by Miles Taylor | Nov 6, 2019 | Miles on SEPTA
SEPTA. Why do you have an El train and an L bus? This is very confusing! If it’s any consolation, they don’t go anywhere near each other, but the amount of times I’ve gotten double takes when talking about the L bus has gotten to insane levels!...
by Miles Taylor | Nov 5, 2019 | Miles on the MBTA
The 24 is probably the FRTA’s best route, but our experience on it was one of the worst. It all started when a real clunker of a bus showed up at the JWO Transit Center about 25 minutes late… This’ll be a fun ride! Hopefully. So the 24 runs from...
by Miles Taylor | Nov 4, 2019 | Miles on SEPTA, Miles on the MBTA
Click here for Part 1, click here for Part 2. Our final part of the Scotland series takes us to the northern tip of Great Britain…and beyond. But we first begin in Inverness, the largest city in the Highlands (with slightly under 47,000 residents) and one with a...
by Miles Taylor | Oct 27, 2019 | Miles on SEPTA
Welcome to SEPTA’s least-used route. The 150 looks absolutely bizarre at first glance: it’s a nonstop suburban crosstown express from Parx Casino (in the northeast) to Plymouth Meeting Mall (in the northwest). I was all set to write this thing off as a...
by Miles Taylor | Oct 23, 2019 | Miles on the MBTA
Gotta tell ya, I was not anticipating a GATRA ride on my return to Boston. “Wanna do the GATRA GO when we get to Foxboro?” Jules asked on the train there. YES, OF COURSE I DO. Oh boy, time for a GATRA trip, and it’s a doozy! Okay, get ready for a...
