by Miles Taylor | Jan 18, 2019 | Miles on SEPTA, Miles on the MBTA
A lot has happened in 2018. I’ve ridden the first trip of a new commuter rail line, conquered the bus from hell, and even changed domains and started writing about Philadelphia for some reason! As it stands, the vast majority of my viewership is still from...
by Miles Taylor | Jan 17, 2019 | Miles on the MBTA
We’re three routes away from finishing this darn system! Fittingly, our third-to-last review will be the 3, a route that calls itself “Dartmouth Street” but takes a pretty significant deviation away from it when it gets into New Bedford. “Big...
by Miles Taylor | Jan 13, 2019 | Miles on the MBTA
The NB 8 is the same bus as the North End Shuttle, with every run on this route turning into a loop on that one before coming back. I really wish they made it more obvious that they use the same bus, but marketing them as two different routes does have one advantage:...
by Miles Taylor | Jan 6, 2019 | Miles on the MBTA
Well…this was a surprise! No one really knew when the underground walkway between the subway and the Commuter Rail was going to open up, but the most recent rumor had been that it was slated to open tomorrow. I guess they decided to do it a day early, though,...
by Miles Taylor | Dec 29, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
Hot off the heels of new Green Line trains, the Silver Line has begun phasing in a new addition to its fleet. Last night was the inaugural run of battery-electric buses on the SL3 – unlike the current dual-mode buses, which have to change from electric wire to...
by Miles Taylor | Dec 27, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
I’ve been away from this system for a couple months, so I had a lot to catch up on. This past week, I’ve been going to all the places where the MBTA has done something new, and it’s now time to put them all in a post! First up, we have the new Forest...