by Miles Taylor | Dec 8, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
This is the problem with hyper-riding a million routes at the end of the summer: now I’m stuck reviewing a summer-only route in December! Oh well, this is a pretty cool one. The 83 runs from Lawrence allllllllllll the way to Hampton Beach! The bus at Buckley,...
by Miles Taylor | Dec 7, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
What’s your favorite rapid transit line on the MBTA? I’ll do you one better, Liam, and rank them from worst to best! 5. Silver Line I mean, if you want to even count the Silver Line, of course it’s rock bottom. Although the Waterfront routes have...
by Miles Taylor | Dec 7, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
Staples headquarters at 8 PM is a lonely place. I was just standing around, waiting for the 9 and hoping this last 8:10 trip actually existed. If it didn’t, I had no idea what I would do. 8:10 came and went. So did 8:15. Was I stuck forever? Finally, the bus...
by Miles Taylor | Dec 6, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
To keep the 7’s schedule from being too infrequent, the MWRTA has decided to relegate all the Marlborough deviations to a separate route, the 7C. Is this route any good? No, no it isn’t. Another day, another minibus. We made our way onto Newton...
by Miles Taylor | Dec 5, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
What would you say is the route on the MBTA that requires the most work? This is a very interesting question, and my default answer for this one is always the 70. This is a very long, very important route from Central Square, Cambridge to Central Square, Waltham. Or...