Wu recently visited the Italian city of Sulmona, “a town with strong ties through immigration to Boston’s North End.” Restaurateurs were quick to make another comparison: outdoor dining is prevalent there.
Nobody needs to drive or park on Hanover. Close it to all cars except delivery trucks and emergency vehicles and that should solve the outdoor dining and narrow sidewalk issue.
I work in the film industry. I literally wouldn’t be able to get to work with a bike. And that’s not even to mention the fact that Boston is icy and frozen at least 6 months of each year which means that those bike lanes are only really effective for half of the year. Bikes are an absurdly foolish form of transportation in the context of constant blizzards.