by Miles Taylor | Nov 21, 2019 | Miles on the MBTA
Well, now that we’ve finished the FRTA, there’s nowhere else to go but west. It’s time to tackle the BRTA, the westernmost RTA in the state, covering a big vertical rectangle of land spanning from Williamstown to Great Barrington. But before we can...
by Miles Taylor | Nov 17, 2019 | Miles on SEPTA, Miles on the MBTA
So you can take Greyhound from Philly to the Hampton Roads area for a little over 30 bucks one-way? And you can do overnight buses each way so you don’t have to spend the night anywhere? And one itinerary involves a five-and-a-half hour layover in Richmond,...
by Miles Taylor | Nov 10, 2019 | Miles on the MBTA
Why does the 22 have a colored name? Does that make it important? Because it only runs four trips a day. It doesn’t serve Greenfield. It almost entirely duplicates other routes. No, doesn’t seem important to me. The bus approaching at Turners Falls. We...
by Miles Taylor | Nov 5, 2019 | Miles on the MBTA
The 24 is probably the FRTA’s best route, but our experience on it was one of the worst. It all started when a real clunker of a bus showed up at the JWO Transit Center about 25 minutes late… This’ll be a fun ride! Hopefully. So the 24 runs from...
by Miles Taylor | Nov 4, 2019 | Miles on SEPTA, Miles on the MBTA
Click here for Part 1, click here for Part 2. Our final part of the Scotland series takes us to the northern tip of Great Britain…and beyond. But we first begin in Inverness, the largest city in the Highlands (with slightly under 47,000 residents) and one with a...
by Miles Taylor | Oct 23, 2019 | Miles on the MBTA
Gotta tell ya, I was not anticipating a GATRA ride on my return to Boston. “Wanna do the GATRA GO when we get to Foxboro?” Jules asked on the train there. YES, OF COURSE I DO. Oh boy, time for a GATRA trip, and it’s a doozy! Okay, get ready for a...
