by sam | Jul 19, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
The Chelsea video is finally here! The T added a new branch of the Silver Line to Chelsea in April 2018, the SL3. How does the new route stack up time wise against the other ways of getting to Chelsea? Miles, Jordan, Nathan, and a host of other characters race to...
by sam | Aug 31, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
Sam recently took a trip to LA, and he’ll have several guest posts coming soon about the bus system in Santa Monica, Big Blue Bus. Here’s the first in a series. The Big Blue Bus Route 1 is very similar to the MBTA’s 1, in the way that it’s...
by sam | Sep 28, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
In this Operational Oculi, I decided that I’d take a quick break from garage walkthroughs and begin to tackle the subject of how a public transportation schedule is made. Some terms that I am going to try to define today are “running time”, “layover”, and...
by sam | Sep 12, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
Miles’s teachers aren’t being too nice as of late, giving him tons of homework and eating away his time to write on here. So you might be stuck with me for a little while…. Anyways, today we’re going to talk about Lynn Garage, the MBTA’s operational hub for all routes...
by sam | Sep 3, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
Today’s post takes us to the Quincy Garage, located (here’s a shocker) in Quincy, MA. Quincy Garage is the operational center of all of the “200 series” routes, which for the most part congregate around the Quincy Center Station. Routes leave in all directions from...
