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I’m a big transit nerd. Want to talk about trains? smrobs@bu.edu<\/a>!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n <\/span>1: Walking<\/strong><\/p>\n Honestly, anywhere you need to get to on the Charles River campus is walkable if you give yourself enough time. Sure, it\u2019s cold out, but throw on a coat and accept the fact that we live in Boston. It\u2019s also one of just two options here that are free!<\/span><\/p>\n 2: The MBTA 57 bus<\/strong><\/p>\n DO NOT SLEEP on the 57. It comes more frequently than both the Green Line and the BU Shuttle, and it can get you up and down campus much faster, too. It\u2019s cheaper than the\u00a0subway \u2014 $1.70 \u2014 and there are seven stops between Kenmore and West Campus.<\/span><\/p>\n 3: The MBTA Green Line<\/strong><\/p>\n I don\u2019t need to explain much here. The Green Line is your best option if you’re coming back to campus from downtown Boston. But, for on-campus trips, you\u2019re better served taking another service (or walking!).<\/span><\/p>\n 4: Bluebikes<\/strong><\/p>\n These are pretty affordable, just $2.50 per trip, and extremely easy to use. All of that pesky construction in West Campus is wrapping up and has given way to some lovely protected bike lanes. The city also just recently created an eastbound bike lane on Bay State Road.<\/span><\/p>\n 6: The BU Shuttle<\/strong><\/p>\n The reason I have the BUS so low on this list \u2014 a list about Comm Ave. transportation \u2014\u00a0<\/span>is that the BUS was originally designed\u00a0<\/span>to get students between the Charles River and Medical campuses, and not to ferry them up and down Comm. Ave. alone. There is a Comm. Ave loop, but the service is unreliable and the BU tracking app sometimes just gives up. It is, however, free!<\/p>\n 7: Uber\/Lyft<\/strong><\/p>\n This is by far the most expensive option on this list; a ride-hailing trip across campus can run you anywhere from $7-$15 for a private car and $5-8 for a shared one. If you\u2019re going somewhere off campus, like an apartment in Brookline, I can see the appeal of taking a car. But you\u2019re almost always better off saving that dough and choosing another way.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’m a big transit nerd. Want to talk about trains? smrobs@bu.edu!\u00a0 1: Walking Honestly, anywhere you need to get to on the Charles River campus is walkable if you give yourself enough time. Sure, it\u2019s cold out, but throw on a coat and accept the fact that we live in Boston. It\u2019s also one of … Continue reading Shaun: Transportation Options on Campus, Ranked<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2018,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[44502],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4647"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2018"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4647"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4656,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4647\/revisions\/4656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}