Folks may want to dig in a bit more into the expense of driving a car into Boston, based on the cost per mile (IRS thinks it’s $.655 per mile) plus parking, plus the aggravation of driving, before saying the train is so expensive. John L. Koenig*On Nov 4, 2023, at 3:25 PM, Susanna Szeto wrote:
I took the train regularly - 4 to 5 days a week - from 2009 through the
start of the pandemic in 2020. For me the occasional schedule
irregularities were not a problem; I worked on the train if it was slow,
and I had this great little phone app that told me when the train was going
to arrive. I li
My husband worked at MGH! He too gave up riding the train into work! It was unreliable and it went so infrequently and also expensive! We gave up the idea of living with one car even though we live about a mile from the train station! When we have friends coming in to visit from the city, we wo
Here's something that I'm not sure has been discussed: the reality of MBTA
service in Lincoln.
I've worked in Cambridge for 20 years, and I've used many modes of transit
(including driving my bike to Lexington, parking, and riding the rest of
the way). And, as terrible as driving is, the only trul
