by Miles Taylor | Aug 22, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
Man, you’ve gotta love Copley Square. Trinity Church, the Boston Public Library, the John Hancock Building…there are a lot of great sites to see here. But does its subway station compare? Well, let’s find out. The outbound entrances on two sides of...
by Miles Taylor | Aug 21, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
Okay, serious question: which do you prefer, the Boston Common or the Public Gardens? I’m of two minds – the Common has much more historical significance, but the Gardens are a lot nicer to walk through. Well, I’ll say this…Arlington is a much...
by Miles Taylor | Aug 21, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
Boylston was one of the original two stations on America’s first subway, which may be why it’s lacking in necessities. Free crossovers? Not here. Accessibility? Nuh-uh. Vintage trolley cars? Oh…yes, actually. The inbound entrance....
by Miles Taylor | Jul 5, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
Ah, the crosstown routes. Famous for advertising themselves as “Limited stops”, when in fact, they’re not really all that limited. The CT1 epitomizes this by basically being the 1, except it doesn’t go all the way to Harvard and it...
by Miles Taylor | Jun 19, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
I was super excited on the 504, because the trip I was on was timed perfectly to arrive at Watertown a few minutes before the departure of a 59. But it turned out I was looking at the 59’s Sunday schedule, and totally missed that bus, as it was actually a...
