by Miles Taylor | Jul 5, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
I’ve never thought about if “Arlmont” had a meaning to it or not. It’s always just seemed like an odd name for a neighborhood to me. Then I realized that it’s actually a combination of Arlington and Belmont! Because it straddles both...
by Miles Taylor | Jul 4, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
I get that when taking a route in the non-peak direction on the day before July 4th, you wouldn’t see much ridership. But I was expecting at least, you know, other people to ride with me on the 84. But nope, there was no such thing. Maybe there were riders...
by Miles Taylor | Jun 30, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
Hoo boy, we are going deep into Park-and-Ride Land today, people. After Alewife, Quincy Adams has the largest park-and-ride garage on the entire system. And unlike Alewife, which has seen lots and lots of development, Quincy Adams is still kind of in the middle...
by Miles Taylor | Jun 30, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
All right, a ferry! And a ferry with some excellent views at that. The Hingham/Hull ferry used to be two separate routes, but after ferries stopped running to Quincy (the Hull ferry was part of that route), the MBTA combined the Hull and Hingham routes. The ferry is...
by Miles Taylor | Jun 29, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
This has to be the most isolated route on the MBTA. It has no subway connections and only a Commuter Rail connection – barely. This is the 714, which runs from downtown Hingham all the way up the Hull peninsula to Pemberton Point, on the tip of Hull. Having just...
by Miles Taylor | Jun 29, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
Getting to Hull by bus is a bit of a complicated matter, in that you have to take two of them. The first of those is the 220, which will take you as far as Hingham. And even though the ride to Hull is much more scenic, the 220 does have a few pleasant views for...
