On 5/15/2011 8:30 PM, Chris Devers wrote:
From a hotel near Faneuil Hall to Sunset in Allston, I'd say just take a cab.
There isn't really a train that goes quite the right way. You can take the
Green Line (B branch?) and have a pretty long walk up
less-sketchy-than-it-looks Harvard Ave, or the bus which won't necessarily be
any faster, but at least would be a shorter walk.
(Nb. this is coming from a car driver. I like the *idea* of taking public
transportation around Boston, but the network isn't quite fleshed out like it
should be ― all spokes, no hubs ― so in practice a lot of routes like this are
more complicated than they should be. Others may have a higher tolerance for
this and just suggest taking a bus anyway.)
The walk up Harvard Ave is actually only five minutes, and really not
scary at all. The walk at the other end is longer (8 minutes) and on the
return trip would actually be more scary to me, as the downtown area
gets rather deserted late at night.
Google Maps offers various estimates ranging from 37 to 49 minutes for
the trip by T (I used a departure time of 6pm Tuesday). Surprisingly,
the one where you stay on the train is the longest one -- not because of
the 5 minute walk at the end (the time changing from the train to the
bus balances that out) but because they believe that the B train
progresses more slowly than the 57 or 57A bus.
Google Maps gives a driving time of 13-14 minutes at the same hour.
Based on my knowledge of Boston traffic I suspect that estimate is
wildly optimistic; I would expect it to be double that, plus the time
spend finding a parking space near the Sunset.
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