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Recent Posts from Miles on the MBTA
GATRA: Tri-Town Connector
The layout of the GATRA baffles me. The authority runs many different "systems" that are completely disconnected from each other, and many of them are seemingly unknown. For example, the Tri-Town Connector, which runs from Norfolk Station to a Big Y supermarket in...
Norfolk
I met someone from Norfolk once. It was at an awful camp at the Museum of Science, and this kid would commute there every day from Norfolk Station. I specifically remember him pronouncing it "Norfork" and saying I wasn't "allowed" to pronounce it that way because I...
Forge Park/Route 495
So, I rode the Franklin Line for the first time! My friends Harry and Zach and I took it all the way to the end, and it was a pretty nice ride. Personally, I enjoyed seeing the varied stations along the line - there's a lot of variety, and each one seems to have its...
9703 (Brighton High School – Jackson Square Station via Mass Pike)
Okay, last one! I feel like I've spent my whole life waiting at the corner of Cambridge and Warren for the 9700 buses to arrive at the Brighton High School. I've seen enough 57s pass by to last a lifetime. So let's finish these school trip anomalies up with a look at...
9701 (Brighton High School – Ruggles Station via Mass Pike)
Another early release day, another 9700 route. Today we're looking at the 9701, which is the shortest and arguably most boring of the three 9700s. That said, it does run along a street down which no regular routes go, so it does offer something unique! The bus across...
9702 (Brighton High School – Andrew Station via Mass Pike)
970-whaaaaat? Since when are there four-digit bus numbers on the MBTA? Well, there are a few - 9701, 9702, and 9703 - and they're all school trips from Brighton High School to Ruggles, Andrew, and Jackson Square, respectively. I never thought I would take these...
T.F. Green Airport
When I say T.F. Green Airport, I of course mean the Commuter Rail station that corresponds to the airport itself. However, since I took pictures of the amazing modern terminal, I will also talk about as much of the airport as we were able to explore! This is gonna be...
Silver Line “Rant”
In English class, we had a short end-of-the-year assignment to write a "rant," and I decided to make mine about the Silver Line Waterfront and its inefficiencies. It wasn't supposed to be an evidence-based piece, so I don't really back up my complaints, but I figured...
RIPTA: 20 (Elmwood Ave)
You know it's a smaller city when a bus route considered to be a "key corridor" runs every 45 minutes on weekends. Still, Nathan, Sam, and I had to get to T.F. Green Airport somehow on our way to Quonset, and the 20 was timed perfectly for our needs. Is the route...
Random Photos: Quonset Air Show!
Here are a few shots from the Quonset Air Show, in case you're interested.
Bonus Review: Commuter Rail to Quonset!
Last weekend was the Quonset Air Show in Rhode Island, a big event that draws in many people from around the state. This year, RIDOT decided to pilot a train service to the event, which included a section on track not used by passenger trains! My friends Nathan and...
West Medford
I'm on a streak of awful Commuter Rail stations here. West Medford is a strange little Zone 1A stop with a weird location. Why are there no stations in the more urban part of Medford? I'm not sure, but until the Green Line extension gets built (if ever), this is the...
EZRide (Cambridgeport – North Station or Kendall Square)
Yes! I finally got a trip on the EZRide! I see these all the time whenever I'm in East Cambridge on a weekday, and I've always wondered what the heck they are. Well, the mysteries behind these strange blue buses plying the streets of Cambridge have finally been...
Newtonville
Oh no, not a Worcester Line I-90 station! I already inhaled millions of fumes at Auburndale, now I have to review another one? Well, at the very least, Newtonville is slightly better than Auburndale. Slightly. That really isn't saying much at all. Ughhhhhhhhhh....
Heath Street
One line has Alewife. Another line has Wonderland. But none of those can compare to the might and power of...Heath Street? Heath Street, with its strange "V.A. Medical Center" subtitle that sounds like "D.A. Medical Center" on the trains? Not much of a terminus... The...