by Miles Taylor | Aug 4, 2014 | Miles on the MBTA
The Toronto Islands used to be a peninsula, but nature caused them to become separated from the mainland. They’re now a popular place to visit for tourists, but they also have some residential areas. It’s actually North America’s largest urban...
by Miles Taylor | Jul 30, 2014 | Miles on the MBTA
For a while I thought that GO Transit was just a generic name. But then I found out that GO stands for Government of Ontario, turning the name into a cool acronym. I love it! We had been seeing extremely long double-decker trains running near Union Station, but I...
by Miles Taylor | Jul 29, 2014 | Miles on the MBTA
The 86 coming back from the Toronto Zoo was by far the worst bus ride I’ve ever experienced. It’s not the route that’s the problem…no, the route’s fine, going from Kennedy Station on the Bloor Line to the Toronto Zoo. It’s the...
by Miles Taylor | Jul 28, 2014 | Miles on the MBTA
The TTC refers to the 510 as something like “streetcar rapid transit,” but I like to just refer to it as a Super Streetcar. Unlike most TTC streetcars (the 509 and 512 are the other two classified as SRT), the 510 runs in a median separated from other...
by Miles Taylor | Jul 28, 2014 | Miles on the MBTA
Interestingly, the Toronto subway technically has 24 hour service. It’s just that they’re not actually operated by subway trains. Instead, there are Blue Night bus routes that run along entire subway routes during the night. That seems like a pretty...
