Getting around

[dmaze]

You'd think that three or four days after the snow stopped, it'd be possible to get around, right? On principle I took the T to Wellington last night and walked home, only to discover that, in true form, the %!@$ing MDC has done nothing to clear the sidewalks along 28 between Wellington Circle and 93. So walking home from the T involved lots of trudging through the snow. Separately, while the 95 is running more-or-less on schedule, the CT2 has been 15-20 minutes late both yesterday and today. With GPS-enabled busses, shouldn't the T be able to tell you at least where the next bus is, even if they can't guess how long you have to wait?

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[calling-to-deep.livejournal.com]

as far as i can tell, the only sidewalks anywhere that have been cleared are the ones in front of civic-minded home- and shop-owners. I wonder if this is just The Powers That Be being lame, or if it's standing policy not to clear sidewalks. . .

[dmaze]

There was a recent post in davis_square about this; some law or another requires property owners to shovel their sidewalks. So it seems like everybody does, except for things along town- or state-owned property. But, in this case, most of the walk in question is along a state road, so I lose.

If I'm doing the bus commute, all of the sidewalks are shovelled, though crossing streets is a little exciting. On Monday the bus stop wasn't shovelled at all but on Tuesday it was fine.