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Recent Posts from Miles on the MBTA

Your MBTA Bus Ride Will Never be the Same Again

Your MBTA commute is about to get a lot more exciting. For the past few months, I've been interning for a group of MIT graduate students who have produced an incredible app: Alight. Instead of wasting your money on overly-expensive tour buses, you can now ride local...

GUEST POST: GATRA: South Bellingham Commuter Shuttle

Of all the guest posts I would've thought to receive, the GATRA South Bellingham Commuter Shuttle was very low on that list! Let's see what Jules has to say about this rare commuter route, run by everyone's favorite RTA, GATRA! This is the ugly duckling route of...

Logan Airport Shuttle: 99 (Back Bay Logan Express)

Logan Airport Shuttle: 99 (Back Bay Logan Express)

Yeah, this is technically a Logan Express, but they refer to it as the 99 on certain countdown clocks, so we're calling it a Logan Airport Shuttle. No, I'm not going to do the other Logan Express routes. Okay, let's go! Boarding at Hynes. The route starts at a...

Wyoming Hill

Wyoming Hill

So...a four-minute bus ride from Wyoming Hill to Oak Grove is the difference between spending $6.25 to get into Boston and spending $2.25 to get into Boston. Uhhh...well, if you really want to take Option 1, you'll be using Wyoming Hill. Yup, it's another basic...

Melrose Cedar Park

Melrose Cedar Park

Okay, this station definitely used to be called "Melrose/Cedar Park," with a slash. I guess we're not doing that anymore? Alright. Fine. Let's look at Melrose Cedar Park. One sign says "Melrose-Cedar Park" and the other one says "Melrose Cedar-Park"!...

North Wilmington

North Wilmington

Oh...well, that's what I get for complaining about Ballardvale. North Wilmington proves that things can always get worse. See that raised bit over there? That's the platform. So yeah...what have we here? There's a section with a Haverhill Line schedule, a wastebasket,...