by Miles Taylor | Oct 24, 2014 | Miles on the MBTA
I initially went to Wellington just because I wanted to see the fantastic view from the parking lot again. However, I took a casual look out the window and went “Ooh, bus!” So that’s the exciting story of how I ended up on the 97. Good to see an MBTA...
by Miles Taylor | Oct 19, 2014 | Miles on the MBTA
“Gosh, Miles, why would you put so many lines in a single post?” Well, blog reader, it pays to check the MTA website beforehand to see what service changes (no pun intended) are in effect on weekends. As you’ll see in the post, we ended up taking a...
by Miles Taylor | Oct 13, 2014 | Miles on the MBTA
As you may be able to tell, this is a long route. The Bronx Zoo to Jamaica is a pretty large distance, and therefore gets a lot of ridership that necessitates using articulated buses. The buses are fairly new and nice, yet they still don’t have...
by Miles Taylor | Oct 12, 2014 | Miles on the MBTA
Though it was elevated almost the whole way, this was not a very nice ride. We went through some pretty bad neighborhoods on the J that were really badly maintained: graffiti, abandoned buildings, total wreckages of buildings. There was a nice view over the...
by Miles Taylor | Oct 12, 2014 | Miles on the MBTA
This was such a cool station that I decided to dedicate an entire post to it! Jamaica is the hub of the Long Island Railroad, has a connection with the Airtrain to JFK Airport, and has a subway station (with the overly long name of Sutphin Boulevard – Archer Ave...
