by Miles Taylor | Aug 1, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
Okay, so we have this bus system, see? It’s pretty good for getting into Providence, see? But what if you wanna get across to somewhere other than Providence? Let’s just create a route that runs across the entire system in the south!...
by Miles Taylor | Jul 30, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
Gosh, it’s too bad the 13 and the 29 end so far apart from each other. Seems like the only way to take each of them from beginning to end is to ride out and back. Hang on…what’s this? A Flex bus in West Warwick and Coventry? And it connects the two...
by Miles Taylor | Jul 25, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
For RIPTA standards, the 13 is about as far out as you can get on a local bus. In fact, this route goes so far out that it doesn’t even go to Providence! That’s right, we had to get this thing from the Warwick Mall. Boy, I sure do love that bus stop...
by Miles Taylor | Jul 22, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
Isn’t it sad how the only bus that runs in Lowell on Sundays isn’t even run by the Lowell bus system? Yes, today we’re checking out the MVRTA 41, doing its multi-jurisdictional trip from Lawrence to its milltown cousin to the west! Tight quarters...
by Miles Taylor | Jul 21, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
It’s time for Part 2 of our duo of weird commuter shuttles! Now we’re doing the MVRTA 75, which will take us from the scary land known as Raytheon to the Buckley Transportation Center, another scary land. Well, at least it’s civilization. Obviously I...
by sam | Jul 19, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
The Chelsea video is finally here! The T added a new branch of the Silver Line to Chelsea in April 2018, the SL3. How does the new route stack up time wise against the other ways of getting to Chelsea? Miles, Jordan, Nathan, and a host of other characters race to...
