42 | Meet Boston GREEN GETAWAYS As America’s Walking City, Boston offers visitors the opportunity to enjoy a unique car-free getaway. Visitors can walk from the pedestrian-friendly Newbury Street shopping area to the Charles River riverfront parks, and from charming Beacon Hill to the downtown Boston waterfront where they’ll find the HarborWalk and the Rose Kennedy Greenway. Explore at a leisurely pace on a bike tour with Urban AdvenTours. These slow-paced jaunts will show your clients the city from a unique per- spective. Boston is also home to BLUEBikes, Metro Boston’s public bike share pro- gram, with more than 4,500 bikes at over 480 stations across the area. Need to get around quicker? Experi- ence Boston by scooter! Central Scoot offers hourly and multi-day rental rates for electric scooters. Public Transit Boston’s public transit system - known locally as the “T” - is operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). The “T” is easy to use and connects hotels, attractions, con- vention centers and neighborhoods. Subways, buses and trains run throughout the city and surrounding areas. Stations can be identified by a black “T” on a white circular sign and passengers can purchase a ticket, called a CharlieCard, at each station. For information on routes and sched- ules, visit mbta.com or see the MBTA map on page 144. Groups can order CharlieCard tickets in advance at mbta.com/pass-program/group. Logan International Airport is accessi- ble by the MBTA’s Blue Line subway and the Silver Line Bus Rapid Transit service, which also has direct con- nections to the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. Water Transportation, Coach & Rail It is easy for visitors to get to the Boston Harbor Islands, Cape Cod and Salem by ferry. Water transportation services include: ■ Bay State Cruise Company ■ Boston Harbor City Cruises ■ Hy-Line Cruises ■ Red Top Boats Water Taxi ■ Woods Hole, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority Your clients can take a day trip by coach to the Wrentham Village Pre- mium Outlets® or visit Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun casino. Commuter rail service is available to Gillette Stadium and Patriot Place, with special event train service offered for concerts and Patriots games. Via high-speed trains, a day trip to Providence, Rhode Island, or even New York City starts at the South Station Amtrak hub, and one to New Hampshire or Maine departs from North Station. ACCESSIBILITY Meet Boston continues to spearhead efforts to make the destination as accessible as possible. In collaboration with world-renowned consultant John Morris, we have devel- oped travel guides and blogs that high- light information and offerings for disabled travelers, and for any visitor who is seeking specific experiences attuned to their needs, whether they be physical, sensory or otherwise. Local sports facilities have partnered with KultureCity to create sensory rooms, which are now available at both TD Garden and Gillette Stadium. Museums and attractions feature an array of accessibility amenities and unique programming such as Feeling for Form at the MFA, Boston and Touch Tours at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Our partners at Save the Harbor/Save the Bay have developed shoreline cruises that identify accessible entry points from the water, enhancing our great network of natural resources - green space, the Boston Harborwalk, and our iconic waterways - that have a dedicated focus on accessible offerings. To learn more, please visit our website, meetboston.com/plan/accessibility, or Wheelchair Travel founder John Morris’ website, wheelchairtravel.org/ boston. Above: ©Urban AdvenTours; Silver Line at the BCEC ©Signature Boston; Wheelchair accessible tour of the Samuel Adams Brewery ©John Morris
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