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From: dennis@CSNET-SH.ARPA (Dennis Rockwell)
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Subject: Re: RR Travel from DC to Boston Area
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Date: Sun, 15-Dec-85 02:57:30 EST
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        > 2. Does anyone know a convenient way to go from DC to the greater
        > Boston area and rent a car to continue?

        Take the T (whoops, the MBTA subway to thoise in dixie) to the
        airport and rent the car there.  If you're hearty you can even
        walk the distance between the T stop and the car places, but at
        least Hertz will make stops there with their shuttle.

Foo!  The original requestor stated a wish not to go into downtown Boston.
Not only do you have to get onto the Red Line at South Station (very much
downtown, but the MBTA stop is at least in front of South Station), change
subway lines twice (travelling one or two stops on three of the four subway
lines), but then you must *drive* through some of the most congested and
suboptimally routed highway miles in the country, not to mention Boston
drivers!

This was not the apparent intention (nor was it mine to give a travelogue);
however, unless anybody can think of a car-rental office any closer to any
other subway stop, it's the only way that I can think of.  Riverside would
be best (a rental desk at the Holiday Inn, maybe?  Probably only for
patrons), with only one line change.  Braintree and Alewife (no rental place
within miles) are also within easy reach of Route 128 and don't require line
changes from South Station.

Most people that public transit and Amtrak serve don't tend to rent cars.

Dennis

PS: Pat, try calling the Holiday Inn on Grove Street in Newton MA.  They
are just across the parking lot from an endpoint (Riverside Station) of the
Green Line.