by Miles Taylor | Sep 10, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
Ooooh, now this is a very interesting one indeed! I had no idea this service even existed until my friend Sam and I took a trip down to Taunton and discovered its schedule hanging on the wall! Well, we had to give it a ride, didn’t we? The bus coming...
by Miles Taylor | Sep 7, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
I’m sorry for not being able to post much – work coming into the first week of school has been tough. Here’s a fun little website I found, though, called MBTA Excuse Generator. Many of you have probably already heard of it as it’s been circling...
by Miles Taylor | Sep 5, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
*TRUMPET BLASTS* WELCOME…TO THE BUSIEST ROUTE ON THE GATRA! BOW BEFORE ITS GREATNESS! GAZE IN AWE UPON ITS MANY DEVIATIONS! I INTRODUCE TO YOU…THE 8! The bus at Walmart. What’s more, the bus it was using was a shiny new New Flyer MiDi, which was...
by Miles Taylor | Sep 3, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
The 7 is a bit odd for GATRA. For one thing, it has a completely different map style from any other GATRA route. Also, it leaves Taunton at different times than most other routes from there. And finally, it’s really good about not making deviations! Well,...
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...
by sam | Sep 2, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
“Oculi” means “Eye” in Latin. Don’t worry, I had no idea what that meant either. You can thank Miles for the name. I’m Sam Hegg, a lifelong supporter of public transportation. I’ve grown up in the Boston Area my whole life, and was exposed to the MBTA from a very...
