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Recent Posts from Miles on the MBTA
170 (Central Square, Waltham – Dudley Square)
Third time's the charm, as they say. That certainly held true for the 170: I tried twice to catch it, and failed both times. Finally, on my third attempt, I managed to catch it. "So why couldn't you have just waited for the next one?" you may ask. Well, that's the...
Random Photos: X-treme Bunching
You may remember how in my 77 post, I talked about how the bus bunches...a lot. Well, I now have proof. I saw four 77's in a row on Mass Ave, and though one of them made it through the light before the others, I still got pictures of three of them.
10 (City Point – Copley Square via Andrew Station and BU Medical Center)
I had been eager to get my review of the 7 out quickly, which I had used to get back from City Point, but for some reason I wasn't as excited to do my way of getting there, the 10. I'm not sure why this is, but finally I'm reviewing it. Better late than never, right?...
Random Photos (Videos): A Trip Through Government Center on the Green Line
On a school trip I managed to take videos of the closed Government Center both ways on the Green Line. Keep in mind that this was a school trip, and there's a lot of chitter-chatter in the background unlike the totally empty train on the Blue Line. If the videos don't...
39 (Forest Hills Station – Back Bay Station via Huntington Ave)
I had taken the 39 once before, but I never reviewed it for some reason. I don't know why - it's the busiest bus route on the MBTA, it replaces a former trolley, and best of all, it uses articulated buses. Whatever the reason is that I didn't review it, I'm doing it...
Hynes Convention Center
I only went to Hynes Convention Center because of the stupid 1 getting stuck in traffic. I didn't know what to expect, but this station ended up being worse than horrible Prudential. The first warning sign was the entrance: there's only one of them, and it has no...
Poll of the Week 4/11
What do you like to do when you're on the train?
Aquarium
Whenever I ask one of my friends if they've ever taken the Blue Line, 99% of the time they say, "Oh, yeah, I think I took that to the aquarium once." But although I've taken the Blue Line many times, the lack of bus connections at Aquarium means I use the station very...
Random Photos: The Most Crowded Green Line Train Ever
I'm not a baseball fan by any means, so I've never taken the train on game day. But our paths coincided, and I ended up having to get squashed on a really crowded Green Line train with a bunch of rowdy, possibly drunk sports fans and a larger-than-average man whose...
Random Photos: The Green Line to Forest Hills
I noticed a sign at Forest Hills that, although it probably confuses some people, is a nice reference to the MBTA's past. The Green Line platform is still there, though, and it's where the 39 bus boards.
Random Photos: Traffic on Route 1
How was I to know there was a ball game? I thought taking the 1 from Mass Ave Station would be faster than taking the train, but I was certainly wrong. I had to wait about 15 minutes for a bus, and it was packed when it got to the stop. Then it was stuck in a...
Random Photos: Secret Exit at Forest Hills?
Maybe this exit is still functional, but it looks pretty old and abandoned to me. It's close to where you would board the 39 bus - does anyone know if this is still a proper exit? The turnstyle wouldn't move...
Random Photos: Bus Countdown Clock
I was at Forest Hills, and got to see the new bus countdown clocks in action! Let's see, the 39 leaves in nine minutes...but there's a bus right out there! Fine, I'm just going to go look at the Commuter Rail platform. Be right back. Okay, apparently it's still nine...
A Commuter Rail Ride From South Station to Ruggles
I had gotten a Zone 1A Commuter Rail ticket a while back, but I never actually used it. I decided to just keep it in case I ever needed to ride the Commuter Rail within Zone 1A. But the ticket was expiring on April 19, so I figured I would have to use it soon. So, I...
Random Photos: The View From the Ruggles Parking Garage
I don't believe Ruggles has an "official" parking garage, but there was one very close to it that apparently belongs to Northeastern University. I decided to head up to the roof to see what the view was like. I took a bunch of pictures, so I'm just going to run them...