Isn’t that how it goes in Portsmouth?
I see the City has wasted no time removing the COAST bus stop in Market Square and replacing it with four 15-minute parking spaces. Recall these spaces are replacements for the ones to be removed on High Street by the One Congress project.
Portsmouth, “the Eco-Municipality”, claims to be all about dismantling the car culture and encouraging climate action like mass transit use, unless it interferes with stuffing more cash into the pockets of those that have acquired most favored resident status.
So, COAST mass transit riders, if you’re wondering what happened to your Market Square stop, the environmental hypocrites on the City Council have made their rich friend richer and thrown you under the bus.
James A. Hewitt
Portsmouth, NH
