by Miles Taylor | Feb 26, 2019 | Miles on the MBTA
The day after I became the first passenger to ride SEPTA’s new bus route, the MBTA just had to open a new station! And yes, I did go to Boston to review it. Not just any station, too – a Fairmount Line station. Where all of the stations are notoriously the...
by Miles Taylor | Feb 24, 2019 | Miles on SEPTA
NOTE (12/3/19): This is about ten months late, but it’s been on my mind: when this post came out, a number of people expressed concern that I referred to Strawberry Mansion as “one of the most notoriously dangerous neighborhoods in Philadelphia.”...
by Miles Taylor | Feb 23, 2019 | Miles on SEPTA
A Service Change??? Yes, I’m actually doing one. My friend and I visited Baltimore a few weekends ago, and I came in knowing I wanted to do a post – I had never been to the Charm City before, and I knew very little about its public transportation network,...
by Miles Taylor | Feb 21, 2019 | Miles on the MBTA
Welcome back to the LRTA! I gotta say, we’ve got a pretty good route here with the 7. Could this be the best route on the system? Maybe! Wow…leafy! We began, like all LRTA routes (well, except that which must not be named), at the Kennedy Center. From...
by Miles Taylor | Feb 20, 2019 | Miles on SEPTA
Since the 49 is opening in less than a week, I thought I’d take a look at one of the other routes that winds its way through Brewerytown and Fairmount. I’ve actually ridden both the 48 and the 7 in full, but since A) the 48 comes before the 7 in my...
