullshit either. Widen those sideways European style, baby!!!!

OH, would also love a high speed passenger train that goes directly to Providence from Worcester. Could you imagine how powerful it would be if we had a triangle of culture if there was transportation between Worcester/Boston/Providence???

Wouldn't also mind a high speed train that goes directly to NYC, as I'm trying to get more gig work down there. And not one that that stops in Springfield and you have to switch trains like it is now with Amtrak. I've done the ORH -> JFK flight a few times, and while I love how fast I can get to New York, I feel awful for my carbon footprint from it, and I'm sick of taking Greyhounds back and forth.

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New-Vegetable-1274 t1_iydkinq wrote

"Could you imagine how powerful it would be if we had a triangle of culture if there was transportation between Worcester/Boston/Providence???" This was actually a thing in the 19th century with the Blackstone Canal and rail between Worcester and Boston. Worcester was once considered a port.

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