by Miles Taylor | Apr 11, 2014 | Miles on the MBTA
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...
by Miles Taylor | Feb 21, 2014 | Miles on the MBTA
Have you ever noticed that finding a bus downtown is like finding a needle in a haystack? When looking for the starting point of the 93, I went to both of the major stops downtown (Otis and Summer, and Federal and Franklin) and the 93 stopped at neither. I had a paper...
by Miles Taylor | Jan 20, 2014 | Miles on the MBTA
There’s no denying that the 439 offers a great ride. The fact that you’re on a isthmus and surrounded by water makes for great views on both sides of the bus. There are some caveats, though – mainly the fact that the bus only runs five times a day,...
by Miles Taylor | Jan 16, 2014 | Miles on the MBTA
At a party months ago, my father heard from someone that the 120 was a bus worth riding. He found out that it goes onto a big hill past a giant statue of Mother Mary that offers fantastic views of Boston. Fast forward to a few days ago, when we were finally able to...
by Miles Taylor | Jan 3, 2014 | Miles on the MBTA
The 112 is a crazy mess. That’s not to say it’s a bad bus (not really, at least), but if you look at the interactive street map of the route on the MBTA website, you can see how many twists, turns, and detours it makes along its route. It is one of three...
