by Miles Taylor | Feb 21, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
Recently, Massport began running a bus route from the Hynes Convention Center and Copley Square to Logan Airport. It’s free if you have a CharlieCard, but if you lack one (presumably like most people who would use this bus), it costs five dollars one way....
by Miles Taylor | Feb 20, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
UPDATE 4/8/2019: Yeah, this station’s called Landsdowne now. Nothing else has changed, so I’m just gonna keep the review as is. Carry on. This station’s kinda weird. Tucked away behind a parking lot on Brookline Ave, Yawkey was originally opened just...
by Miles Taylor | Feb 20, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
Too much to review, too little time. I have a non-MBTA bus to write about, and that’ll certainly come out at some point, but I figured I’d get a few stations done first. Since I just reviewed the 60, here’s Chestnut Hill, the closest station to that...
by Miles Taylor | Feb 20, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
Man, there are a lot more buses that I rode but didn’t review than I thought. The 60 is yet another one of these – I rode the 60 a few years ago, but didn’t review it because I didn’t have any pictures of it. Well, I’ve got some pictures...
by Miles Taylor | Feb 19, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
The 55 is an odd little route. Running between Park Street (or Copley Square nights and weekends) and the quiet West Fens neighborhood south of Kenmore Square, it’s certainly a “locals-only” route. Weirder still is that almost all of the 55 runs...
by Miles Taylor | Feb 19, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
“How many above ground, non tunnel, exposed to weather miles are in the MBTA system?” I don’t have an exact, official amount for that, but I did some quick math to get an approximation. The MBTA subway system is 64 miles in total, not including the...
