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?

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[ukelele.livejournal.com]

I do Rindge to Rte 2 at Alewife myself -- I find that Rindge moves faster than Mass Ave, and it gets to Alewife so close to Rte 2 that you spend very minimal time in the Alewife maelstrom of suck.

I do, however, completely second that the 16 is an awful way to get to 2 at rush hour. (Great when it works, but it can also take 20 minutes to get from Broadway to 2 if the dice roll against you that morning...the variance is very high.)