by Miles Taylor | Jul 5, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
Ah, the crosstown routes. Famous for advertising themselves as “Limited stops”, when in fact, they’re not really all that limited. The CT1 epitomizes this by basically being the 1, except it doesn’t go all the way to Harvard and it...
by Miles Taylor | Jul 5, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
I have a friend who once had to use the 67 for some reason or another. He told me that the bus only had a few old people on it. After that, I was sort of interested in taking this seemingly odd little route. Well, I did, and though the people who rode it weren’t...
by Miles Taylor | Jul 5, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
There was one time, a while ago, when I almost took the 94. It was a Sunday, and I was at Davis, all ready to go. Then I found out that the Red Line was running shuttle buses – crap. Then I found out there was a road race going on – double crap. Then I...
by Miles Taylor | Jul 5, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
I’ve used the 77 many times, and would consider myself quite familiar with that route. But from around Porter Square down to Harvard, there’s this other mysterious bus that shows up sometimes: the 96. It doesn’t come around too often, but it used to...
by Miles Taylor | Jul 5, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
I’ve never thought about if “Arlmont” had a meaning to it or not. It’s always just seemed like an odd name for a neighborhood to me. Then I realized that it’s actually a combination of Arlington and Belmont! Because it straddles both...
