MBTA Bus Route 69

69? hehehheheheehheehheeheheheheheheeheh
Ahem. Anyways. After living for two years in Cambridge, I’ve come to the conclusion that the 69 doesn’t actually exist.
It’s actually an MBTA conspiracy perpetuated solely out of a sadistic desire to get people’s hopes up. Whenever I’m standing at the bus stop for 30 minutes of watching my breath cloud up in the cold, I keep getting this weird feeling that, any day now, any second now, Ashton Kutcher is going to jump out from behind the snow and tell me I’ve been punk’d.

Ah yes the bus I take daily to work.
First off, I don’t get the previous posters comments about it being late. Then again, I use NextBus so for me the bus is ‘never late’ since I know when it’s going to come. But YES I have experience in delays on this route. (i.e. Bus was suppose to come at 4:05, didn’t come until 4:15.) BUT I will say that when the bus has a delay, it isn’t the drivers fault! Traffic in Harvard and then again in Inman Squares can slow this bus down. Throw in someone getting on/​off with a wheelchair or stroller, and you have even more delays.
However, I’m overall happy about this route. It’s a quick ride to work (in Inman), and it does come (most of the time). My only real complaint is with traffic delays!

Are you fucking kidding me?
This is the shortest bus route ever (maybe 20 minutes end to end) and yet they can’t seem to figure out how to time it or how to even stop an pick up riders. I have had this bus drive right past me a few times while the driver shrugs. Not to mention the red lights they run and the fact that they are often going down Cambridge street so fast they have to stomp on the brakes when they finally decide they need to stop an pick someone up.
This route is yet another reason why my burning hatred for the MBTA grows daily.

why are you always late? just answer me this…
i waited an hour once when your frequency was supposed to be every 20 minutes. ridiculous.
then you’re always packed because 8000 people have lined up while you were off getting stuck in traffic or taking a gas station break. who knows how you spend your time. i just wish you’d come on schedule…

Ok, I admit, the 69 seems deaf to your prayers when you need her for convenience gallivanting about during the daytime, and on weekends… but she has a truly good heart, take it from me. I know a different side of ol’ billboard sides — I had to ride this bus 5 days a week to and from Cambridge Rindge & Latin high school for 4 years, and she never let me down. In a jam she would go express to get me there on time, and after science team meetings she was always there waiting for me.
You see, 69 doesn’t care about you guys. She cares about the kids… because you know they would rash her if she didn’t, and it would be a wrap.
I LOVE YOU, GIRL!

When I’m on top of things, the 69 is good. :-)
However, I’m not always so lucky. And why is it when you don’t need the bus, there are 69’s all over the joint?!
Sometimes when I’m going home and want to avoid exerting myself, I choose to take the #1 to Harvard and THEN take the 69 bus home. It takes FOR-​EVAH. But it still beats dealing with the friggin’ crowded Green Line.

Is it a coincidence that the 69 runs through Jessika’s neighborhood? I think not.
And you know I’m never late for an opportunity for a 69, but it almost always is for me. :(
Because of your lack of performance, I had to drag my luggage in the snow after a Nor’easter along Prospect St from Inman to Central to catch the T to Logan…
Yeah, no cigars or cuddling for you afterwards.

Ahhh, the 69 bus. For my 69^th review, I thought I’d review you, #69 MBTA bus, especially since you are the one I frequent.
Much like the 69, you seem better in theory than in action.
Much like the 69, you take forever to come.
Much like the 69, you seem like you’ll be a great experience but fall quite short.
Much like the 69, you look better on the web site.
Much like the 69, you look better on the video.
Much like the 69, you (and your schedule) are not quite that flexible.
Much like the 69, you’re kind of a disappointment.
But my 69 bus, you help me shorten the time and distance it takes to travel from my abode in East Cambridge to Inman or Harvard Sq. So for that I’ll give you two stars. Because when you come, you really come fast.