by Miles Taylor | Feb 1, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
It all started at South Station. The driver announced over the loudspeaker that we would be standing by due to some issue with the train doors (or something). After about a 10 minute wait with constant reassuring announcements of “It’ll just be a little,...
by Miles Taylor | Jan 31, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
After taking the 41, we had two options: take the 39 down to Forest Hills, or make the 10 minute walk to Green Street. I figured I’d have plenty more chances to go to the former, whereas the latter is no longer served by any buses. So after a walk through a nice...
by Miles Taylor | Jan 31, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
Okay, so even if I made fun of the angry driver of the 8, he did help us out a lot. If he hadn’t dropped us off back at JFK/UMASS, we wouldn’t have been able to catch the 41 to Jamaica Plain Center. I still don’t understand the driver’s...
by Miles Taylor | Jan 28, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
My friend Lucy (who took the photos) and I were taking a little walk in the snow, and ended up at Alewife Station. Surprisingly, a few of the doors were open, but the station was deserted, there being no T service at the time. When we were on the balcony over the...
by Miles Taylor | Jan 28, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
The 48 bus went to Green Street station before it was brutally cut from the system. Of course, instead of replacing the sign at the station, the MBTA just took out their roll of duct tape… Why didn’t they just tape up the whole thing?