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'Everybody Knows Joe': Beloved Van Driver Says Goodbye to the Shuttle

Andrade is energetic and enthusiastic--during one lull in calls, he paces the van and gets on and off as he talks, standing and sitting and waving his arms.

As students get on and off Andrade's shuttle, he picks up their conversations where they left off.

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When one graduate student boards, Andrade greets her by name and mentions a mutual friend--a former passenger who moved to Washington but who Andrade still talks to by phone.

"Hey Joe, how you doing, long time no see," says a professor who gets on at Divinity Avenue.

"Hi Joe. You're waiting for us?" a group of law students from Botanic Gardens ask as they step into the van.

"Oh my gosh, we're going to miss you a lot," says another professor as he disembarks in north Cambridge.

"I get along with anyone that gets along with me," Andrade says. "If you want to have a conversation with me you got one.... Kids come in upset from a test, I give them advice. I'm like a father figure."

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