by Miles Taylor | Dec 29, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
Hot off the heels of new Green Line trains, the Silver Line has begun phasing in a new addition to its fleet. Last night was the inaugural run of battery-electric buses on the SL3 – unlike the current dual-mode buses, which have to change from electric wire to...
by Miles Taylor | Dec 27, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
I’ve been away from this system for a couple months, so I had a lot to catch up on. This past week, I’ve been going to all the places where the MBTA has done something new, and it’s now time to put them all in a post! First up, we have the new Forest...
by Miles Taylor | Dec 26, 2018 | Miles on SEPTA
Anyone who’s read my Boston content knows that I love trackless trolleys. I was bound to take a SEPTA one pretty early on. The 66 is the longest and most suburban of the three trackless trolley routes in Philly, running from Frankford Transportation Center on a...
by Miles Taylor | Dec 24, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
I hold SRTA to a reasonably high regard in my head. I think it’s one of the better RTAs in Massachusetts. That said…the North End Shuttle is a disaster. No number, just…”North End Shuttle”. The route begins at Fieldstone Marketplace, then...
by Miles Taylor | Dec 23, 2018 | Miles on SEPTA
Once upon a time, Philadelphia was planning on building a loop line around Center City. The Broad-Ridge Spur was built off of the Broad Street Line to the busy department stores at 8th and Market, then onwards to 16th and Locust. Now, there’s no money to...
