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Recent Posts from Miles on the MBTA
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...
Fenwood Road, Mission Park, Riverway, and Back of the Hill
Nathan and I got on the train at Brigham Circle heading outbound. The train pulled up to a light and waited about 45 seconds for it to change. Finally, we went through the intersection and arrived at the stop just on the other side (a few hundred feet), where Nathan...
Brigham Circle
Ah...we're starting to get to the sketchy part of the E. No longer do we have the gorgeous buildings of Northeastern University, the Museum of Fine Arts, or the Longwood Medical Area. No longer do we have super wide platforms. No longer do we have those lovely trees...
Longwood Medical Area
Ahh, Longwood Medical Area: the more convenient, but WAY less tranquil alternative to Longwood Station on the D. Oh wait, the D also has a decent schedule and can be reasonably trusted to be on time. As for the E? Yeah, I know I'm just reviewing the stations here, but...
Museum of Fine Arts
This is by far the Green Line street stop I use the most, and it's one of the nicest! Whenever my family goes to the Museum of Fine Arts, we put all our faith into the E (for better or for worse) and head out to the station of the same name. Let's see what makes this...
Northeastern University
The saga of reviewing Green Line street stops starts right now! The section of the E from Northeastern to Brigham Circle is one of the nicest street-running sections of the Green Line. Of course, it's the E, so the likelihood of trains being on time is about...
Newburyport
I remember reading an article about the isolation of Newburyport Station. It talked about how the station is in the middle of nowhere, and it described how vacant the place is at night. I will agree that the station is a hallmark of parking over pedestrians, and I'm...
MVRTA: 53 (Newburyport Summer Shuttle)
Beach day! The MVRTA's seasonal services started this weekend, one of them being the 53 from Newburyport Station to Plum Island, via downtown Newburyport. Now in its second year of operation, the route is funded by the City of Newburyport, and (at least when I was on)...
West Gloucester
For the record, I wanted to take the 7:22 train back to Boston. But nooooo, Michael wanted to walk somewhere. And I suggested West Gloucester, since it's reasonably close to downtown Gloucester, where we were. However, we got lost, and after 2 and a half...