by Miles Taylor | Jun 12, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
This is the complete and utter wrong type of route to run as a flex. “Where you going?” the driver asked when Sam and I got on the 282 at its Walmart timepoint. “Sayles Ave,” I responded. “Where the 9x stops.”...
by Miles Taylor | Jun 11, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
“Didn’t you used to live in Kingston?” the woman on the Flex line asked. “Uhhhh…yeah,” I responded. Why does it have to be so hard to call for a Flex ride? “I want to go from Price Rite to the North Smithfield Stop &...
by Miles Taylor | Jun 11, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
“Fairmount/Walnut Hill”? What the heck is that supposed to mean? No, we need to refer to the 87 like it really is: “Loopy Woonsocket Circulator.” The other bus on the 87 was using a trolley. We just got the boring ol’ regular bus. The 87...
by Miles Taylor | Jun 9, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
This is a big one! We’re going from Providence to Woonsocket using the only public transit connection between those two cities. The 54 also runs mostly express, which is interesting, but I sure ain’t complaining! Woahhhhh, up close and personal…...
by Miles Taylor | Jun 6, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
From the MVRTA 40 to the RIPTA 40! These routes are very, very different. I mean, we’re going from inner-city Lawrence to the Providence East Side. You can’t get much more different than that. The bus boarding at Kennedy Plaza. We of course began at...
by Miles Taylor | Jun 5, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
The 40 runs in a straight line up Broadway to Methuen Square and beyond. Sounds awesome. Oh wait, no one told me about the deviations… The 40 gets to board in the sunlight! We went west down Essex Street, going by lots of retail, which continued as we turned...
