by Miles Taylor | Jul 28, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
Well, I hate to say it, but the only high speed train in America is a bit of a joke. For a beefed up price, you only save about half an hour from New York to Boston. And on our trip, we lost about 45 minutes because our train stopped in the middle of nowhere for...
by Miles Taylor | Jul 27, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
After our Staten Island adventure, my father and I wanted to take one more ride. Well, I wanted to take one more ride. Okay, anyway, we decided to take the 1 up to Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx. Problem was, the 1 is a slow local train. The solution was taking...
by Miles Taylor | Jul 26, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
The ferry is the touristy way of getting from Staten Island to Manhattan, but what do commuters do? Well, actually, a lot of commuters take the ferry, too. But other commuters use the network of express buses between the two boroughs. One of those buses is...
by Miles Taylor | Jul 26, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
Staten Island does not feel like New York City. I mean, sure, you’ve got your downtowns with a few buildings, but much of the borough is suburban – or even rural. Seriously, there’s a lot of parkland here. Because of this, Staten Island only has...
by Miles Taylor | Jul 24, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
Many a tourist has gotten on the Staten Island Ferry for the views, and for the fact that it’s free. But when they get to Staten Island, they usually just get on the first boat back to Manhattan. Well, I wanted to explore the strange, isolated Island of Staten,...
by Miles Taylor | Jul 24, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
I went to New York over the weekend! And I took some trains! And buses! But not the M20. Let me explain: to get to Staten Island, the most obvious (and touristy) way is the Staten Island Ferry. And the most obvious way of getting to the ferry is by taking the 1 train...
