Originally Posted by
dr_bovine
For some reason, I always seem to forget just how insane it gets for the first couple weeks when the students are back. I'm not sure it is necessarily worse than it ever has been (at least there is the consolation that it is repaved through there). Besides, what is your other reasonable option other than Comm Ave going in that general direction? Beacon? Screw that ... Beacon is its own cluster**** and I find it way more unpredictable and ******** than Comm Ave ... and it even has bike lanes going outbound.
I actually have the opposite opinion of Beacon St. I think it's easier to ride there than Comm Ave. The only place it gets a little hairy (IMO) is around Coolidge Corner.
Well, Kenmore Sq. pretty much sucks during the afternoon rush hour too, but that's both Comm and Beacon (though Bay State Rd. provides a good alternative if you are getting on Comm Ave).