by Miles Taylor | Nov 29, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
So many MBTA bus riders demand that their routes get more service, whether they’re deserving of it or not. Well, here’s a route where those complaints are definitely justified. It seems like the 240 is always packed, no matter what time of day it...
by Miles Taylor | Nov 26, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
This is probably one of the strangest Lynn express routes, partly because it’s only an express in the evening! That’s right, the 424 only runs from downtown during the evening rush; in the morning rush, it gets cut back to Wonderland as the 424W. I took...
by Miles Taylor | Aug 29, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
The 106…what can be said about the 106? Well, it’s a strange route that works in mysterious ways. It also has many variations – the one we’ll be talking about today is the longest, the Franklin Square version that only runs weekday middays....
by Miles Taylor | Aug 28, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
What the heck is this post title? Why the heck is it so long? Why did the MBTA feel the need to list so many different midpoints on this beast of a route? Yes, sit back, ladies and gentlemen, because we’ve got a long one today: the 134. The bus at Wellington....
by Miles Taylor | Aug 26, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
The last time I tried to ride the 114 was during the Blizzard of 2015. I waited there at Maverick in the snow for about an hour, but all that came by were 116/117s and 120s. Eventually, I gave up and headed onto the Blue Line. Presumably, the MBTA had used the bus...
