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Recent Posts from Miles on the MBTA
RIPTA: 210 (Kingston Flex)
More Flex action! The 210 serves the URI campus, as well as some of the immediate surroundings, which presumably hold some off-campus student housing. Since our 62 would arrive a little later than the last timepoint stop on the route, though, Sam and I would have to...
GUEST POST: Ashland
Another one from Mike N. - thanks, Mike! Ashland, Ashland, Ashland. The one interesting thing about this station is that it exists. Yep, this will be a boring one. Well, the first thing I saw at Ashland was a warning for high speed trains. But that doesn’t make any...
Will Asks…
What do you think is the most cruddy station on the B Line? That's an easy one. There’s no doubt about it, it’s Chestnut Hill Ave. The outbound platform is so narrow that you can’t stand on it without being on the yellow line! Yeah...the B Line is fun. Get off the...
RIPTA: 62 (URI/Providence Station)
The 62 is a new route that was created to supplement the 66's service to URI. Can it do its job, or is it muddied up with useless deviations? Well, let's find out! You're late! Both the 62 and the 66 were extended to Providence Station as part of RIPTA's Downtown...
GATRA: 1 (Westside)
It's another really short route that's marginally more useful than the 9, I guess. Not much else to say, let's look at the 1! The bus at its berth. We turned west out of the Bloom Terminal, skipping downtown Taunton entirely. As we merged onto Kilmer Ave, it was...
GATRA: 9 (Weir/Route 138)
Oh thank God, it's a normal bus route. You don't have to call in to ride it. It uses a proper bus. The 9 is just a normal short, stupid, pointless bus route. HALLELUJAH! We headed out onto Oak Street from the Bloom Terminal, but we soon turned onto Frederick R. Martin...
GATRA: Middleborough-Taunton Connection
I...I'm speechless. I really don't know what to say. GATRA...out-GATRAed itself. I didn't think it was possible, and yet this route...defies explanation. Get ready for a crazy ride... Okay, at first glance, this doesn't look so bad. It connects Middleborough to...
GATRA: Downtown Middleborough Shuttle
I think we've done it: we've hit peak GATRA. This route, the Downtown Middleborough Shuttle, seems to do absolutely everything wrong. For example, it only serves Middleborough Station four times per day: 11:05, 12:50, 3:05, and 4:45. They time with trains, but...
Bridgewater
The original Bridgewater station was closer to downtown, but I actually like the Old Colony placement more! Yes, you heard me: the Old Colony station is in a better location than the original. That's because this stop now serves Bridgewater State University, and it's...
BAT: BSU Service (Bridgewater State University)
Since BAT labels its free student-run Bridgewater State University shuttle service as one route, I guess I'll have to review its lines in one post! Although to show how much BAT itself cares about the service, that link on the BAT website has outdated information -...
Wickford Junction
The MBTA has made many mistakes over the years. Wickford Junction is one of them. We begin with the busway. Throughout this review, we'll be talking about the various ways Rhode Island has tried to make this waste of a station into something that comes even...
203 (Narragansett Flex)
So...why is there a Flex service down here, exactly? Within the 203's Flex Zone, we have two fixed routes that run daily service and cover most of the zone. Plus, RIPTA has extensive paratransit service throughout the zone that uses the same reservation system. So...
RIPTA: 65x (Wakefield Express Park and Ride)
Welcome back to the RIPTA! We're heading down to southern Rhode Island on the rush hour-only 65x today. Well, this is an odd picture... The bus does the Downcity Loop like the other expresses, but Sam and I got on at its last stop, Kennedy Plaza (or Exchange Terrace,...
Wellesley Square
For its busiest stop and its downtown, you would think Wellesley would ensure that Wellesley Square is as nice of a station as possible. A valid thought, but a wrong one... One of the station's parking lots. For a downtown station, Wellesley Square's 224...
Wellesley Hills
Wellesley Farms didn't score particularly highly with me. Will the next station, Wellesley Hills, be an improvement? Let's find out. The station...from above. There are two ways to get into this station. The first one is a staircase from Cliff Road, and it does its...