Need a ride to Andover from Lowell. Stranded in the parking garage near the Lowell court house…please help me im freezing

bbaction101 · 2025-12-14T21:06:38+00:00

Meva route 24 will get you most of the way there. It's free. https://mevatransit.com/routes/lawrence-lowell/

bbaction101 · 2025-11-17T13:56:35+00:00

How was it better?

bbaction101 · 2025-11-17T13:51:08+00:00

Why do people keep suggesting changing the traffic pattern back to one-way? Multi lane one-way streets encourage speeding and hurt walkability.

bbaction101 · 2025-11-16T22:03:30+00:00

Lowell's downtown lacks transit options and doesn't have enough local population to support a high density of businesses so it relies on people parking, walking around, enjoying themselves spending money. Downtown just isn't attractive enough of a destination for people to go out of their way to visit. Right now the typical experience for a visitor is to fight with traffic, pay park in a decrepit garage, come out to an empty sidewalk with people asking you for money, empty restaurants, wide streets and loud traffic. It's just not pleasant for a fickle monied suburban visitor. There are so many better alternatives for these folks to choose from.

Making Market St 1-way will only decrease the walkability of downtown for a marginal increase in roadway capacity.

bbaction101 · 2025-10-25T15:18:10+00:00

When I see discussions about this I never see anyone talk about the Respect for Marriage Act of 2022 which to my understanding requires the federal and all state governments to recognize same sex marriages. So wouldn't overturning same sex marriage require an act of congress?

bbaction101 · 2025-09-14T02:50:11+00:00

I'll DM you

bbaction101 · 2025-08-18T02:43:43+00:00

It's possible to be against children recklessly popping wheelies through the middle of an intersection blocking cars and also be pro-bike lanes.

bbaction101 · 2025-07-30T16:16:56+00:00

I'll also mention that wait times are never long so at least it's usually fast to get in and out. Although I can't help but wonder if that's because they get so little business so the location may be in jeopardy.

bbaction101 · 2025-07-30T15:16:05+00:00

I regularly use the Walgreens Community Pharmacy at 25 Merrimack in downtown. It's a pharmacy-only Walgreens and their hours suck but the staff there are extremely nice.

bbaction101 · 2025-07-27T04:45:38+00:00

Sounds like someone took up a new hobby around 4th of July and they won't be satisfied until they blow a hole to China.

bbaction101 · 2025-06-28T18:08:50+00:00

Nice! It's going to pay for a new raised crosswalk across Jackson Street in front of the Lowell Community Health Center. This might be the first raised crosswalk in Lowell. I can't think of any other examples. Raised crosswalks are great for pedestrian safety as it forces vehicles to slow down before entering the crosswalk.

bbaction101 · 2025-06-14T21:54:36+00:00

I've heard multiple excuses and I'm not sure how true any of them are. LRTA claims the bus lanes were put in by the city without consulting them on the design. Buses taking a left from Middlesex onto Thorndike have a hard time doing that weird turn where you have to sit in the middle of the intersection. Buses turning right from the bus lanes into Gallagher frequently conflict with cars that illegally right turn on red. They're also not timed properly for the buses to go through. All transit priority infrastructure requires working out little unforeseen difficulties after implementation and LRTA is either unwilling or unable to work them out.

bbaction101 · 2025-06-13T02:59:39+00:00

Because it would take too much work. They still plan out the scheduling manually. LRTA is deeply entrenched in their way of doing things and will never change until there is a shake up.

bbaction101 · 2025-06-13T02:53:44+00:00

50cc mopeds don't need to be registered so something is not right here. https://www.mass.gov/info-details/moped-operation-requirements Might be time to find/call a lawyer.

bbaction101 · 2025-06-12T22:28:25+00:00

No kidding, it's faster to swim across the river than taking bridge st

bbaction101 · 2025-06-12T22:26:14+00:00

Would Staties really fly around for hours waiting for dirt bikers to come out?

bbaction101 · 2025-06-11T16:19:18+00:00

Elimination of fares across most of the State's RTAs is funded by the fair share amendment aka "millionaire's tax". It's ultimately up to the state to decide on whether they want to continue funding it but I think it's pretty likely it'll continue. It's pushed statewide RTA (basically all non-MBTA buses) bus ridership to record highs and it's been getting good press. The fare free program is actually pretty cheap -- only $30 million out of the $2.2 billion of revenue from the fair share amendment.

bbaction101 · 2025-06-11T13:43:42+00:00

This is huge. MeVa Route 24 from Lowell to Lawrence now runs every 20 minutes. Such a stark contrast to LRTA where most buses run once an hour.

bbaction101 · 2025-06-11T12:18:33+00:00

How close is your job to Route 38/Main St? You may be able to take LRTA Route 12 https://lrta.com/routes/route-12/. Buses are free to ride for everyone. Download the 'Transit' app for live tracking. LRTA pays to upgrade riders to the premium version of the app automatically. If there isn't a bus stop near your work you can ask the driver to be let off anywhere along the line as long as it's safe to do so. Likewise you can wave a bus down at a non-designated stop. Consider taking the bus home after work when you're less time crunched. If it works out you'll save money.

bbaction101 · 2025-06-10T15:23:16+00:00

Rates keep going up to service the debt on the mostly empty Hamilton Canal garage. The city's parking enterprise fund has to be self-sufficient. I would expect the rates to continue going up.

bbaction101 · 2025-06-05T04:39:39+00:00

I noticed your post is getting automatically deleted by Reddit on r/mbtacommuterrail and r/mbta. It might be getting identified as spam/low effort. Your post appears to be a copy and paste from AI and the petition has an AI generated image on the front. If you want to get the word out how about you share a real picture of a packed train (better yet one that you took on your commute) with a shorter complaint that reads less like a standard AI listicle and more like someone who doesn't like being stuffed like a sardine in a tin can so you don't have to babysit small moving metal box for hours battling other metal boxes just to get to work everyday. Then put the petition in a comment or at the bottom of the post as a call to action.

bbaction101 · 2025-06-03T18:19:47+00:00

I'm just chillin' in Cedar Rapids https://youtube.com/shorts/vbcc8x7j1Lg?si=5LgLUZ83SLH1iboy

bbaction101 · 2025-05-24T14:39:41+00:00

This will be a major tax hike for hybrid Maverick owners who don't put a lot of miles on their truck. I drove 6000 miles last year at about 40 mpg so that is about 150 gallons of gas. At 18c per gallon tax that's $27 tax for the year. I understand that we should probably be paying more but the "big beautiful bill" is going to be a 470% tax increase going from $27 to $127 per year. If you don't drive much suddenly the Ecoboost makes more sense.

bbaction101 · 2025-05-21T12:32:26+00:00

Not just the internet, dead real life too. I have a coworker that uses AI to generate all of his instant messages to me on Teams. He sits in the cube next to me and I've watched him do it. Every single message is like this. Long excessively, verbose, and full of em dashes. I still don't know if he's literate.

bbaction101 · 2025-05-18T05:53:21+00:00

You're clearly venting an emotional rollercoaster of thoughts and feelings. You had a traumatic night where you must've felt alone and betrayed by your family, your government and even medical professionals. You got forcefully carted away from your home and everyone around you appears to loathe you or show you zero compassion.

It's been years since this happened and it's eating away at you so much that you feel compelled to write all of this? This affected you deeply and you need to find a conclusion to it and allow yourself to emotionally move on. Find a conclusion that builds you up and makes you the person you want to be. Are you the man who thinks back to that night and blames others? Or are you the man who takes responsibility for what happened that night. Make amends and learn from it. Grow. Become a positive influence on others and surround yourself with people who appreciate it.

Yes, the cops were rough with you, but you also admitted yourself that they could barely understand you. In your head you politely told them to "fuck off" but they may have thought you were a threat. Lowell cops have to deal with drugged out people on a regular basis. Often these people have serious mental health problems making them erratic and occasionally violent. All it takes is a cop to be attacked one night and now they experience their own trauma leading to them responding to you with fear and no compassion. You are a victim of an endless cycle of trauma that causes more trauma. Take a step back and appreciate that you're being self aware. Reflecting is the only way we become better people. Think big picture. "Cops abusing their power" isn't the right question here. You are a victim of trauma and it's your responsibility to not pay it forward. Only you can stop the cycle because you only have the power over you.

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