I am looking at hotels in Boston GR Con. Needless to say, I will never
complain about Si valley rates again.
Does anyone have any comments about public transport in Boston?
Especially about getting from cheaper hotels to the conference location.
Thanks,
Philip
I found a Holiday Inn Express along the Red line of the T, maybe 20 mins
south, for ~215 a night. Haven’t placed the order though. Just took a
look at avg rates on their website.
Boston’s “T” is a pretty good, reasonably reliable public transit
system,
and the city is compact enough that it’s generally pretty easy to get
around. The conference is very close to South Station, which is the
largest
transport hub in Boston. South Station is on the Red Line of the MBTA
subway and is easy to get to from any other “T” stop with a maximum of 1
transfer.
If you were incredibly, world-class cheap, you could even stay way out
in
the suburbs and take the commuter rail into South Station for the
conference. Personally, if I wanted to save money, I’d look out toward
Quincy Adams on the south end of the Red Line for a cheaper place to
stay,
and take the Red Line into South Station.
Here’s a map showing the subway and commuter rail lines:
–n
There are also a few backpacking hostels in downtown boston, some of
which probably have private rooms. Not quite the same as a hotel, but
normally way cheaper.
Also, the train doesnt go to the airport, but there are frequent bus
transfers to nearby train stations. I suggest Google Maps or the MBTA
website itself. The latter provides a Route Planning tool an lets you
choose between Google Maps or their own interface.
–sean
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Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Public transport in Boston
Boston’s “T” is a pretty good, reasonably reliable public transit
system, and the city is compact enough that it’s generally pretty easy
to get around. The conference is very close to South Station, which is
the largest transport hub in Boston. South Station is on the Red Line of
the MBTA subway and is easy to get to from any other “T” stop with a
maximum of 1 transfer.
If you were incredibly, world-class cheap, you could even stay way out
in the suburbs and take the commuter rail into South Station for the
conference. Personally, if I wanted to save money, I’d look out toward
Quincy Adams on the south end of the Red Line for a cheaper place to
stay, and take the Red Line into South Station.
Here’s a map showing the subway and commuter rail lines:
–n
On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 8:12 AM, Philip B.
<[email protected]mailto:[email protected]> wrote:
I am looking at hotels in Boston GR Con. Needless to say, I will never
complain about Si valley rates again.
Does anyone have any comments about public transport in Boston?
Especially about getting from cheaper hotels to the conference location.
Thanks,
Philip
Actually, the “T” (the subway) does go to the airport, to Boston Logan
Airport. The Blue Line stops there. And then there are free shuttle
busses to take you to all the terminals. You can take the Blue Line into
the city and transfer, for free, to the Red, Orange, and Green Lines.
You can also try AirBnB (https://www.airbnb.com/).
There a lot of people in Boston doing short-term
sublets of their very nice apartments.
Look in these areas:
Boston: South Boston (“Southie”), Back Bay, The Fenway (on the Green
Line)
Cambridge: Kendall Sqaure, Central Square, Harvard Square, Porter
Square, Fresh Pond (all are on the Red Line)
Somerville: Davis Square (on the Red Line)
actually now there is a new Silver Line, which takes you from South
Station, past where GRcon is being held, to Logan Airport.
On Aug 10, 2013, at 10:11 AM, Bruce P. [email protected]
wrote:
Actually, the “T” (the subway) does go to the airport, to Boston Logan
Airport. The Blue Line stops there. And then there are free shuttle busses to take
you to all the terminals. You can take the Blue Line into the city and transfer,
for free, to the Red, Orange, and Green Lines.
And, I’ll echo, that this works vice-versa too. You can take a free
MBTA bus from any Logan Airport Terminal to the MBTA Airport Blue Line
stop, then the MBTA Blue Line back into Boston, and switch to other MBTA
Lines as needed from there. I believe it is still the case that you pay
at the MBTA Airport stop, once, and then can transfer internal to the
train MBTA as needed (except maybe parts of the MBTA Green Line [the
parts which are above ground]).
To the best of my memory, there is no MBTA stop on the side of the
channel where GRCon 2013 is located. The easiest, as mentioned before,
is South Station (on the Red Line), which is at the corner of Atlantic
and Summer. Arriving at this Station, you would exit the Station and
walk (roughly south-east) across the Summer St Bridge to 281 Summer.
Or, I’m sure there is a MBTA Bus one can take in inclement weather (for
an extra fee, probably, or maybe a transfer; I never really figured out
how to do transfers when I lived in Boston); or a taxi, though that’s
kinda silly for such a short distance. - MLD
Cool; I’ve been out of Boston for ~8 years now, so the Silver Line is
new to me. Thanks!
It looks from the map <
http://www.mbta.com/uploadedFiles/Documents/Schedules_and_Maps/Bus/silverwatermap.pdf
that the Silver Line’s SL1 and SL2 go by the World Trade Center, with
a stop at the Courthouse which is on Seaport Boulevard; so not on Summer
St where the GRCon building is, but close by. One could get off at
Courthouse and walk South on (looks like) Thompson Place to get to the
GRCon building. It would probably be faster to just get off at South
Station and walk across the Summer St Bridge though. It also looks like
MBTA Buses 4 and 7 go right by the GRCon meeting place; Bus 11 goes very
close. So, lots of public transport options.
Getting out of the Airport is also easier because the Silver Line goes
directly to terminals (or, that’s the way it looks from the maps @ <
Subway | Schedules & Maps | MBTA >; can anyone confirm?).
Sorry for the bad info; I wasn’t aware of the Blue Line T going to the
airport. In the past I’ve taken the Silver Line (bus rapid transit) to
South Station and transferred to the Red Line.
–sean
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Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Public transport in Boston
Cool; I’ve been out of Boston for ~8 years now, so the Silver Line is
new to me. Thanks!
It looks from the map <
http://www.mbta.com/uploadedFiles/Documents/Schedules_and_Maps/Bus/silverwatermap.pdf
that the Silver Line’s SL1 and SL2 go by the World Trade Center, with
a stop at the Courthouse which is on Seaport Boulevard; so not on Summer
St where the GRCon building is, but close by. One could get off at
Courthouse and walk South on (looks like) Thompson Place to get to the
GRCon building. It would probably be faster to just get off at South
Station and walk across the Summer St Bridge though. It also looks like
MBTA Buses 4 and 7 go right by the GRCon meeting place; Bus 11 goes very
close. So, lots of public transport options.
Getting out of the Airport is also easier because the Silver Line goes
directly to terminals (or, that’s the way it looks from the maps @ <
Subway | Schedules & Maps | MBTA >; can anyone confirm?).
On Aug 10, 2013, at 10:32 AM, Bruce P. [email protected]
wrote:
actually now there is a new Silver Line, which takes you from South Station,
past where GRcon is being held, to Logan Airport.
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