Thanks so much! I tried using the Transit App today and it was able to track the bus location by collecting live data from other riders ☺️ that was super helpful.

Nah, fuck it. We’re taking an Uber lmao

Leave yourself 20 minutes to cool down with an iced coffee before heading into the office, practice slow biking on the way in, and get a pannier or other bag attached to the frame instead of your back. you can usually get away with just a change of shirt.

or yeah an electric bike / scooter.

The MIT mobile app has a good EZ ride tracker

OK, moved the goalposts, and CT2 was the fifth option, but here ya go again

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Oak+Grove,+Malden,+MA/42.3629658,-71.0937376/@42.3890476,-71.1471113,12z/am=t/data=!3m2!4b1!5s0x89e370adb7be16c3:0x11dd98550c7a82e7!4m10!4m9!1m5!1m1!1s0x89e373e0bc598547:0x79043a69d8e6face!2m2!1d-71.0744966!2d42.4348184!1m0!3e3!5i3?hl=en

I have not found any other alternative.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nextbus.mobile . I use this for the EZ ride shuttle, very useful.

Better a hater than a shitty artist.

Yup, the whole route Cambridge side has bike lanes (but about 50-50 paint vs separated)

I see EZRide on the Transit App, although not sure if they show only scheduled service or realtime.

I don't use EZRide, but i do use this app for my other regular commuting and transit use.

This is the link to the android app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thetransitapp.droid

That is my SPOT <3

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... maybe i shouldn't have said anything, don't want the joint to get too crowded...

In a real pinch you could always pick it up at the first stop (Mass and Waterhouse) but I have confidence in you!

Are there bike lanes on Cambridge Street to Washington Street? I remember that there are through Union Square but not sure about the roads leading up to it.

I ride from oak grove to Kendall in the warmer months. I take the bike path from Malden to 99 into Sullivan sq. Then main st Charlestown, go under the zakim and come out around museum of science. Not a bad ride and far less scary than 28. Takes me about 30 mins. I ride pretty fast though.

Broadway to alford street bridge is bike lanes all the way - if there's a good way to get there (is the Malden River Greenway a thing?) it could be an alternate bike route.

Might be a good way to save some parking money even if you don't do it every time.

Funnily enough Google suggested the 91 from Sullivan. I wonder if it's the specific time I told it to arrive.

Close enough - on Main at the other end of Portland.

I considered it. It'd be 45 mins each way. I'm not sure what the shower situation is or I'd need an e bike so I don't sweat. The main reason why not is that 28 scares the crap out of me and the northern strand path goes too far east. If 28 had a separated bike lane, I'd be all for trying.

you're a hater

Bike!

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Did you consider, T from Oak to Sullivan and then the Crosstown 2 (CT2) to your office?

Assumed you are working at or near Garment District.. https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Oak+Grove,+Malden,+MA/The+Garment+District,+200+Broadway,+Cambridge,+MA+02139/@42.389127,-71.1120907,13z/am=t/data=!3m1!5s0x89e370adb7be16c3:0x11dd98550c7a82e7!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x89e373e0bc598547:0x79043a69d8e6face!2m2!1d-71.0744966!2d42.4348184!1m5!1m1!1s0x89e370adc7ddcac9:0x1519277f10a2b146!2m2!1d-71.0928589!2d42.3659144!3e3?hl=en

Not for nothing, but is there a driver of another bus or a MBTA employee walking around the station who could have helped you here?

Rated K for Karen