by Miles Taylor | Jan 31, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
Okay, so even if I made fun of the angry driver of the 8, he did help us out a lot. If he hadn’t dropped us off back at JFK/UMASS, we wouldn’t have been able to catch the 41 to Jamaica Plain Center. I still don’t understand the driver’s...
by Miles Taylor | Jan 27, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
It’s not often you miss the last stop on a bus. But once we reached the last stop of the 8, the driver decided to drive away before yelling at us. Thus, for all intents and purposes, my friend Jason and I missed the final stop of a bus route. What an...
by Miles Taylor | Jan 25, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
I think buses look amazing in the snow. It’s a shame, then, that on a snowy day I had to wait for the 75 in the underground Harvard busway. That said, I’d much rather wait for the bus in a tunnel rather than a sign out in the middle of nowhere,...
by Miles Taylor | Jan 23, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
I said in my post about Lowell that the station was pretty depressing. It was very functional and all, but just didn’t feel…right. Honestly, though, Lowell doesn’t even come close to how foreboding Lynn is. Really, this place is a dump. The...
by Miles Taylor | Jan 18, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
Well, this was a crazy one. The 429’s primary purpose seems to be serving the Square One Mall in Saugus, along Route 1. It also goes all the way down to Northgate Shopping Center, which is another reasonably popular destination. Along the way from Lynn, it takes...
