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itamarst t1_jddl57z wrote

Reply to comment by noob_tube03 in Electric chargers coming to Inman Street next to City Hall Annex by Financial_Assist_786

The city has a decades-long policy (written into law) to reduce single-occupancy vehicle usage. As such, all thing being equal city staff tend to prioritize pushing alternatives to cars, like buses and bike infrastructure.

That being said, there will be some public charging stations added soon, somewhere, based on the last participatory budgeting round. And the city might be adding others, in addition.

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corned_beef_balls t1_jdficoj wrote

There are some by the Tudor st dog park that I’ve seen teslas charging at.

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noob_tube03 t1_jddpw8x wrote

the fact that non home owning residents have no way to charge electric vehicles makes any attempts at seeming progressive laughable. I get that the city doesnt want people to own cars, but it turns out, there are other cities beyond cambridge that people need to travel to. I mean, even just automatically assuming a green vehicle is single occupancy is an absurd bias. like oh wow, I guess no families or HOV commuters use electric cars.

If you want people to go green, then allow them. Saying "your only option to go grocery shopping is a bike or a gas guzzler" is ridiculous.

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itamarst t1_jddtttg wrote

Prioritizing other modes of transportation doesn't mean the city isn't thinking about this.

There's a page where you can make suggestions, with links to existing stations: https://www.cambridgema.gov/Departments/communitydevelopment/evchargingstations

(The suggestion map is https://cambridgegis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/CrowdsourcePolling/index.html?appid=153271b7f5ee474fb8a619c31d12d5b3, I believe the purple stations are existing municipal charging spaces you can use.)

Personally I get groceries with a bike trailer, which means I never have any problems parking at Market Basket.

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