by Miles Taylor | Apr 12, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
This is one of those Commuter Rail stations that just begs the question: how? How can a station be this badly designed? Ballardvale is truly an enigma! Huh… Okay, Ballardvale clearly used to be two tracks, because the platform is abnormally wide. It’s just...
by Miles Taylor | Apr 11, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
The Pawtucket Transit Center is a strange little place. It’s not as raucous and busy as Kennedy Plaza, but it’s not like it’s an oasis from crazy occurrences. Case in point… There was a fight going on at that shelter, so Sam and I hung back to...
by Miles Taylor | Apr 10, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
Want to get from Providence to Pawtucket? Well, don’t use the 72! This route is all for the neighborhoods in between. Not actually our bus – this was earlier in the day. We left Kennedy Plaza on Exchange Street, which went over the Woonasquatucket River...
by Miles Taylor | Apr 10, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
My girlfriend Zofia recently came back from a trip to Australia, and she wanted to report on the transit there. Here we go! Melbourne, Australia: where to start with it? We could talk about all the great places you can go and eat, but I’ve been told that’s not the...
by Miles Taylor | Apr 9, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
Arghhhh, the 21 is a hard one to sit through. It has a ton of deviations, it takes over 40 minutes to ride, and…blech. Let’s just get it over with. Coming into CCRI. Unlike the other Warwick Mall to Providence routes (the 22 and the 30), the 21 begins...
