by Miles Taylor | Dec 17, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
What’s the best way of getting to South Station for a 5:30 AM train to Providence? How about walking to Clarendon Hill for the early-morning 89/93 trip that only departs at 4:33 AM? Sounds good to me! The Clarendon Hill busway is weird at this time… It was...
by Miles Taylor | Nov 27, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
Downtown Crossing is a labyrinth. I mean, we’ve all used this station before, either to transfer or to get to Downtown Boston. But seriously…does anyone know just how many entrances and exits this place has? My friends and I walked around...
by Miles Taylor | Sep 9, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
My very first review was of the 459. My second-to-last MBTA review will be of its counterparts, the 448 and 449. The funny thing is that I took the 449 over a year ago, but I just didn’t want to review it until I had the 448 done and I could do both in one post!...
by Miles Taylor | Dec 16, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
You know, when I review RTAs, I usually bash them for having long deviations to housing developments that get very few riders. Well, here’s an MBTA route that does exactly that – except it actually gets people! Indeed, the 40’s sole purpose is to...
by Miles Taylor | Nov 26, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
This is probably one of the strangest Lynn express routes, partly because it’s only an express in the evening! That’s right, the 424 only runs from downtown during the evening rush; in the morning rush, it gets cut back to Wonderland as the 424W. I took...