by Miles Taylor | Nov 14, 2018 | Miles on SEPTA
I had just committed to Penn. My family flew down to Philly to spend a few days getting more acclimated to the city. We landed at the airport, where every sign told us to take the $6.75 Regional Rail line into town. But my family is cheap; why spend a ton of money on...
by Miles Taylor | Nov 11, 2018 | Miles on SEPTA
SEPTA Regional Rail stations tend to be in suburban or rural areas, but for our first Regional Rail review, we might as well have never left Philadelphia! And when I say Philadelphia, I mean the parts of it where you probably want to keep your wits about you when you...
by Miles Taylor | Oct 30, 2018 | Miles on SEPTA
Getting to the largest mall in the United States from Philly is no small feat, at least until its rail link opens up (in 500 years). Do you brave the Schuylkill Expressway on the 124/125, or do you let the Norristown High Speed Line take you part of the way up? Or, if...
by Miles Taylor | Oct 25, 2018 | Miles on SEPTA
I don’t know if NJT buses will be part of my jurisdiction yet, but this system fascinates me in how dysfunctional it is – I could talk about how awful NJT is for hours. That’s why whenever I happen to ride one of their routes from beginning to end,...
by Miles Taylor | Oct 22, 2018 | Miles on SEPTA
We’ve looked at the Rail Terminal, now it’s time for the bus terminal! How do they compare? Let’s find out. The Atlantic City bus terminal is mostly reserved for NJT’s longer-distance routes, but all the local routes still stop outside the...
by Miles Taylor | Oct 12, 2018 | Miles on SEPTA
Considering that it only gets twelve trains per day (or, at the moment, zero trains per day), five-track Atlantic City Station is surprisingly legit. According to ol’ Wikipedia, it was built in 1989, which makes the size of the station all the more surprising....
