Transportation
Getting Around Boston
Finding out how to get around Boston goes hand in hand with finding a place to live. Boston has a well-developed public transportation system consisting of buses, subway trains, and commuter-line trains that run out to nearby suburbs.
Determining what your tolerance for commuting will be is going to give you a good idea of how far away from the Medical Campus you should look. If you are living outside of the South End neighborhood, you will probably be using some form of transportation to get to class or work. A good commute in Boston will run about 25-30 minutes, an average commute will be a little closer to 35-40 minutes.
Cars can be a faster way to get into the city from farther away, but beware of Boston’s traffic! Boston streets are notoriously confusing, often running one-way. For any route that you will use frequently during the school year, you may want to do a test-run first.
As far as the different types of commutes you will encounter in the city, and ways to get more information about them, see the sidebar below. Generally, your first stop for questions about transportation should be TranSComm, the transportation solutions for commuters office (more information below).
