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Recent Posts from Miles on the MBTA
Random Photos: Elephant Sneeze
I encountered another bus advertisement with crudely Photoshopped animals. This one featured some elephants that were somehow able to fit onto an MBTA bus. I enjoyed this "Courtesy Critters" ad more than the previous hog-themed one, although I'm not sure why. I don't...
47 (Central Square, Cambridge – Broadway Station via BU Medical Center, Dudley Station, and Longwood Medical Area)
I have to admit, I've given the 47 short shrift. I've taken it twice, and I've never reviewed it yet. Today, I was going to review the 70 or 71, but then I saw that my blog has 47 posts (including drafts). I figure that was a sign that I should finally give the 47...
Random Photos: Tax Money
I found this sign a while ago, but I never posted about it. This was on the wall of an older Red Line car. I love how it's attempting to convince people not to litter by telling them it affects their taxes. I don't know if it actually got people to stop littering, but...
Random Photos: Pork, Anyone?
On the 426 bus in Lynn, I happened to see this ad (or public service announcement, I suppose) on the wall. It featured some very crudely Photoshopped pigs and a bad pun. It was pretty funny, but for all the wrong reasons: Perhaps you can read the small print if you...
Random Photos: Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here
This is a new section on the blog about the pictures I happen to have on my computer that don't tie in to any particular post. Most of these will probably be funny, although that won't always be the case. Currently, I have three such photos and I'll get them out...
441/442 (Marblehead – Wonderland Station via Paradise Road or Humphrey Street, Central Square, Lynn, and Lynnway)
If you remember from my post about the 439, the bus driver of that route said that the 441 and 442 are the most scenic buses on the MBTA (and that's saying something considering the views from the 439). My father and I decided to try out the route to see if the...
Wonderland Update (Plus Pictures!)
I paid a visit to Wonderland again last weekend, and I thought I'd add a few things I noticed about it as well as post some pictures I took. First of all, in addition to fun little "Train Approaching" sign, there is also an old-fashioned bell that rings as the...
The Latest MBTA News
As I said last night, my internet was not working, so here's the news today. From June 9-June 20, shuttle buses are replacing the Orange Line from Sullivan Square to Oak Grove every Sunday through Thursday. This weekend (June 8-9), shuttle buses are replacing the Red...
Wonderland
"Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, 'and what is the use of a book,' thought Alice...
London Underground Simulator
Yes, I am in fact posting about a computer game. It's just that I've been having so much fun with London Underground Simulator, and I figure anything transit-related is fair game on this blog. I'm not sure if this particular type of feature will work, but tell me what...
111 (Woodlawn – Haymarket Station via Mystic River/Tobin Bridge)
The last two words in the post title is what made me really want to take this bus; one can see the Tobin Bridge from literally miles away because it's so high. When I first saw the 111 on a map, my first thought was "A Key Bus Route that goes over the Tobin? Sounds...
Transit Tales: The Red Line Doldrums
Once, my father and I were taking the Red Line home. All was going fine, until we reached Central Square. There, the train just sat at the station with the doors open. One by one, people started getting off the train. I was trying to coax my father into getting off...
SL1 (Logan Airport – South Station via Waterfront)
For a while, the only way you could get to the airport was the Blue Line to Airport Station, where you have to take a shuttle bus to actually get to the airport. Fairly recently, we got an alternative, the Silver Line SL1. Although it's far from perfect, it's...
34/34E (Dedham Line or Walpole Center – Forest Hills Station via Washington Street)
When I first saw a map of this route, I thought it was absolutely hilarious. Why are there two routes that both have the same number, yet the 34E is 9 miles longer than the 34? Why is the 34E labeled "E" if it goes west? I don't know the answers to these questions,...
Wellington
I've seen Wellington many times by car: Route 16 goes on a bridge over the station. I know that it has a train yard in it. And yet, I had never explored the station before writing this review. In fact, I've only traveled on the northern arm on the Orange...