According to the Herald, a shuttle service between various points in East Boston and the terminals of Logan Airport that'll run from 3:00 a.m. to 5:30 a.m. will begin service on August 1st. Seems like a good idea for people from the neighborhood who work at the airport in shifts that start before MBTA service begins running at 5:30.One issue that the new service makes clearer is that the T's lack of service between 12:30 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. is ridiculous. That has always been obvious on the back end of that equation, where people who are in Boston's bars until 2 a.m. are left with the choice of taking an expensive cab ride or driving their cars in and out of town. Of course, people should know better than to drive drunk, but it is foolish to make that choice more appealing.
On the front end, we also see that people need public transportation to get to and from work at odd hours. Having the subway and buses shut down just after midnight is just plain stupid, and it flies in the face of Boston being a "world-class city."
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