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Recent Posts from Miles on the MBTA
558 (Riverside – Downtown Boston via Newton Corner and Mass Turnpike)
The 558 is one of many express buses in the 500s that travel on the Mass Turnpike from downtown. In this case, the bus goes to Riverside, although taking a very indirect route. It is also the highest numbered bus route operated by the MBTA. It starts at the...
Miles on the MBTA in Boston Magazine!
I see some people have noticed a reference to Miles on the MBTA in the Boston Magazine article, "‘Transit Racer’ Will Attempt to Travel to Every MBTA Station In Record Time." So yes, I will be travelling with Adham Fisher on his record breaking/setting...
Photos From Around Riverside
I am very late with my usual bus review (as usual), but here are the rest of the pictures I took around Riverside Station. Sort of an overview of the station. The back of the 558 bus peeks in. Whoops! Missed that train! Looks nice, though, with the trees just starting...
Riverside
I've always found it funny how the C and E branches of the Green Line end more or less in Boston and the B branch barely makes it into Newton - but then the D branch stretches all the way out to the Weston border on its own amazingly fast right-of-way. The terminus of...
MBTA BusTracker
As this is my first experience with any MBTA bus app, all I can say is...wow. I've never tried one of these for myself, so I was blown away with how easy it was to use; I had figured out what to do in about 30 seconds. Upon getting onto the website (it's all online,...
Why I Haven’t Posted
If you've been following this blog for a while (or if you've looked at our Facebook page), you've probably seen me complain about my computer crashing at some point or another. Well, it crashed again, and this time I can't get it working. I've emailed the folks at...
Miles on the MBTA YouTube Channel!
Miles on the MBTA has expanded into the world of YouTube! Sure, most (or more likely all) of the videos uploaded will also be featured on the blog, but...you know, YouTube is special. Also, I don't know how often I'll actually upload videos (for me, the blog is top...
Random Photos (Videos): Leaky Bus
When I was riding the 76, something I forgot to mention was that the bus had water dripping from the ceiling in multiple places. It wasn't raining, so I don't really know what was wrong or what would cause water to drip from the ceiling. I took a video of it, anyway:
76 (Hanscom/Lincoln Labs – Alewife Station via Lexington Center and Civil Air Terminal)
This is probably the craziest bus route I've ever taken. I had a free weekday with nothing to do, so I just moseyed on over to Alewife to grab the first bus that came. I was secretly hoping for a 76, and that ended up being the first bus to come! With about 20 people...
Some Clarifications on the 34E
Y'know, I was planning to finish my bus review by tonight, but I had some issues: my computer crashed three times in a row and I lost all of the things I was working on. This would be fine (luckily, Blogger auto-saves), except that my computer is insanely slow and it...
An Ode to the E Line
A day trip to the MFA A nice, easy ride Or maybe not 'Cause it means taking the E Line At Park Street Throngs of people Going every which way A train approaches, an E? No, it's a B Like magnets, people cram into the tiny train Another train comes Is it an E? No,...
4 (North Station – World Trade Center via Federal Courthouse and South Station)
I always get a surge of excitement whenever I ride a weekdays-only bus that was on the chopping block - and, coincidentally, the 4 is one of them! Frankly, I'm surprised this was on the chopping block, since it seems to have decent ridership. However, true to its...
John Collyer Asks…
"Hi, Just visiting from England and have been using the MBTA System. Do you know where I can find out the distances between the Stations for my records. Can't find them on the web. Thanks in advance." In the MBTA Blue Book from 2010 (it's a massive PDF,...
Transit Tales: Pulling a 188
You may remember my hatred for the 188 bus in London because it drove right past my mother and I at the bus stop. Well, it happened again, this time right in Boston. I was taking my mother out to the MFA, and I managed to somehow convince her to take the bus home. I...
Michele Keenan Asks (Again)…
"Have you recently ridden the trolley from Mattapan to Ashmont? I have not ridden it for years and wonder what it is like now..." Yes, I've ridden the Mattapan High Speed Line (considered part of the Red Line) a few times. The first time I rode it, I was expecting...