Doing Business in Lexington

General Information about Lexington

Transportation and access

Lexington is situated in the Greater Boston Area, which has excellent rail, air, and highway facilities. State Route 128 and Interstate Routes 95 and 495 divide the region into inner and outer zones, which are connected by numerous "spokes" providing direct access to the airport, port, and intermodal facilities of Boston.

Highways, Main Interstates & Parkways

Principal highways in Lexington are State Routes 2, 128, 2A, and 4/225. Note that Interstate Route 95 and Route 128 share the same roadway through Lexington.

Public Transportation

Lexington is a member of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA ) the regional rapid transit system. MBTA service includes 4 subway lines, 13 commuter rail lines, 5 boat routes, and 161 bus routes servicing approximately 1,038 square miles. Service is provided to the MBTA's 78 districts and another 52 communities in eastern Massachusetts with over 1.1 million riders each day. From Lexington, The MBTA bus also provides service to the Greater Boston MBTA subway system.

The MBTA also provides THE RIDE, a paratransit service for the elderly and disabled.

LEXPRESS, an intra-town bus service provides transportation throughout the town on an hourly basis with a central terminus in the Town Center.

Railroad: There is no commuter rail service to Lexington; however, connection to the MBTA Red Line is at Alewife Station, which can be accessed by MBTA bus service. Amtrak provides service to both the North Station and South Station terminals in Boston. Commuter rail stations are located in the abutting communities of: Belmont, Concord Lincoln, and Waltham.

Shipping

Port of Boston (Conley Container Terminal in Boston, The Boston Autoport facility in Charlestown, and the Black Falcon Cruise Terminal), are all located in the Boston Marine Industrial Park .

Air Service

The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) administers Boston’s Logan International Airport . Logan International Airport recently celebrated its 75th birthday. It is the 16th busiest airport in the world, handling 900 million pounds of cargo and 26 million passengers. Home to 100 companies and 16,000 workers, it pumps an impressive $5 billion into the regional economy.

As an alternative to driving to Logan Airport, Massport offers frequent express bus service called the Logan Express , from Woburn to our South. Full-service bus terminals and secure parking are available at that location.

General aviation airport: Laurence G. Hanscom Field, joint civil-military airport, is located within Town. Technically, a Reliever Airport with Commercial Service (CR), it has a 5,106' asphalt runway and a 7,001' concrete and asphalt runway. Instrument approaches available: Precision and non-precision. Hanscom Field is an alternate airport to Boston's Logan International Airport and is administered by the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport). Hanscom Field's primary role in the regional aviation system continues to be that of general aviation reliever for Logan. Twenty miles northwest of Boston and central to the technology belt of Routes 128 and 95, it meets the demands of the many businesses fueling Massachusetts' hot economy. Hanscom handled 183,000 general aviation and training operations in 1998. It is home base for almost 500 permanently based aircraft whose owners take advantage of the aircraft service and maintenance operations of the airfield. In addition, Shuttle America provides regular passenger service at Hanscom offering daily flights to Trenton/Mercer County NJ and Philadelphia International Airport.

Air Freight

Boston’s Logan International Airport serves as the air cargo gateway to a six-state region with a population of 13.2 million and a gross regional product of $350 billion. It handled over 440,000 tons of cargo in 1997 in a land area of 2,500 acres.

Other City/County airports