You’d Burn This Many Calories Walking or Biking Your Commute

Photo by Olga Khvan

With a fare increase looming, MBTA riders can expect to pay $84.50 for a monthly Link pass, starting in July. For commuters on a budget—or anyone irritated by the MBTA’s shoddy service—that price stings.

On behalf of those seriously considering an informal MBTA boycott, we took the liberty of mapping some heavily traveled commuting routes, to see how many calories you’d burn if you swapped your morning T trip for a walk or bike ride.* Sure, finding an extra hour and 41 minutes to take a leisurely stroll from Cleveland Circle to State Street isn’t exactly convenient—but, then again, neither is idling at Kenmore for an inexplicable 15 minutes on the way to work.

Besides, the adrenaline rush of sticking it to the T is both priceless and timeless. Ready to give it a shot? Here’s how many calories you’d burn traveling from:

Beacon Hill to… 

Copley
Walking (18 minutes): 58 calories
Biking (7 minutes): 55 calories
Monthly totals (both ways, 20 days per month): 2,320 and 2,200

Longwood
Walking (50 minutes): 162 calories
Biking (17 minutes): 134 calories
Monthly totals: 6,480 and 5,360

State Street
Walking (17 minutes): 55 calories
Biking (6 minutes): 47 calories
Monthly totals: 2,200 and 1,880

Kendall
Walking (21 minutes): 68 calories
Biking (15 minutes): 118 calories
Monthly totals: 2,720 and 4,720

Cleveland Circle to…

Copley
Walking (78 minutes): 253 calories
Biking (22 minutes): 173 calories
Monthly totals: 10,120 and 6,920

Longwood
Walking (55 minutes): 178 calories
Biking (15 minutes): 118 calories
Monthly totals: 7,120 and 4,720

State Street
Walking (101 minutes): 328 calories
Biking (32 minutes): 252 calories
Monthly totals: 13,120 and 10,080

Kendall
Walking (85 minutes): 276 calories
Biking (28 minutes): 220 calories
Monthly totals: 11,040 and 8,800

Davis Square to…

Copley
Walking (93 minutes): 302 calories
Biking (36 minutes): 283 calories
Monthly totals: 12,080 and 11,320

Longwood
Walking (102 minutes): 331 calories
Biking (34 minutes): 267 calories
Monthly totals: 13,240 and 10,680

State Street
Walking (92 minutes): 298 calories
Biking (31 minutes): 244 calories
Monthly totals: 11,920 and 9,760

Kendall
Walking (64 minutes): 208 calories
Biking (20 minutes): 157 calories
Monthly totals: 8,320 and 6,280

Packard’s Corner to…

Copley
Walking (53 minutes): 172 calories
Biking (14 minutes): 110 calories
Monthly totals: 6,880 and 4,400

Longwood
Walking (41 minutes): 133 calories
Biking (15 minutes): 118 calories
Monthly totals: 4,520 and 4,720

State Street
Walking (75 minutes): 243 calories
Biking (23 minutes): 181 calories
Monthly totals: 9,720 and 7,240

Kendall Square
Walking (50 minutes): 162 calories
Biking (18 minutes): 142 calories
Monthly totals: 6,480 and 5,680

*All values were computed using Google Maps time estimates, and calorie burn estimates from MyFitnessPal for a 130-pound person walking or biking at a moderate pace.