by Miles Taylor | Oct 29, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
Well, I have to give the city an A for effort. They took an industrial area and completely turned it around by putting fancy new signs up that advertise it as…an industrial area. Newmarket even has a website, which calls the neighborhood “Boston’s...
by Miles Taylor | Oct 24, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
This one never made sense to me – why would a route that runs through such transit-starved neighborhoods run weekdays-only? I guess it’s because almost the whole of the 19’s length is shared with other routes, but it was always a little weird to me....
by Miles Taylor | Oct 12, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
Whenever I return to Boston, I like to come back with a bang. So, who’s up for a Commuter Rail station on its last legs? Chelsea Station has always been a bit of an outcast, a lone Commuter Rail station where there ought to be proper transit. That’s...
by Miles Taylor | Aug 19, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
Wow, Brandeis University gets its own Commuter Rail station! That’s great! Well, wait, both Harvard and MIT get subway stops. And actually, there are many universities in the Boston area with frequent subway access. Huh…well, here’s Brandeis/Roberts,...
by Miles Taylor | Aug 19, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
Although this is an express bus, it gets a surprising amount of local traffic, too. Like its companion, the 554, the 553 serves a college on its independent section (Brandeis University), as well as a Commuter Rail station. So let’s take a look at yet another...
