I used to ride this bus to work as recently as August of this year. I rode it from Brighton Center…read moreto Chinatown/South Stationish. It's an express bus, so for your LinkPass holders it's a little more expensive, but it's quicker than quick because it takes the pike instead of local roads. In fact.. it might be a leetle TOO quick (just a note for those that stand). But when I used to take it.. around 8:30AM.. there were usually enough seats and very few people had to stand. All business folk too. Dare I say it was always on time? Although the drivers sort of remind me of Lloyd the delivery guy from Scrubs. You know, the air drummer (that is.. trivia point.. one of the writers for Scrubs)? So imagine Lloyd driving a bus instead of a delivery truck/ambulance. While fast, you may not always feel the safest..

I took this bus from Brighton Center to the Financial District every day from May to August. Moving…read moreto a new apartment off of Comm Ave in September, I thought, hey, I'll save a little money by taking the B line to work every day. Probably one of the stupidest things I've ever done. This bus gets me from its first stop to Federal Street in under a half an hour, without the hassle of stopping at too many red lights, dealing with BU kids who have a state of the art fitness center yet can't be bothered to walk 100 extra feet to get to class, and people who smell like they haven't showered since the Reagan 80's. I have an extra half an hour in the morning to relax, an extra half an hour at night, and all for $30 a month extra. Well worth it. If you live within a mile of one of these express buses and you have to go downtown in the morning - this is the only way to travel. Pay the extra $30 - it will immediately improve the quality of your commute, and the quality of your life, and I stand by that statement.

She is almost always, most of the time, on time. Sometimes she might miss your pick up location but…read moreshe will always loop around to come pick you up.

When I first booked this bus, I was a little nervous because it was cheaper than Peter Pan, and…read moreusually the cheaper options aren't always the best. But honestly, my experience was amazing. I'm 19 years old and was traveling alone from Philly to Hyannis, and I'm still not very confident with traveling on my own. What really made this experience so good was the driver. Everyone I interacted with was friendly and kind, but the driver especially stood out. He was a bald man with glasses and a big beard, and he was genuinely one of the sweetest and most caring people I've met while traveling. He was patient with everyone, calm, respectful, and made sure people were okay throughout the ride. That kind of hospitality is honestly hard to find nowadays. Usually traveling stresses me out a lot, but for the first time I actually felt relaxed and comfortable during the trip. He made the whole experience feel safe and easy, and I'm really thankful for that. So thank you again to him and the company for such a great experience.

We have been usingP&B for probably 10 years.\nWe fly with our 8LB papillon dog. All of a sudden,…read morethey would not let us take the dog on the bus.\n The driver was very rude, left stranded at louggin airport 730 at night. I am 78 years old. My wife is 77, the driver did not care at all. He said if we didn't like it call the office.\n He said, my name is Bob. What a jerk. And yes, we had tickets. I will never useP&B EVER AGAIN.PS NOT ALL THE DRIVERS LIKE HIM. MOST OF THEM, A VERY FRIENDLY AND NICE TO YOU, BUT NOT BOB.

It is fine if on time but sometimes I will wait for 25 minutes and 2 buses will come at once or an…read moreout of service bus will come by. Much needed for a trip to Porter or Harvard Square from Arlington so I will say that I am glad that there is a bus on that route! Just give yourself extra time if you need to be somewhere on time.

At 5:00 pm everyday 3 or 4 77 busses skip Harvard Station their are more than 60 people waiting for…read morethe bus home.

F you, 86. You are…read morethe worst bus line ever. You come infrequently-- only every 30 minutes in off-peak hours, and every 45-60 on the weekends. You are irregular, sometimes showing up, sometimes not. You never know what's in that damn pinata. You've made me walk from Union Square to Harvard in desperation more times than is appropriate, and that's a long damn walk. Your inexcusable infrequency and constant tardiness are made that much more miserable given that you are one of Union Square residents' only modes of public transport. Even though you can't be a real Line, or even a fake Line a la Silver, you could at least be a better damn bus. I would like to ask for an upgrade to the double-decker buses with nice seating options like the 73 but I wouldn't dare. I've heard you're no better on the other end of your route. I once saw you in Allston and I freaked out. You need to shorten your route or add more buses. Or both. Or, you could die, and we could all hope you would be reborn a Phoenix in any of the forms I listed above. You get a pity star just for existing, but that's it. I am so fed up with you.

As far as exercises in pure undiluted exasperation go, waiting for the eternally tardy 86 is a…read morenearly zenlike experience. It's frustration frustrated, and then raised to the frustrated-th degree. Godot is more punctual than you, Bus Route 86. And yet, I cannot give you a withering 1 star review, if only because you do spare me the horrorshow that is the claustrophobic crawl of the 70. Going up one stop to Harvard and waiting 45 minutes for a bus which may or may not ever come is totally worth the extra time, compared to hellride that awaits in Central. Plus, it has helped me immeasurably hone my patience to something approaching godly. And plus, it affords me a good number of LOLz doing some observational work on Hipsters waiting for the 66 at the same bus stop, without having to actually get on the 66 with them. Bus Route 86: you do not fail at life, but only barely...

Bill, Cathi and the rest of this crew are awesome! I had an event with about 70 people being…read moretransported from Logan airport at various times and they made the setup of getting everyone picked up on time seamless! Guests were in town for a 3 day sales meeting so we used their services multiple times. They were available 24/7 during our event for any changes and were very accommodating in the requests we had along the way. No issues at all and I would highly recommend them if you need any transportation services. I will be contacting them again when the need arises!

I have used them for airport drop offs and picks ups and they provided outstanding service and kept…read moretheir word. The cars were excellent and very nice drivers. The owner is a pleasure to work with. I wish all businesses were this responsive.

Had an NYC-Boston trip. Timely, clean, comfortable, priced well, and the driver was great. It was…read morealso a great perk that we had a couple bathroom stops and we were able to grab lunch. Traffic sucked, but if we had driven ourselves, we would have had the same issue, so no fault of GoSherpa. Will definitely use them again.

Amazing experience. Would recommend 10/10. So reliable comfortable and pleasant! Shocked I haven't…read morefound this service in all the years I've been in anyv!

Very bad drivers. Just witnessed two of these busses running red lights during rush hour in Boston…read moreand taking turns from the incorrect lanes. It was very dangerous and also gridlocked a large section of the city. The very old driver looked confused and overwhelmed.

We had a great experience with the crew and drivers. The staff at HQ were extremely easy to work…read morewith, communicative, and prompt with updating for any last minute changes. The buses arrived on-time, clean, and cooled down for our wedding guests on a hot June afternoon. Even when one bus ended up breaking down for a slight period of time, the Company had another bus on stand by and were able to load up the passengers within 15 minutes and continued to the reception. Although we weren't on the buses ourselves, my wife and I would recommend them to anyone!

I am upgrading my rating of bus 74…read more Due to my forgetful nature, I left an overnight bag in the bus I took a few days ago. It was the 8am bus. I was really sad when I realized I had forgotten to take it with me and really thought I would never see it again. When I called the lost and found number I was pleasantly surprised to hear that the bus driver had turned in my lost purse (or as the operator called it "pocketbook"). I picked it up today and everything was in there. This restored my faith in the bus system. Also, I have to add that even with the delays on both these buses, my bus tracking application on my android phone (boston busmap) allows me to estimate the time when the buses are arriving so I can plan accordingly. Keep up the good work bus drivers! Thank you for getting me to and from Harvard sq safely. .... Now if only the T lines would follow suit. (hint hint Red line).

The Harvard Square T station is just down the street. I use it to get into Boston where I do not…read morehave to worry about parking. The T always seems to run on time from this station. The station shares space with the bus line so I do not have to leave the station to catch a bus.

A lot of people don't like public transportation, but coming from a city that basically has…read morenothing, the MBTA was a pleasant surprise! Yea the stations are pretty dirty and the trains could definitely use an update, but they still get you where you need to go. They have trains running constantly and we never have to wait for more than 15 minutes for a train. They can get pretty crowded depending on the time of day, but that's not really their fault. There are so many stops and we used just about every line to get to where we needed to be. If I came back to Boston, I will be buying another Charlie Card to get around.