by Miles Taylor | Sep 6, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
Sam and I had an ambitious plan to ride the entire rest of the SRTA in one day. How would we do that? He would drive me from route to route! We began this interesting and busy day with an early trip on the FR 4… The route began at the Catholic Memorial Home, a...
by Miles Taylor | Sep 3, 2018 | Miles on SEPTA
What better SEPTA bus route to start out with than the infamous 23/45 combo from South Philly all the way up to Chestnut Hill? Once the world’s supposed longest streetcar route, it got replaced by motor vehicles in 1992 and became just a really really long bus...
by Miles Taylor | Sep 2, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
Boy, that Fall River Terminal sure was nice, huh? Yeah. What a great terminal that was. Well, anyway, it’s time to look at their other terminal. It’s a lot worse. Yup, modern this terminal ain’t. There are uncomfortable wooden benches that meander...
by Miles Taylor | Aug 31, 2018 | Miles on SEPTA
Wow, it looks like our first Broad Street Line post is actually taking us to another state! I knew SEPTA went to New Jersey and Delaware, but Oregon is quite a trip! What? It’s just in South Philadelphia? Oh, okay…not nearly as exciting, but South Philly...
by Miles Taylor | Aug 30, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
Question 1: why is this considered a New Bedford route when it connects both Fall River and New Bedford? Question 2: why does it have to be called the 9 when there’s also a Fall River 9 that boards from the Fall River terminal but does something completely...
