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Recent Posts from Miles on the MBTA
Service Change: NYC, Part 1 – Amtrak’s Northeast Regional
Let's be honest: assuming there's no traffic, driving is both quicker and cheaper than taking the train to New York. But there often is traffic, and that can be pretty stressful. Flying is also stressful, what with security and the fact that it's a pain to get to...
Bonus Review: 83 (Broadway @ Felton Street – Rindge Ave)
I know I should be working on my New York posts, but high school started last week so I've been pretty busy. I did want to write about this interesting bus, though. Normally I just walk to Harvard from the Rindge and Latin and take the train home, but I decided to...
Assembly – First Day!
I did an excursion to the first MBTA station to open in almost 30 years with my friend today, and I took quite a few pictures. I'm not going to do a proper review yet, since the station isn't fully completed (they're still working on a second entrance), but here are...
95 (West Medford or Arlington Center – Sullivan Square Station via Mystic Ave)
I've made it clear that I really hate those neighborhoods with all those fast food restaurants and auto shops that all have really big parking lots out front. They usually come up for somewhat short periods in comparison with the rest of the route. But not the 95,...
Service Change: Montpelier – The 82 (Montpelier Hospital Hill)
Though our hotel was right near Burlington's 1 bus, we ended up taking a ride on one of Montpelier's buses. See, we were coming back from Burlington and decided to stop off at Vermont's capital to walk around. I picked up a bus schedule at the visitor's center, and we...
326 (West Medford – Haymarket Station via Playstead Road, High Street, Medford, and I-93)
The Commuter Rail is always quicker than the bus, there's no doubt about that. But this is the first time the Commuter Rail is also cheaper than the bus. Yes, it costs $2.10 to get to West Medford on the Commuter Rail from North Station, a quick walk from...
9 (City Point – Copley Square via Broadway Station)
I'm going to be such a hypocrite in this review. I gave the 5 a really lousy score in part because there were only seven people that rode that bus. The 9 also had seven riders, but buses going back towards City Point would be packed, so its higher score will be...
5 (City Point – McCormack Housing via Andrew Station)
Back in Boston! What kind of crazy bus have I got in mind? Maybe an I-90 express bus? How about a really long route going way out into the suburbs? Or perhaps a crazy route with tons of twists and turns? Nope. Today we'll be looking at... the 5. This is a very short...
Random Photos: Amtrak Train at Sullivan
This was very odd. The Amtrak train came into Sullivan heading north, stopped, and reversed the other way. What its purpose was we may never know.
Random Photos: Philosophical Pigeon
Well, I was waiting for the bus at Sullivan and I was bored. Okay?
Random Photos: Big Bug
I totally did a double take when I spotted this on the Red Line. The picture was taken at Charles/MGH, but I noticed the bug while we were in tunnel. How does a dragonfly even get on the train?
Random Photos: Boston Pops Bus
Back in Boston! This was a cool bus I spotted at Haymarket wrapped in an ad for the Boston Pops.
Service Change: NYC, Part 4 – The High Line
You've got a big, ugly, abandoned elevated track that just looks awful. What's a city to do? Well, convert it into a park. of course. That's what High Line Park is. It starts at 30th Street (though it's being extended northward) and runs parallel to 10th Ave all the...
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Service Change: NYC, Part 3 – M4 (Between Washington Heights or Fort Tyron Park (The Cloisters) and Penn Station)
Okay, Google Maps. Take me from the Met to our hotel near Penn Station. Let's see, it says to take the M4 bus rather than the subway. Well, Google Maps is always right, right? Wrong. The subway is always faster than the bus in New York. Though it was an enjoyable...