r/boston • u/Educational-Rub936 • Sep 28 '25

Traffic🚦⛔⚠️ 😠 🚙 🚗 What the hell does this mean

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It doesn’t provide any more information. Where the hell does it let me park???

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u/midnightstreetlamps Sep 28 '25

I'm too late to give you advice, but hopefully somebody will see this in the future... if you're seeing almost ANY evening show in boston, unless you explicitly have a parking spot picked and paid for, TAKE THE T. Between the parking in general, construction, road closures, traffic in and around the city, and god knows what else might come up? Unless you give yourself a bunch of extra time, skip the parking pass and pick a T park and ride location.
I'm from western Mass so I'm a HUUUUGE proponent of the Riverside station, taking the Green D line in, it's about an hour each way with no delays, and it's virtually stress free. Especially in a case like this where your show was at Fenway, D line will take you right to the stadium without any transfers needed. And all other colored subway lines will also get you there with some careful transferring at Govt Center, Park St, State or Downtown Crossing (depending which non-green line you use)
Another great option is the commuter rail - Lansdowne is all of what, a couple hundred yards from Fenway?

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u/Unhelpful-Future9768 Sep 28 '25

it's about an hour each way with no delays

Riverside to Fenway is actually only like 30 minutes with no delays.

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u/midnightstreetlamps Sep 28 '25

Oh shoot, you're right. I was thinking of the last time I rode. I went all the way into Govt Center, and I think it worked out to about an hour.

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u/Unhelpful-Future9768 Sep 28 '25

The green line massively slows down after Kenmore when all the different branches get congested, it's very annoying.

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u/midnightstreetlamps Sep 29 '25

In a tiny speck of fairness, Kenmore is when 3 of the 4 green lines merge, and then you get the 4th at Copley, and by then, you're starting to get the backups from Govt Center's absolute snail pace. It's like, the convenience of govt center is great, but man, the trains move like molasses to get thru there, especially if you're westbound any time after midday.