by Miles Taylor | Feb 27, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
I really wanted to take a water bus in Venice. In fact, during a period of free time, a few friends and I were going to take it a single stop, just for the sake of riding one. But when we got to the station, I asked the woman at the ticket booth how much it would cost...
by Miles Taylor | Feb 26, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
Man, Italy is an amazing country. My trip there was awesome, and now I’m sharing the public transportation I got pictures of, and (on a couple of occasions) rode. Unfortunately, I didn’t ride any buses in Verona, but here are the photos I took during our...
by Miles Taylor | Feb 12, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
Welcome the MBTA’s outermost station in Massachusetts! Yes, we are truly in the wild west right here. Well…the wild west if it had multi-story buildings and a fairly busy downtown. Okay, so Fitchburg might not be a true frontier, but its gateway station is...
by Miles Taylor | Feb 11, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
A Walmart in the middle of nowhere? Sure, what better place to start a bus? I mean, it has to be said, the Walmart stop does get ridership. And, you know, the route serves a lot between the mall and its terminus in Fitchburg. Anyway, today we’re looking at the...
by Miles Taylor | Feb 7, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
Well, that’s a long post name. Yeah, the MART likes to put every single major destination into its route names, so they can be a bit…lengthy. It doesn’t help that I’m reviewing two different routes here. But even though the particular bus...
by Miles Taylor | Feb 5, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
Usually when a station name has “north” (or any other direction) in it, you expect there to be a station in the center of town, as well. Unfortunately for Leominster, it’s stuck with this northern park-and-ride station. Luckily, North Leominster is a...
