by Miles Taylor | Nov 7, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
The Washington Street corridor east of Quincy is quite a busy one. I’ve already covered one of its well-used routes, the 220, which goes out to Hingham. Now we’ll be taking a look at the other main one on this corridor, the 222. This bus stays in Weymouth...
by Miles Taylor | Nov 7, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
Welcome to the southernmost bus route on the MBTA! The 230 is one of those suburban trips that stays on the same road most of the time and goes through multiple towns. So, is everyone ready for some Brockton-Holbrook-Braintree-Quincy action? Let’s do this. The...
by Miles Taylor | Nov 5, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
Alright, let’s switch gears to a proper Commuter Rail line. As one of the more transit-dependant cities in the greater Boston area, it makes sense that Brockton has more than one Commuter Rail station. The northernmost one in the trio of Brockton stops is the...
by Miles Taylor | Nov 1, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
Uphams Corner Station is directly served by the 15, one of the busiest bus routes on the MBTA. Plus, there are some other routes a few blocks away, at Uphams Corner proper, that get quite a bit of ridership as well. So why do all these buses succeed where the...
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...
