by Miles Taylor | Feb 21, 2014 | Miles on the MBTA
Have you ever noticed that finding a bus downtown is like finding a needle in a haystack? When looking for the starting point of the 93, I went to both of the major stops downtown (Otis and Summer, and Federal and Franklin) and the 93 stopped at neither. I had a paper...
by Miles Taylor | Feb 19, 2014 | Miles on the MBTA
Get it? ‘Cause the countdown clock says “ARR?” And pirates go “ARR?” Get it? Get it?
by Miles Taylor | Feb 18, 2014 | Miles on the MBTA
“Attention passengers: the next Red Line train to Alewife is now arriving on the Braintree track.” Darn! I was waiting on the Ashmont track! Now I have to run all the way back to the stairs, run all the way back to the mezzanine, run all the way to the...
by Miles Taylor | Feb 17, 2014 | Miles on the MBTA
When I heard we taking the train to JFK/UMASS to go to the JFK Library for a school trip, I got pretty excited. When I heard we would be taking a non-MBTA shuttle bus from JFK/UMASS to get to the library, I got really excited. Keep in mind, however, that this was a...
by Miles Taylor | Feb 14, 2014 | Miles on the MBTA
You may remember the 31. It was the only bus on this blog (as of yet) to score a perfect 10. Running from Mattapan to Forest Hills, its amazing speed combined with an amazing schedule (every five minutes and it’s not even a Key Bus Route!) made it the...
by Miles Taylor | Feb 14, 2014 | Miles on the MBTA
“There was a massive crash on 93 – the traffic’s horrible,” said my father over the phone. “Just wanted to let you know if you end up over there.” I didn’t think I’d end up over there, as there are no buses that go on 93...