Getting to Boston Logan

Besides the strip search that all passengers have to endure at US airports, possibly the most stressful part of catching a plane in the US is actually getting to the airport. Where you will be ordered to remove your jacket, empty out your pockets, remove your MacBook from its case, lose your shoes (and beverages) and walk slooooowly through the metal detector.
It’s tough flying these days. But we endure because the world is big, there’s a lot to see, people are generally good (for the most part) and there’s a lot of food to eat!
The US does not put a priority on “getting to the airport” easily. I live in San Francisco and it took 30 years to get BART (regional rail transit) to go directly into SFO. Oakland is even worse! They had the opportunity to build BART directly into OAK (this was in the 1960’s) when there was absolutely NOTHING out there. Instead, they built an half-assed station with a bus connection to the Terminals. Remember that you’ll often spend just as long on your bus journey then the actual ride time on the BART train from downtown SF to the Coliseum/OAK station. In the language of my forebears, CHI SIN!

But enough of the wonkish discussion of the transit gap. I used to work with urban planners.
Getting to Logan is relatively easy. Take the Blue Line to Gov’t Center and transfer to where you need to go. Unless you begin your journey on the Green Line, which does an uncanny impression of MUNI. It goes slow (realllly sloooooow) and stops every 10 feet…IN THE FRICKING TUNNEL!!! Why lidat? It even says in the guidebooks that if your journey involves the Green Line to allow extra time!
Naturally, my hostel was off of, you guessed it, the Green Line (Kenmore Station). But it was a nice day when I had to leave so I decided to take the Water Taxi over to Boston Logan. You catch the water taxi behind the Marriott on Long Wharf. It takes 10 minutes to cross the harbor and another 5 for the shuttle basi that takes you to the terminals. If you’re running early, this is a nice way to get to the airport.

See that tower thingy in the distance? That’s Logan’s Control Tower

There are several water taxis that run back and forth between Logan side and Long Wharf

Some folks heading into town from Boston Logan
It’s a nice farewell to “America’s Walking City” and it’s always good to learn another way to and from Boston Logan. As long as it’s warm outside!

Buh bye Bahston!
Remember this as you’re ordered to shoe-strip at the checkpoint…