by Miles Taylor | Jul 5, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
I’ve used the 77 many times, and would consider myself quite familiar with that route. But from around Porter Square down to Harvard, there’s this other mysterious bus that shows up sometimes: the 96. It doesn’t come around too often, but it used to...
by Miles Taylor | Jul 5, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
I’ve never thought about if “Arlmont” had a meaning to it or not. It’s always just seemed like an odd name for a neighborhood to me. Then I realized that it’s actually a combination of Arlington and Belmont! Because it straddles both...
by Miles Taylor | Jul 4, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
I get that when taking a route in the non-peak direction on the day before July 4th, you wouldn’t see much ridership. But I was expecting at least, you know, other people to ride with me on the 84. But nope, there was no such thing. Maybe there were riders...
by Miles Taylor | Jun 30, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
Hoo boy, we are going deep into Park-and-Ride Land today, people. After Alewife, Quincy Adams has the largest park-and-ride garage on the entire system. And unlike Alewife, which has seen lots and lots of development, Quincy Adams is still kind of in the middle...
by Miles Taylor | Jun 29, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
Getting to Hull by bus is a bit of a complicated matter, in that you have to take two of them. The first of those is the 220, which will take you as far as Hingham. And even though the ride to Hull is much more scenic, the 220 does have a few pleasant views for...
