Stop tanning, start planning!

Boston City planners and developers need to really get their acts together. First off, are there any bike lanes in Boston? Cambridge, yes. I have yet to see a single bike lane in the cit of Boston. Why not? Bike lanes in Boston would do this city nothing but good. Reducing traffic, slashing obesity and creating a more cosmopolitan environment are all the obvious benefits of bike lanes. As we all know, the T sucks, and bike lanes would help to create a more robust local economy. An individual’s mobility would be greatly increased and they would be more likely to ride their bikes to places that they normally wouldn't want to walk to or take the T to. In Boston, people fear cars, and bike lanes would be comforting for those who want to ride their bikes and feel that doing so interferes with automobile traffic. Overall, bike lanes are brilliant! What is Boston waiting for?

Government Center = a terse, sterile, Stalin-like urban wasteland. What is with all that brick? And what the FUCK is with the Gov't Center T stop? It looks like someone threw up bricks and just landed on top of the T station. Why not green? Why not more trees? Why not a more desirable place for Bostonians to gather? Currently, the Government Center space is not in any way inviting. Just because someone put some benches down doesn't mean that people will sit on them. Who wants to sit and enjoy life in the middle of a field of bricks and scorching sun? Did the planners take cues from Lucifer when designing the space? That's the only "person" I can imagine that would actually enjoy sitting there. Did GREEN escape their vernacular at that time? Or was the point to keep every breathing organism away from City Hall / Government Center? All I know is that something really needs to be altered over there.