by Miles Taylor | Dec 6, 2014 | Miles on the MBTA
The 455 used to go all the way down to Haymarket, but during the bus massacre of July 2012 it was cut back to Wonderland. Trips to Wonderland had previously been weekend service, but now it goes there full time. That’s not to say that the cutbacks made the...
by Miles Taylor | Dec 6, 2014 | Miles on the MBTA
This route is really isolated: it’s the northernmost MBTA bus route; it only runs eight times a day; it’s one of the most expensive buses for the MBTA to run; it was on the chopping block in 2012; and it goes down a road on which not even Google Street...
by Miles Taylor | Dec 4, 2014 | Miles on the MBTA
A long time ago, on one of my very first for-fun bus trips, my father and I took the 459 up to Salem. I mentioned in that post how we got stuck up there, and a 459 back to Boston never showed up. At one point, there was a 450 that came, but for some reason I...
by Miles Taylor | Nov 26, 2014 | Miles on the MBTA
In my review of the 31 about a year and a half ago, I remarked upon how good the bus’s schedule is for a non-Key Bus Route. One of the things I said was that it’s “better than the 116 and 117, and those are both Key Bus Routes!” Something I...
by Miles Taylor | Nov 23, 2014 | Miles on the MBTA
This bus does not need to exist. There is no reason why it should exist. The 608 is a shuttle that runs from Haymarket to State, Government Center, and Bowdoin, before heading back up to Haymarket. It’s totally free to ride, and runs every 20 minutes....