by sam | Sep 28, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
In this Operational Oculi, I decided that I’d take a quick break from garage walkthroughs and begin to tackle the subject of how a public transportation schedule is made. Some terms that I am going to try to define today are “running time”, “layover”, and...
by sam | Sep 12, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
Miles’s teachers aren’t being too nice as of late, giving him tons of homework and eating away his time to write on here. So you might be stuck with me for a little while…. Anyways, today we’re going to talk about Lynn Garage, the MBTA’s operational hub for all routes...
by sam | Sep 3, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
Today’s post takes us to the Quincy Garage, located (here’s a shocker) in Quincy, MA. Quincy Garage is the operational center of all of the “200 series” routes, which for the most part congregate around the Quincy Center Station. Routes leave in all directions from...
by sam | Sep 2, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
“Oculi” means “Eye” in Latin. Don’t worry, I had no idea what that meant either. You can thank Miles for the name. I’m Sam Hegg, a lifelong supporter of public transportation. I’ve grown up in the Boston Area my whole life, and was exposed to the MBTA from a very...