by Miles Taylor | Mar 19, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
Wouldn’t it be nice if every transit authority had a photo policy like the MBTA’s? Or even better, if there was a single policy that applied to all authorities? It would certainly prevent annoying instances like what happened to me on the 2 from occurring....
by Miles Taylor | Mar 18, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
I think downtown Brockton is pretty widely considered to be…well, let’s say a “sketchy neighborhood”. And train stations are usually where the sketchiest parts of sketchy neighborhoods happen to be. I have to wonder, then, if it’s a...
by Miles Taylor | Mar 15, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
As I stood doing nothing in a little room at the Cobbs Corner Mall meant for dropping off bottles and cans, I got quite a few strange looks from passerby outside. Look, I didn’t realize the bus would be this late, okay? About 15 minutes after it was scheduled to...
by Miles Taylor | Mar 14, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
Typically, one expects MBTA buses to have a certain…level of courtesy. For example, you assume the drivers will have a certain level of safety protocol. You also assume that schedules will be reasonably sensible. And you expect the bus radio to be firmly set in...
by Miles Taylor | Mar 12, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
I don’t really have much to say about the 45. I mean, it’s pretty short, exists mainly to serve one corridor, and…I can’t even think of a third thing to properly complete the sentence. Umm…yeah, let’s just get into this. The bus at...
