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Recent Posts from Miles on the MBTA
Harbor Street, Tide Street, 23 Drydock Avenue, 27 Drydock Avenue, 88 Black Falcon Avenue, and Design Center
The SL2 now, huh? We're really gonna review SL2 stops? We're gonna walk around an industrial area to review shelters and signs? Sigh...duty calls, I guess... I think the SL2's been drinking some of the Harpoon Brewery's exports, am I right?? Ahem...this is Harbor...
Worcester Square, Massachusetts Avenue, Lenox Street, and Melnea Cass Boulevard
What's on the ballot today? Oh, more Silver Line stations? Cool, cool...let's just get Washington Street done with, then. What the heck is this?? Well, it's Worcester Square. Station: Worcester Square Ridership: It's pretty low - only 817 people per weekday....
Herald Street, East Berkeley Street, Union Park Street, and Newton Street
This is painful, but in order to say I've truly reviewed every MBTA rapid transit stop, I kinda-sorta have to do the Silver Line ones too. Yup, I've stooped down to reviewing literal, actual bus stops. This should be interesting... A bus leaving Herald Street....
Morton Street
Let's take care of a one-off Fairmount Line review, shall we? This is Morton Street. It's a Fairmount Line station in Mattapan. That's all the background you need. There it is! Morton Street Station is located on the road of the same name, a four-lane behemoth of...
Logan Airport Shuttle: 55 (Serves All Terminals to subway station and to Rental Car Center)
So I found out that before I can do the big review, I have to do some other reviews that sorta pertain to the big review in a way, mostly for dramatic purposes for when the big review finally comes out. It'll become clear at some point. Well, anyway, before I can do...
PVTA: R27 (Springfield/Eastfield Mall via 16 Acres-Wilbraham)
As I continue to work on my big review that I know all of you will like quite a lot, let's take a look at a defunct PVTA route! The R27 was eliminated pretty soon after I left Amherst, so I'm glad I got the opportunity to ride it - and it was hard to find even when it...
Harvard Shuttle: Crimson Cruiser (Quad – Mather House via Memorial Hall)
Might as well crank this one out while we're on the topic of Harvard Shuttles. The big review that's coming will be really good, I promise! The bus alongside Cambridge Common...and a car that got in the way. I got on at Garden Street along Cambridge Common, and we...
Harvard Shuttle: Extended Overnight (Quad – Mather House via Memorial Hall)
We're taking a break from the PVTA for just a bit while I work on a huge review that I think all you guys will really like! In the meantime, let's look at this piece of trash. Comin' round the bend. The Extended Overnight is Harvard's overnight bus (obviously),...
PVTA: G1 (Chicopee/Sumner-Allen/Canon Circle)
The G1 is honestly the most legit-feeling bus route on the PVTA. Sure, the B7 is busier and more frequent, but the deviations along the route still make it feel like an RTA. The G1, meanwhile, could honestly pass for a T bus route in Boston, at least for most of...
The Last Route (Video)
Well, this is long overdue! Here's a video review of the last bus route on the T...but that's easier said than done. Enjoy!
PVTA: G3 (Springfield Plaza via Liberty/King-Westford)
The G3 is the least "trunky" of the three routes that run from one end of the system to the other via Union Station. I mean, more than half of the northern G3 parallels the X90 (although I would love for that to change), while the southern section ends on really tiny...
PVTA: X90 (Inner Crosstown)
The X90 has a split personality, both literally and figuratively. The literal part is that it's split into two branches, the X90A and X90B. The figurative part is that the southern half of the route is fine, while the northern part of the route is so horrible. We'll...
PVTA: G2 (East Springfield via Carew/Belmont-Dwight)
We're getting to some of the PVTA's really long local routes! The G2 forms a big crescent, running from the Memorial Industrial Park in northeast Springfield, down to Union Station, and back out to southeastern Springfield and East Longmeadow. Let's see what the...
PVTA: X92 (Mid City Crosstown)
Look, I appreciate the PVTA's efforts to have crosstown routes that allow riders to get from one side of Springfield to the other more directly...but come on, this is awful. The X92 is circuitous and pointless, and it's time to see why! The bus at Springfield. Despite...
Springfield (Amtrak)
Well gosh, that's a simple title, isn't it? It doesn't really give away the multimodal nature of Springfield Station: multiple Amtrak lines, freight traffic, a possible commuter rail system, intercity bus lines, and the hub of the entire PVTA. Looks like I've got my...