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Recent Posts from Miles on the MBTA

Don’t Expect a Post For a While

I was nearly done with part one of my Florida post - suddenly, Blogger glitched. I pressed SAVE and SAVED it, and then reloaded the page. When it loaded up, I had LOST EVERYTHING I WAS WORKING ON FOR THE WHOLE DAY. Don't expect a post for a while.

Sorry

I'm back from Florida, but I'm late with my post as usual. I'm not making any promises for dates, as Service Changes take a while to write. Yes - I ended up taking a lot of transit in Florida, and a lot more than I expected. Look forward to that in the coming days, at...

I Won’t Be Posting For a Few Days

Yes, yes, I know I haven't done a post in a few days, anyway. Nonetheless, I'm going to Florida and will be there until Sunday. Unfortunately, I'm not sure if I'll be able to take a bus in Delray Beach, but we'll see. Don't expect a post until probably Tuesday, anyway.

Random Photos: Some Truly Ancient Bus Schedules

Random Photos: Some Truly Ancient Bus Schedules

I was at Malden Center station waiting for the bus up to Reading (for fun, obviously), so I was looking at the bus schedules in the lobby. They have a big schedule rack here, designed to hold schedules for every MBTA bus. It was looking pretty barren on the day I...

SL2 (Design Center – South Station via Waterfront)

SL2 (Design Center – South Station via Waterfront)

The last line. This was the last line I had to take to be able to say that I've taken every line on the MBTA. The SL2 to the Design Center ended up being a very interesting ride, although also a very useless one... I got excited right off the bat, as the bus turned...

Random Photos: I Prefer Medium Rare

Random Photos: I Prefer Medium Rare

What we have here is a leak in the ceiling at South Station with no bucket to collect the water, so it's just falling on the floor. They put down a caution sign, luckily, and made sure to put a traffic cone in it for extra emphasis. They were a bit short on caution...

WE DID ITTTTTTTTTT!

WE DID ITTTTTTTTTT!

Adham Fisher and I have just broken the record for fastest time travelling through every MBTA station. We also had a lot of help from Steven Beaucher (co-owner of WardMaps, the best store ever). Our time was 8 hours, 5 minutes, and 16 seconds, and hour and a half...

Random Photos (Videos): Spastic Fare Gate

I was at Alewife Station (the smaller entrance) when I saw this weird fare gate. It was simply opening and closing repeatedly. Everyone was gingerly using the other one, and when I got back that afternoon it was fixed. Someone could've easily broken through without...

Random Photos: Hey, Who Turned Out The Lights?

Random Photos: Hey, Who Turned Out The Lights?

I was on the Red Line leaving Alewife. There were only three other people in the car with me, when the train stopped right after leaving the station. This happens fairly often, so I didn't think much of it. Then the lights turned out. It was rather eerie just sitting...

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...