In an informal test conducted by The Crimson on Friday, two reporters traveled from Harvard Square to Logan’s Terminal C, one using the Blue Line, the other using the Silver Line.

Both to and from the airport, the Blue Line proved faster than the Silver. The reporter riding the Blue Line arrived back at Harvard nearly 25 minutes before the Silver Line reporter, who waited for 19 minutes at Terminal C alone for a Silver Line bus—despite posted schedules that promised a bus every ten minutes.

Nevertheless, Otmane Elyounssi, a Cambridge cab driver, predicted the new line would “definitely...affect our business, especially students.”

“If I had the choice and time on my hand, I would definitely pay the $1.25” to take the Silver Line rather than a more expensive cab ride, Elyounssi said.

—Staff writer Natalie I. Sherman contributed to the reporting of this article.

—Staff writer Brendan R. Linn can be reached at blinn@fas.harvard.edu.