Maybe a taskrabbit?

Unfortunately for me (But quite reasonably for them) people on Taskrabbit aren't available at 5:45 in the morning.

I love how there can be a "world record" for a Boston specific thing lol. Nobody outside of Boston gives a fuck. It's like the "world series".

Still counts!

what is the T challenge

Visit all the T stations in the fastest time possible.

It might not be your thing, but there are transit-obsessed people all over the place who live for this stuff.

Just hold your own stopwatch.

Why not just track it with GPS?

There's a novel called Tunnel Vision about a guy doing this on the London Tube, and it's pretty good

I can’t help, sorry (5:45 lol), but this is intriguing! You really think you can do this in 7 hours? With the green lines? Are you going to post the route and/or your progress anywhere? I’d love to follow along, or at least see the results!

does this include commuter rail

How interesting! Does “visit all stations” mean you have to actually step foot in the station, or can you remain on the train?

You guys should wear a go pro on your head and record your trips. The entertainment opportunities are truly endless if you’re going to be riding the T all day

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Will there be a marriage proposal at the end?

Of course not if it’s projected to take 7 hours lol

As a person of color, I too discount the Silver Line as a real line. Now what are you going to do? Hmmmm?

The signal would probably get lost and have precision issues

Do you need a cow costume?

>Nobody outside of Boston gives a fuck

You underestimate the level of obsession in the international train enthusiast community.

Jed is that you?

K

Why can’t you just subtract the time you start from the time you end? Wouldn't that be more accurate?

You just need to be on the train.

The times aren't accurate anymore, but I've talked about the route here. Because the Green Line branches (Mostly) parallel each other in a few places, you only need to double back on the D branch from Riverside, and a couple stops on the B, with this route.

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Get a fucking job good lord

I'm a student back for Christmas, I'm allowed to have fun

I think you should actually have to step foot on each station for this to count, and not just ride the train.

Still cool, though.

How do we know you won't pull a Rosie Ruiz and just take a cab to the stop before Braintree?

You're required to keep a full log.

Godspeed

It’s should

Tough way to define fun but to each their own. Best of luck with the T

Not to ruin your fun but someone already set the record last week: https://mobile.twitter.com/aquaticpotato71/status/1606643428074590209

As any physics student could tell you, the blazing speeds at which the T travels would cause time dialation.

Haha I hadn't heard about that. I guess I have to beat them! I think my route is better, personally, so we'll need to see.

I was thinking about doing that too, I'm impressed that you managed to route it 7 hours exactly, the lowest I could get theoretically was 7:20 starting in oak Grove and ending in wonderland

Asking the real question here.

You'll need to start or end at Braintree, that's basically non-negotiable. The other endpoint can either be Riverside or Wonderland.

Yeah that's the obvious choice but taking the commuter rail from jfk isn't that much time and getting anywhere from oak Grove takes forever. And the time between Riverside and Brookline village isn't that bad, the majority of the wait is in the central section in of the green line

I'm not a huge fan of the commuter rail idea to JFK because while yes, you are saving a bit of time, you end up just waiting at JFK for most of it. Compared to an optimal red line route you only end up saving a couple minutes as far as I can tell.

Fair enough, though it very much depends on the timetables and if you start later in the day you can get it to line up alright so the wait isn't long.

Also, I was wondering in general, is it considered cheating to use bluebikes between stations? There aren't any official rules, at least not publicly available.

Also I was taking the commentuter rail from jfk to Braintree, then all the way to alewife on the red line

Replying here since the other guy deleted his bad take, I do care about the people of color that rely on the silver line, and that's why Washington St should be closed to cars, and the Green Line should be extended along it (With signal priority, obviously) from Boylston to Dudley and even Mattapan.

There are fairly standard rules for all these types of challenges, (NY, London, etc), including Boston. Private transport is banned, so no bikes, cars, taxis, etc. Buses and your own 2 feet are permitted though.

>if you start later in the day

IMO you don't want to do that because the longer you wait to start the more chances the T has to get screwed up.

I would argue that bike sharing constitutes public transit, but alright.

It sounds like a guy did the CR version of this and it took 2 days.

I'm not submitting it to Guinness WRs because fuck them, but I do want to comply with the standard rules to the best of my abilities, and this requires having an independent witness who is not doing the challenge hold a master stopwatch.

>excluding the silver line because it's a fake line and doesn't count

No argument here!

Some guy thought there was and accused me of being racist, so clearly there is?

That's awful!!

Ignore them.

You must be fun to be around.

Why not just hit up nick dalton he does youtube videos on the t and could make a pretty good one on your record

Dumb take, we own cars as well. Go be someone else’s savior.

Don’t drag someone else into this buffoonery. Use your own stopwatch.

I just did your route out according to the timetables and am getting a extremely optimistic time of 7:19 assuming running everywhere and no delays or missed connections.

As someone who did this in NYC, I won’t be able to help but I wish you luck

That takes real effort. That's what, 21 hours or something?

I wish, we got derailed (pun intended) but stuck through cuz nobody had done it since the new stations opened, took 34 hours on a rainy January night

booo

Surely you can bribe someone in your life to do this for you?

Idk if you're already set on your plan but you should totally just grab a bluebike from Medford/tufts greenline to Alewife in Arlington. You'd save a ton of time and there's bike docks at both stations.

How did it go????

With my ibs I guess I'm out then

You are without a doubt, a blast at parties.

That would indeed be faster but alas the rules forbid personal transport, bikes included.

Does this include the red line trolleys?

Great question …I’d assume so but if not that’s a travesty

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Absolutely! That's the best part!

I will tell you on Friday when I do it.

I’m not in Boston anymore but this sounds awesome and I now have a new bucket list item. OP, any resources you can link me to so I can read more about this sort of thing? And good luck!

The London Tube Challenge is better documented, but the rules are mostly the same.

If I’m reading this right, it seems like you miss kenmore sq. When do you plan on hitting that stop?

Edit: Nvm. B line Park to BC.

Sorry, I do NOT know what day it is; it’s been a long week.

Happy to buy you each a beer if you recommend a pub to meet after

If it's the right kind of buffoonery many people will enter into it willingly. And that's exactly as it should be!

I'm so happy that I saw this reference now

Cow costume is DLC only attainable at the Kenmore stop. It might take some time off of the clock but let's be honest. Is it really a victory if you aren't in a random guy's cow costume when the run ends?

Ha, incredible

If you put it on Youtube, I will help you. My son is obsessed with the T and would like it.

Ah ok I wondered about that.

How did it go OP??

Didn't get the WR, took about 8.5 hours. Got extremely unlucky and barely missed trains at Oak Grove, Union Sq, Park St, Cleveland Circle, Heath St, and Mattapan. The other transfers went beautifully though, no in between.

Agh bummer. Well done attempting it though!