by Miles Taylor | Mar 25, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
RIPTA’s routes out of Pawtucket are definitely the sad stepchildren of the system. They generally get worse buses, they almost always have terrible schedules, and their ridership is often lower than the rest of the system. Does the 76 stack up to those...
by Miles Taylor | Mar 24, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
If there was ever one redeeming factor about the GATRA, it was that its buses could be reasonably trusted to arrive on time. I never had any doubt that their routes were at least reliable, and even if they were late, it was never more than five minutes or so....
by Miles Taylor | Mar 23, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
So, did you know that a few night M2s run via Coolidge Corner? Yeah, I had no idea, either! I mean, who would suspect? It’s just so unexpected that these few random M2s happen to take a vastly different route than their...
by Miles Taylor | Mar 21, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
Longtime readers will definitely have seen this one before – maybe even more than once. But hey, it hasn’t gotten a proper review yet, so it’s time to take our final look at the route and give it a definitive score! Time to take one final ride on the...
by Miles Taylor | Mar 20, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
You’d think a new ferry terminal would be at least somewhat of a big deal, but the T apparently didn’t think so – this place got practically no fanfare at all! That’s why Sam and I had no idea to expect when we headed down to Hingham to see the...
by Miles Taylor | Mar 19, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
Nathan and I had decided on a whim to ride the UMass shuttles as we were approaching JFK/Umass on a Red Line train. Five minutes later, we were scrambling over barriers in the Umass Bayside Lot trying to catch a 3 laying over at the shelter way on the far end of the...