by Miles Taylor | Mar 24, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
The 8 serves both one of the densest and one of the most suburban sections of Brockton. The former is a straight shot, while the latter is a loop at the end of the route. Since Campello (where I was) is the halfway point between these two, I wanted to take it around...
by Miles Taylor | Mar 22, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
Yes, it’s finally here! The moment we’ve all been waiting for! After 1 year and 364 days, the crucial connection between the Green and Blue Lines is once again open. And let me tell you, it’s beautiful. I don’t want to leave you hanging any...
by Miles Taylor | Mar 19, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
Why is it that you sometimes see seagulls in places that aren’t even close to the ocean? I know this is a random way to start, but there were two seagulls in the empty Campello parking lot, and I was wondering what the heck they were doing there!...
by Miles Taylor | Mar 19, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
Wouldn’t it be nice if every transit authority had a photo policy like the MBTA’s? Or even better, if there was a single policy that applied to all authorities? It would certainly prevent annoying instances like what happened to me on the 2 from occurring....
by Miles Taylor | Mar 18, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
I think downtown Brockton is pretty widely considered to be…well, let’s say a “sketchy neighborhood”. And train stations are usually where the sketchiest parts of sketchy neighborhoods happen to be. I have to wonder, then, if it’s a...