The most clustered of bumper stickers seen on the road.

There seems no more fitting an individual to begin with than the most famous of Bostonians, the 35th President of the United States: John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

Scenes From The Airport, Pt. 1

Geese, Pigeons, PIgs (yes, Pigs), et al.

Boston has some terrible intersections. Having driven as much as I have, I’ve tried to document the worst of the worst. This is the first of a number of postings that discusses this insidious phenomena.

Soon after I began again, I got a signal one day for a ride out in Arlington, a suburb of Boston near where I live in Waltham.   Arlington was formerly called “Menotomy” back in colonial days.  It was a key town along the path that Paul Revere traversed on his midnight ride out to Lexington and Concord.

Screen Shots - Long Rides

Bumper stickers can be an effective way to passively release anger and frustration.

This series will contain some of the more humorous bumper stickers I’ve seen.

Dogs Are a Common Sight, Pt. 1

I’ve seen them in my drives in the following places: Harvard Sq, Brookline, Boston College, Marlborough, walking on 128, near South Station, Wilmington, Burlington, Swampscott, Waltham, and Newton.

Hilarious Waze Map Chats - Pt. 1

The Uber & Lyft Rider Restaurant Picks of Boston

Lobster and Lobster Rolls, Pt. 2 - Articles, Books, Recipes

Of all the places riders have discussed with me lobster., and lobstah rolls, were the most talked about.

Rider Testimonials & Snippets

Paul Revere was one heck of a driver, but it must have been lonely for him—he had no one riding sidesaddle with him on his solitary romp through the dirt roads and byways of colonial Boston.

I read an eye-opening article this year in the Globe. It said that one third of Boston are Millennials aged 20-34, the largest proportion of any major city.

A Brief History of Boston Roads and Tourism

The Story of the Founding of the Boston Auto Tour

The Car and the Bicycle, Pt. 2 - Rise of the Bike Lanes

Before the car dominated the Boston transportation scene, there was the humble bicycle.  The velocipede, as it was called in the late 1800s, went through a golden age then declined after the rise of the automobile in the early 1900s. 

Uber and Lyft have been in the news in the past few years given the rise of rideshare use across the country and due to their recent IPO’s.

My idea for the Boston Auto Tour had its roots in an ancient desert landscape some forty years ago, when in 1980 I toured Israel with some family members. 

There is another purpose to this blog other than chatting about my Uber/Lyft career.  The hope is that the info posted here over time will become a unique guidebook that can be useful to tourists, students, business travelers or locals. 

Very soon after turning on the Uber app on for the first time, it began beeping.

I read an eye-opening article this year in the Globe. It said that one third of Boston are Millennials aged 20-34, the largest proportion of any major city.

This is a screenshot of the very first Uber ride I gave back on February 5, 2014. There was snow outside. I was as nervous as a Pilgrim on the Mayflower.

“In 1810, a turnpike charter was granted to the Boston Neck Turnpike Corporation, which it seems must have been sought in the interest of the Worcester Turnpike Corporation, as to the construction of that road would have given the latter company a better connection with the road leading into Boston.”

“Famous is Boston, in a reflective way, for the beauty of its suburbs.  The tourist has not yet enjoyed the half that Boston has to delight him with who has not passed beyond the city gates.”

Brookline was just another one of those leafy low-profile towns surrounding greater Boston.  Until 1960.  That year, JFK was elected president.

Great News! The Boston Auto Tour is preparing a Kickstarter Campaign in order to raise funds for two projects related to the development of this blog:

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