by Miles Taylor | May 24, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
The MBTA runs a bus route to an abandoned hospital. I’m not sure if I made myself clear enough: THE MBTA RUNS A BUS ROUTE TO AN ABANDONED HOSPITAL. And I mean proper abandoned, like, falling apart and everything! The 99 is the culprit, and it all starts at...
by Miles Taylor | May 22, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
The 411 has to be one of the most diverse – and crazy – routes on the MBTA. It includes a few strange deviations, including one through marshland in Revere! Keep in mind that this route sometimes uses new Excelsior buses, so it can be very odd to see them...
by Miles Taylor | May 21, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
After the wonderful downtowns of Wakefield and Peabody, I had high hopes for Saugus Center. Unfortunately, as my friend Nathan and I stepped off an outbound 428, it was clear that it wasn’t much. Standing next to a rotary with only a few gas stations and pizza...
by Miles Taylor | Apr 9, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
Well, this is officially the least frequent route on the MBTA – every 24 hours! In other words, the 434 only runs once a day in each direction, with one trip inbound in the morning and one outbound in the evening. I took the latter one, although things...
by Miles Taylor | Apr 1, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
Hey, guys! It’s me, Kilometers on the MBTA! Miles is sick, so I’ll be taking over for this post. And luckily for me, it’s a bus that serves office parks! I do love office parks. Thus, the 354 was quite a good bus for me. Well, except that all...