by Miles Taylor | Aug 5, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
Capen Street was incredibly hard to find. For one thing, the neighborhood it’s in has crazy streets, which double back on themselves and go all over the place. Plus, the street after which the station is named is a dead end. It’s really unassuming, yet...
by Miles Taylor | Aug 5, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
A while ago, I walked the whole Mattapan High Speed Line, going to every station along the way, and now I’ve finally gotten around to reviewing them. Let’s do this. We’re starting at by far the most used of the bunch. Mattapan is the last stop on the...
by Miles Taylor | Jul 12, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
Of the four routes from Mattapan to the Orange Line, the 29 is probably the weirdest. It runs alongside other routes for almost its entire run, and has an odd scheduling quirk that I’ll get to later. I guess it’s just meant to supplement other...
by Miles Taylor | Jul 11, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
I get the feeling the MBTA doesn’t like Dedham too much. Quite a few bus routes terminate either just before Dedham or just after crossing the border – the 34E is really the only route that serves it substantially. The town does have its own local bus run...
by Miles Taylor | May 10, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
One of the most annoying things about taking buses from beginning to end is when you get kicked out at the last stop. This is especially annoying if the driver is really mad at you for just wanting to take the route to the end (cough, cough, the 8). But that problem...
