by Miles Taylor | Mar 15, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
As I stood doing nothing in a little room at the Cobbs Corner Mall meant for dropping off bottles and cans, I got quite a few strange looks from passerby outside. Look, I didn’t realize the bus would be this late, okay? About 15 minutes after it was scheduled to...
by Miles Taylor | Mar 14, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
Typically, one expects MBTA buses to have a certain…level of courtesy. For example, you assume the drivers will have a certain level of safety protocol. You also assume that schedules will be reasonably sensible. And you expect the bus radio to be firmly set in...
by Miles Taylor | Mar 12, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
I don’t really have much to say about the 45. I mean, it’s pretty short, exists mainly to serve one corridor, and…I can’t even think of a third thing to properly complete the sentence. Umm…yeah, let’s just get into this. The bus at...
by Miles Taylor | Mar 11, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
It would be great if I could end this series on Italy with an epic post about Rome’s huge public transportation system, but…I didn’t actually get to ride it. Hey, at least I have pictures… A bad tram picture taken from our bus. Rome’s bus...
by Miles Taylor | Mar 8, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
Assisi was like the small-town portion of our trip – but though small towns are usually considered uninteresting, Assisi was anything but. I mean, it’s not often you get to visit medieval villages on the sides of mountains, is it? With narrow streets, old...
