by Miles Taylor | Feb 21, 2019 | Miles on the MBTA
Welcome back to the LRTA! I gotta say, we’ve got a pretty good route here with the 7. Could this be the best route on the system? Maybe! Wow…leafy! We began, like all LRTA routes (well, except that which must not be named), at the Kennedy Center. From...
by Miles Taylor | Jul 6, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
Today, we’re entering the strange world of IRS/Raytheon commuter shuttles. LRTA runs one, and MVRTA runs one (they just eliminated a second one). The LRTA route, the 11, is bidirectional, so we’ll be taking a look at this one first as we head towards...
by Miles Taylor | Apr 3, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
Well, this was a surprise! NBC was still with me, and I was worried that North Billerica was going to be boring – apparently, that is absolutely not the case! Looking down the ol’ platform. Okay, we’ll start with the platform, which is the least...
by Miles Taylor | Mar 31, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
This is the route I reviewed with Rob Michaelson from NBC! And of course, because we had a big camera, the 3 had to be using a minibus! Being crammed onto a tiny vehicle with a big news camera was interesting, but it was a great experience…too bad the...
by Miles Taylor | Feb 27, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
The LRTA added the 20 to its network of routes without much fanfare. It has a very slapped-together feel in that there’s no schedule. We just get the vague guideline of “service every 20 minutes” from 7:00 AM to 10:40 AM, weekdays only. What strange...
