I go to Brooklyn about 4-5 times a year, may start to more for work / honestly just considering just moving to New York next year, so I’ve done the trek quite a bit (also through Boston when I lived there too, deff easier from Boston even if it’s technically longer to get to from there)

Flying is the easiest way through ORH (though the carbon footprint!!!!!). And getting out of JFK takes far longer than the flight, I’m gonna try Delta to LaGuardia next time.

The Greyhound or Peter Pan from Union Station is honestly fine depending on the driver, though I avoid that method in the winter months if there might be snow.

Or if you have friends in Boston like I do (take commuter rail to get into Boston) I’ll stay over with them and then take an early morning Acela Amtrak train. I guess you could also drive down to Providence or New Haven to catch the Amtrak train, but that somehow in my mind seems like more work.

With the amount of film projects shooting in the city these days, it actually would be beneficial to have training for people to be able to become PA’s on locally shot projects

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.

Oof, I’m flying out of there this Friday, fingers crossed my flight doesn’t cancel 🤞

This sounds fun!! I'll be out of town unfortunately when it occurs so have to miss it, but it would be cool to organize more themed group bike ride events around town