by Miles Taylor | Sep 16, 2018 | Miles on SEPTA
There are two ways of getting from the Norristown Transportation Center to the Plymouth Meeting Mall. One is the 98, which is as reasonably direct as you would expect a suburban bus route to be. The other is the 90. It is a mess. Well, the route starts out normal...
by Miles Taylor | Sep 13, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
The 3 ends right around where the 5 ends, so let’s hop on that to get back into Fall River! I actually got the 3 from Stop & Shop, since it’s an outbound-only deviation right near the terminus! It actually does another one just before the Stop &...
by Miles Taylor | Sep 12, 2018 | Miles on SEPTA
I wasn’t exactly sure where I was going to go after getting dropped off from the 23 in Chestnut Hill, but lucky for me, there was a 97 leaving right when I arrived! I didn’t think I’d be going to Norristown that day, but the 97 turned out to be a...
by Miles Taylor | Sep 10, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
I didn’t think the SRTA actually makes it to Rhode Island, but I was wrong – the FR 5 very much enters that friendly small state to the south. As for the rest of the route? It isn’t all that interesting, alas. We did a little loopy-loop coming out of...
by Miles Taylor | Sep 8, 2018 | Miles on SEPTA
This is it. This is the big one. Center City to Chestnut Hill. Over ten miles of local streets. A myriad of different neighborhoods, buildings, and demographics. Let’s do it: the 23. As I mentioned in the last review, I chose Market Street as the transfer point...
