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Jackamalio626 t1_j5vgzol wrote

Forget the orange line:

why does it take fucking 45minutes to get from Braintree to JFK? Its 6 stops, its not that fucking hard.

I could get a fucking cab in to Umass and it would take like HALF that time.

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Arisyd1751244 t1_j5w63gu wrote

I came here to say this. It took 35 minutes to get from North Quincy to Broadway yesterday. I commute from Quincy Center to Downtown but that small stretch is ridiculous right now.

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JBoo7s t1_j5wdvvg wrote

Same, it seems even worse going south. I’ve missed my bus so many times because the train is so fucking slow.

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ginns32 t1_j600s0n wrote

I'm considering parking at Wollaston now because I keep missing my bus by 2-3 minutes that comes once an hour! It's either spend money on that or Uber.

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parametric_amplifier t1_j5wwyaw wrote

Cabs aside, to get almost anywhere within the city it's typically faster to bike and sometimes only marginally slower to walk

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theragingletter t1_j5x3h8k wrote

This was my philosophy when I lived in Boston. Anything 75 minutes or less is walking distance, and I’m guaranteed to make it to my destination exactly when I want to. A related rule of thumb: I get off at the earliest possible stop, even if it means an extra 15-20 minutes walking. Have lost count of the number of times when waiting in a stuck train between govt center and haymarket fucked me and I should’ve just walked

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GarlVinlandSaga t1_j5zhhw7 wrote

This is me. I used to connect from the RL to the OL as part of my commute, but after getting fucked over by both lines repeatedly, and often on the same day, now I just walk from Broadway to Back Bay when the weather permits.

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ginns32 t1_j600n1c wrote

This. What the hell is even going on and why aren't they addressing the issues with the red line. At this point they seem way more severe than the orange line.

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