by Miles Taylor | Mar 2, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
Here’s another frequent, direct RIPTA route serving northern Providence. Indeed, this time we’re starting in North Providence, a separate town entirely! The 57 is the most direct route into Providence proper, so let’s see what it’s like. The...
by Miles Taylor | Mar 1, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
It’s always nice to come back to a system that actually knows what it’s doing. The RIPTA runs the 56 every 15 minutes, which really is awesome. Though Josh and I rode it on a Saturday, when its service drops to half-hourly, it was clear that this is a...
by Miles Taylor | Feb 28, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
Guys, this is a one-off. I am not coming back to this ridiculously planned system that uses gas-guzzling, lung cancer-causing hunks of trash to run its routes! But let me back up. Ahem…the Yellow North Line. After the LRTA 20, Nathan and I decided to try...
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...
by Miles Taylor | Feb 26, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
After the Extended Overnight, I can’t go around saying that any other Harvard routes are “hard to ride,” but this one comes pretty close – the Quad Stadium route runs from 5 AM to 7 AM, and that’s it. The early bird gets the worm, I...
