Best of Boston
2025 Best MBTA Fan
Pari Kim
Even Phillip Eng doesn’t love the MBTA as much as Pari Kim. The 23-year-old train enthusiast rolled into hearts on season three of Netflix’s Love on the Spectrum, where she gushed about her railway devotion (“It’s like therapy for me”), peppered conversation with subway puns (“Have a T-riffic day!”), and vowed never to date a car person (“I’m not driving in Boston. Ew!”). The Cambridge resident found a match on the show in fellow public-transit rider Tina Zhu Xi Caruso, and they’ve turned up at T: An MBTA Musical and commuted with Mayor Wu (and baby Mira). Now that’s a great ride.