by Miles Taylor | Dec 1, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
You thought the 3 was crazy? Ha! You ain’t seen nothing yet. The 10 and the 11 are…well, let’s just review them. The 11 coming into the Natick Mall. First of all, the MWRTA does not have an online map for this route, so I am totally going by my...
by Miles Taylor | Nov 29, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
Welcome to the MWRTA’s premiere routes, the 2 and the 3! Crazy schedule? Lots of deviations? Yes and yes! The 2 at the Natick Mall. I boarded the minibus at the Natick Mall, and we looped around onto Flutie Pass. Next, we turned onto Shopper’s World Drive,...
by Miles Taylor | Nov 28, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
From one of the busiest stations on the MBTA to a horrible bus route on a horrible bus system that only uses minibuses. Cool! Ugh… After struggling to locate the stop at the Natick Community Center (it has no sign, and I had to ask an employee inside where it...
by Miles Taylor | Nov 27, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
Downtown Crossing is a labyrinth. I mean, we’ve all used this station before, either to transfer or to get to Downtown Boston. But seriously…does anyone know just how many entrances and exits this place has? My friends and I walked around...
by Miles Taylor | Nov 26, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
Natick Center asks the question humans have been asking for millennia: why? More specifically, why does this station make absolutely no sense? I mean… What the heck is this platform?! The inbound platform of this station is just…what?? Most of it is...
by Miles Taylor | Nov 25, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
Another boring Worcester Line infill station? Well, at least Ashland is the last one… Holy moly, that’s a lotta commuters! The majority of the Ashland platform is low-level, with everything you would expect at a modern Commuter Rail station: a typical...