by Miles Taylor | Jan 24, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
The next route on our Haverhill list is the 15, a twisty one serving the western neighborhoods of Haverhill. Let’s see how it is. Getting on at Washington Square. From the Washington Square Transit Station, we headed straight up Essex Street, more or less...
by Miles Taylor | Jan 24, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
With the T trying once again for late-night service, what are your general thoughts about the service area and scope of it? Well, this came out of left field, didn’t it? Just so everyone’s caught up, the T is planning on contracting out a route for...
by Miles Taylor | Jan 23, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
Okay, the MVRTA’s Haverhill weekend routes are insanely annoying to plan around. Sam, Nathan, and I literally had the schedules of each one spread out across a counter at the Washington Square Transit Station trying to figure out what our order had to be to...
by Miles Taylor | Jan 22, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
Welp, here we are. Our last CATA route. And luckily, this summer-only “Green Line” Rockport Shuttle is a great one. And of course, the last trip is on one of these buses. I boarded the bus at Rockport Market and we headed up Broadway before turning...
by Miles Taylor | Jan 22, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
For such a low-ridership, inefficient, and primitive system, it’s kind of amazing to see how intricately-scheduled the Gloucester to Rockport routes are. They interline the Red and Blue Lines perfectly into the Green Line to allow for hourly service on the...
by Miles Taylor | Jan 21, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
Apparently the Stage Fort Park Trolley has been running for eight years. You would think that would be enough time for people to actually, you know…use it. Oh no… Yes, this thing uses a fake trolley, and it is soooooo much worse than the ones...
