Best route to Mass Pike at rush hour?

[fenicedautun.livejournal.com]

So I just got a job offer for a job that would require me to take the pike out to Framingham area every morning. I've never actually tried to get to the pike (I'm in Ball Square area) in the morning, and wondered if anybody had favored routes?

Comments

[koloratur.livejournal.com]

Not that sucky - Fastlane passes are 100% free. You can pull over on the Pike to pick one up. You save money at some tolls, you can get all your statements online. And worth more than that, you don't have to wait in line or keep change in your car. I only commute on the Pike twice a week, but it boggles my mind that anyone who drives more than once a year would NOT get a Fastlane.

/rant off :)

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

I am opposed to it on political grounds, which is a rant I do not intend to start here. >:-)

[koloratur.livejournal.com]

That's fine :) In these situations, my politics tend to get boiled down to "Hmmm...am I willing to wait 25 minutes in line so that nobody has a record of what tolls I used? Nope, not today!" But I can understand how that kind of thing would make someone uneasy.