by Miles Taylor | Apr 6, 2014 | Miles on the MBTA
You may remember my Transit Tales post about the time my mother and I had to take a CT2 bus from the MFA to Kendall because a 47 passed us by. I wasn’t a fan of the CT2 then, but I had only taken part of the route. Now I can say that I’ve taken the whole...
by Miles Taylor | Mar 29, 2014 | Miles on the MBTA
There are, for all intents and purposes, two buses that terminate at Brighton Center (I’m counting the 501/503 as one, since they follow each other for almost the whole route). When I ended up on the 501, I wanted to do the double-whammy. And lo and behold,...
by Miles Taylor | Mar 8, 2014 | Miles on the MBTA
I had been wanting to go to Kenmore for awhile, simply because of the countdown clocks they installed there. I finally got the chance to visit after – what else? – taking a bus. And the busway, I have to say, is pretty darn…awesome. Just the fact...
by Miles Taylor | Feb 21, 2014 | Miles on the MBTA
Have you ever noticed that finding a bus downtown is like finding a needle in a haystack? When looking for the starting point of the 93, I went to both of the major stops downtown (Otis and Summer, and Federal and Franklin) and the 93 stopped at neither. I had a paper...
by Miles Taylor | Feb 8, 2014 | Miles on the MBTA
When you have to go to the Longwood Medical Area, you have two options: take the E to Longwood Medical Area Station, or take the D to Longwood Station. You can either wait for a train that never comes, or you can grab a train that runs pretty frequently. You can...
