by Miles Taylor | Oct 29, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
Well, I have to give the city an A for effort. They took an industrial area and completely turned it around by putting fancy new signs up that advertise it as…an industrial area. Newmarket even has a website, which calls the neighborhood “Boston’s...
by Miles Taylor | Oct 26, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
The 17 is a short little route, taking only around 15 minutes to do the whole thing. Running between two Red Line stations, though, no one would take this from beginning to end. Like many other MBTA routes connecting two stations on the same line, it’s all about...
by Miles Taylor | Oct 24, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
This one never made sense to me – why would a route that runs through such transit-starved neighborhoods run weekdays-only? I guess it’s because almost the whole of the 19’s length is shared with other routes, but it was always a little weird to me....
by Miles Taylor | Oct 24, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
Considering that the CT3 was on the chopping block in 2012, I assumed it would be pretty bad. I mean, I’m not a fan of the crosstown routes anyway, since they supposedly offer “limited stops” but really don’t skip that many. So imagine my...
by Miles Taylor | Oct 24, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
“I don’t know if you’ve heard but the MBTA is letting the public choose the new trains’ paint schemes. I’d like to know which ones are your favorite.” Yes, I did take that survey! Here’s the link for anyone who hasn’t...
by Miles Taylor | Oct 23, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
Um…I went to Andrew once before. I didn’t review it then, but since I went again, I’ll review it now. Yup. Okay, it’s a bad sign when a station’s so boring I can’t think of an intro for it! Let’s just get into the review. Oh,...