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Recent Posts from Miles on the MBTA
A Ride on a New Hybrid Bus!
These new buses are so cool! They're all big and round! They're so quiet! Some of the LED lights turn off whenever the doors close! The seats are amazingly comfortable! The automatic announcements are so clear! It's amazing! You should ride one! They run on the 111!...
86 (Sullivan Square Station – Reservoir (Cleveland Circle) via Harvard/Johnston Gate)
Pre-blog, there were a few buses that my father and I took for fun. Some of these were used for the first posts (459, 30), but many ended up being forgotten. The 86 was one of those original buses, and I've actually used it a few times since then on the...
51 (Cleveland Circle – Forest Hills Station via Hancock Village)
If I were to ask you if Brookline has good public transit access, you would probably say yes. After all, it has three Green Line branches serving it, providing frequent service to some pretty dense apartments. Yes, the northern part of Brookline gets pretty good...
Sneak-Peek of the 211
When I hopped on the 211, I didn't realize that the bus takes a different route on Sundays. Instead of taking its normal way south of North Quincy, it replaces the 212 on Billings Road. Thus, I decided not to give the 211 a proper review, since A) I haven't been on a...
201/202 (Fields Corner or North Quincy Station – Fields Corner via Neponset Ave and Adams Street)
Perhaps the MBTA needs to hire some new map makers, because even after riding the 201 and 202, I still can't make heads or tails of the routes' map. To me at least, it just looks like a mess of arrows pointing in random directions. And there are some really misleading...
GUEST POST: 64 (Oak Square – University Park, Cambridge or Kendall/MIT via North Beacon Street)
Here's a guest review of the 64 from Jordan King. It seems like a very interesting route:Ever since I first saw the 64, I've always wanted to ride it. Why? I don't know, but I heard that this bus takes the craziest streets. So I decided to ride down to...
North Quincy
The first thing you notice when going to North Quincy is just how long it takes to get there. From here to JFK/UMASS is seven minutes by train, and it's the longest distance between stations on the system at a little over 3 and a half miles. The station...
23 (Ashmont Station – Ruggles Station via Washington St)
"How long is that bagel gonna take?" I asked my friend, Lucy. "About 30 seconds," she replied. We were at the Dunkin' Donuts in Ruggles Station, where, having gotten off of the 43, Lucy said she was hungry. So here we were at a Dunkin' Donuts waiting for the woman to...
43 (Ruggles Station – Park and Tremont Streets via Tremont Street)
The first time I took this bus (about seven months ago), it had been dark and thunderstorming. I remember people would run in and make comments about the awful weather as they paid their fares. I never gave the 43 a review, partly because I couldn't see a thing out...
Kendall/MIT
I had to use Kendall to get to a job in late summer. I guess that technically makes this post "out of date," but I can assure you that there haven't been any astronomical changes here in the past three months. Just take my word for it. Let's start with the entrances,...
Courthouse
Okay, this station is absolutely beautiful. I think this is probably the flashiest, most modern, and - dare I say it - best looking station on the MBTA. Too bad it's the second worst station on the system in terms of ridership. But for now, let's forget about that and...
Belmont Center
You gotta love the architectural style of Belmont Center. According to good ol' Wikipedia, it's called "American Craftsman," which was popular from the late 1800s to the 1930s. Yes, this building is pretty darn old. The building itself is now used by the Belmont Lions...
Random Photos: Has Anyone Lost a Sweater?
I'll let the pictures speak for themselves... How does this even happen? Was it a dare or something? It looks so lonely..
74 (Belmont Center – Harvard Station via Concord Ave)
I've used the 74 twice to meet my friend in Belmont, and both times something's gone wrong. The first time, there was construction on Concord Ave, but for some reason the bus didn't take the detour. Instead, a cop was there to stop traffic going the other way so the...
97 (Malden Center Station – Wellington Station via Commercial and Hancock Streets)
I initially went to Wellington just because I wanted to see the fantastic view from the parking lot again. However, I took a casual look out the window and went "Ooh, bus!" So that's the exciting story of how I ended up on the 97. Good to see an MBTA bus again. We...