The great Boston commuter race
Who has the worst commute into Boston: drivers, or commuter rail riders?
That’s the question The Boston Globeposed in an experiment involving six reporters. Three put their commute in the hands of higher powers and travelled into the city on the commuter rail, and three mastered their own destiny, and drove.
Each had their share of hurdles to overcome. The cars had to contend with the worst driving city in America. The rail riders had the notoriously fickle service of public transport to grapple with.
The race began at 8 a.m. on a Wednesday morning, from the three designated start points: the MBTA stations at Rowley, Ashland, and Scituate. It was man and machine versus man and bigger machine. The stakes were high. Who would get to go home the complaining rights (at a slow crawl)?
Find out who won and read the full story at the Globe.
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