by Miles Taylor | Apr 4, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
Well, well, well, we finally return to my first RIPTA route! I was super excited to ride the 35 when I first did my Service Change post on it, but what is the 35 like as a route? Only one way to find out… We’re going all the way to Prov, not East Prov! We...
by Miles Taylor | Mar 29, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
Time for a gauntlet-style review of all of RIPTA’s URI services! Spoilers: they’re not too useful. Shh…it’s trying to camouflage with the trees! A well-timed 66 from the 210 took Sam and I up to Fairgrounds Road. We got off here and walked down...
by Miles Taylor | Mar 28, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
More Flex action! The 210 serves the URI campus, as well as some of the immediate surroundings, which presumably hold some off-campus student housing. Since our 62 would arrive a little later than the last timepoint stop on the route, though, Sam and I would have to...
by Miles Taylor | Mar 25, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
The 62 is a new route that was created to supplement the 66’s service to URI. Can it do its job, or is it muddied up with useless deviations? Well, let’s find out! You’re late! Both the 62 and the 66 were extended to Providence Station as part of...
by Miles Taylor | Mar 17, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
The MBTA has made many mistakes over the years. Wickford Junction is one of them. We begin with the busway. Throughout this review, we’ll be talking about the various ways Rhode Island has tried to make this waste of a station into something that comes even...
