by Miles Taylor | Oct 31, 2020 | Miles on SEPTA
Argh, these long routes that run across the entirety of the City of Philadelphia will be the death of me! After my rather disappointing experience on the 47M, it was of course time to tackle that route’s M-less cousin. I did it by way of an awkward out-and-back:...
by Miles Taylor | Sep 6, 2020 | Miles on SEPTA
Ugh…this thing. Okay, time for a history lesson: the regular 47 (sans “M”) used to travel on 9th Street in the northbound direction, running straight through the Italian Market. While it was great to have a direct bus serving that location, the...
by Miles Taylor | Aug 16, 2020 | Miles on SEPTA
Wow, have we got a beast today. The 57 is an absolutely massive route, going from the northern border of Philadelphia (and indeed, slightly over it) to almost the southern border! But in typical Miles in Transit fashion, I wasn’t content with picking just any...
by Miles Taylor | Jul 14, 2020 | Miles on SEPTA
Our last SEPTA review was on the 64, a route that runs crosstown along a wide, close-to-the-city road in South Philadelphia and runs more infrequently than it should. The 43 is the northern version of that! Oh wait, let’s review the 50th-Parkside Loop first. The...
by Miles Taylor | May 19, 2020 | Miles on SEPTA
Some routes make a ton of sense as crosstowns. Take the 15: it runs straight across Girard and operates frequently all day every day to really maximize its usefulness. SEPTA has lots of routes like that. But then…there’s the odd, odd case of the 64....
