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Best route to Mass Pike at rush hour?
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?
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Oh, get a fast pass too.
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if you don't want to sit in traffic for hours every week, check to see whether the framingham/worcester commuter rail out of south station goes anywhere near the office you're working in.
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Mass ave to Walden St. Walden / Reservoir to Huron. Left on Huron, right on Appleton to Brattle. Left on Brattle then right on Hawthorn continue to Mem Drive. Left on Mem, right on Kennedy and left on Storrow to the Pike.
As I look at a map you could use Sparks from Huron to Mt. Auburn but I like having the light at Hawthorn. To reverse, I take Lowell from Mt. Auburn to Brattle as Hawthorn is a one way.
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No seriously, there is no easy way to the pike from DS at that hour of the morning.
One more alternative, is to get to Storrow Drive from Harvard Sq, and get on the beginning of the pike at The Embassy/Guest Suites (whatever it's being called this week) hotel. At least you'll be on your road from the start.
And yes, a Fast past is a must.
Good luck.
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Very do-able
The first trick is to get to Rte 2. From Teele, I do:: Broadway-Everett St-Mass Ave-Lake St. You'll want to get through Lake St by 7:30 to avoid the elementary school traffic.
Rte 2-95 intersection can get pretty jammed. You'll want to hit this intersection by 7:45 at the latest. A small stretch of 95 until the Waltham exits can be congested but once you're through that, it's easy.
Pike westbound is a reverse commute at that hour so you're ok.
If you can get out of the Davis area by 7:15 or so, the commute should take you 45 mins (depending on how close to the Pike in Framingham). If you leave at 8, it will take you an hour plus. I was able to leave early and never had a problem.
ezpass vs fastlane
EZ passes are vastly superior to fast lane passes:
* works outside of MA
* no monthly fees(!)
Basically, EZ passes are a model of how to do it right, and FastLane is a model of how to be greedy and lose.
ezpass-ny.com, I think? Google will know. :)
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So, and I know this is going to sound nuts and will probably make you cross-eyed, but if you follow it on a map, it's not so bad. What I do is, I take Laurel (from Summer) down to Somerville Ave, turn left onto Somerville Ave and first right onto Dane Street, which curls around to Washington/Kirkland. I *cross* Washington onto a tiny one way called Calvin, and that road curls around to Hampshire Street. I turn left on Hampshire, and then immediately right onto a tiny little street called Cooney, then right (because you don't have choice) onto Line Street, and then immediately left onto Leonard Ave (it's like a 270 degree angle, so wicked sharp). You hit Cambridge street, but just go across it onto Ellsworth. At the bottom of Ellsworth, you turn right onto Broadway, and immediately left onto Dana. Take Dana all the way to Mass Ave. Turn left on Mass Ave, and immediately Right onto Bay Street. At the bottom, you turn right on Green St, then left onto Putnam. Putnam takes you to Western, and that takes you to the Pike.
If you don't want to do that, I totally understand, but if you have time one day, it could be worth pulling out a map of Cambridge/Somerville with the one ways on it and mapping out your own twisted route, and then seeing how it goes.
Other recommendations -- if you can leave as late as 8:45, do it. If not, just try to avoid 8 - 8:30. Because of the schoolbuses/schools and the garbage trucks.
And do not go Route 2 to 128, except as a last resort. It'll make you cry. I do that now, because I'm off 128, and I hate it with an all consuming passion. Alewife is a killer, and 128 is a life-sucker. I miss the Pike so, so much.
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I don't use the pike daily but I've heard of to many people being overcharged by the ezpass system. I don't trust it.