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spedmunki t1_j64ver8 wrote

Reply to comment by _Karagoez_ in I took a 2 1/2 hour flight from Chicago to Boston. It took me 2 1/2 hours to get from Logan to Watertown Square by jenkneefur28

Yeah, the older I get and the more I travel the less I think proximity to downtown is a benefit. There’s a lot of airports in Europe that are like 30 miles outside the city center, but can be reached directly by transit faster than I could ever drive the <10 miles from Roslindale to Logan.

That, and how the airport being nearby limits development in the city since there are strict height guidelines on approach paths.

I’d rather have the airport be in Framingham with a train straight from South Station…

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jenkneefur28 OP t1_j64xde2 wrote

Blue line baby, runs 24/7, 365. It was def one of the big factors I decided to stay in ths south loop of chicago. Chicago has two airports too! Trains go to both from the loop. The loop while not ideal now is a whole lot better than Bostons downtown.

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aray25 t1_j64zto8 wrote

Now correct me if I'm wrong, but I didn't think the Blue Line used the loop.

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jenkneefur28 OP t1_j6501rj wrote

All the lines meet in the loop, the blue isnt elevated.

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niftyjack t1_j65g1ie wrote

The blue line and the red line are subways under the elevated loop, but there are free transfers between them when you leave the subway stop and tap back into the elevated stop (or vice versa). It also serves the "loop" neighborhood, which is the area around the physical loop.

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nluken t1_j65qbse wrote

On the flip side, moving the airport to Framingham would make the trek from where I'm at much worse, and most (but not all) of the people who live without cars in the city would have a much longer commute. I honesty don't think it would have much of an impact on the median commute time to the airport. For every person in Rozzie or Newton that might have a better trip, there's another in Saugus or Everett that would have to travel further.

I agree with you about the development cost of Logan's proximity to downtown though. The building height cap is unfortunate.

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spedmunki t1_j662n0v wrote

I guess I should clarify that I didn’t mean move it to Framingham and have it serviced by the current commuter rail, but to have something similar to Europe where it’s 20-30 miles outside the city with a direct high speed transit line.

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rygo796 t1_j66ib9b wrote

Providence Airport is on the commuter rail already. If they ever operate high speed trains (hah) it could be 30.min from south station.

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temp4adhd t1_j65rc1i wrote

You can always fly out of Manchester airport or TF Green, if you are on North Shore or South Shore it may make sense (and could even be cheaper).

But I live in Charlestown and without traffic the airport is 7 minutes away. With traffic, I think the worst has been 20 minutes. Heck I can even take a water taxi to the airport.

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