by Miles Taylor | Nov 7, 2019 | Miles on SEPTA
The things I do for this blog. Seems like the economical choice to...
by Miles Taylor | Nov 6, 2019 | Miles on SEPTA
SEPTA. Why do you have an El train and an L bus? This is very confusing! If it’s any consolation, they don’t go anywhere near each other, but the amount of times I’ve gotten double takes when talking about the L bus has gotten to insane levels!...
by Miles Taylor | Nov 4, 2019 | Miles on SEPTA, Miles on the MBTA
Click here for Part 1, click here for Part 2. Our final part of the Scotland series takes us to the northern tip of Great Britain…and beyond. But we first begin in Inverness, the largest city in the Highlands (with slightly under 47,000 residents) and one with a...
by Miles Taylor | Oct 27, 2019 | Miles on SEPTA
Welcome to SEPTA’s least-used route. The 150 looks absolutely bizarre at first glance: it’s a nonstop suburban crosstown express from Parx Casino (in the northeast) to Plymouth Meeting Mall (in the northwest). I was all set to write this thing off as a...
by Miles Taylor | Oct 22, 2019 | Miles on SEPTA
Answer: local buses. Lots of them. You can also see the video...
by Miles Taylor | Oct 7, 2019 | Miles on SEPTA
It’s always interesting to see what transit agencies choose for their route 1. The MBTA’s 1, for example, is one of the busiest bus routes on the system, running frequently down a major urban corridor. What does SEPTA’s 1 do? It runs hourly service,...
