by Miles Taylor | Jul 5, 2019 | Miles on SEPTA
“R” you “R”eady for a “R”ollicking “R”omp down “R”oosevelt “R”oad? I su”R”e am! Ahoy, mateys: “Rrrrrrrrrrrrrr”!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hi, everyone from the Inquirer article. I swear...
by Miles Taylor | Jun 25, 2019 | Miles on SEPTA
A crosstown route across North Philadelphia from Strawberry Mansion to Olde Richmond? Alright, the 39 sounds pretty good to me! Wait…why does the route have a four-block jog in the eastbound direction only? Ohhhh noooooooo… “SEPTA off duty”?...
by Miles Taylor | Jun 19, 2019 | Miles on SEPTA
It was of the utmost importance that I rode the 3 on a Saturday or Sunday midday. You see, most of the time, it does indeed end at a SEPTA loop at 33rd-Cecil B. Moore, but on weekend middays…yes, weekend middays, it gets extended to the Smith Memorial Playground...
by Miles Taylor | Jun 6, 2019 | Miles on SEPTA
The 79 is a pretty good route to begin with: it’s a short, generally frequent, well-used crosstown straight across South Philadelphia on Snyder Ave. Sure, it used trackless trolleys until 2003, and it’s a real bummer that it doesn’t use them anymore,...
by Miles Taylor | May 25, 2019 | Miles on SEPTA
It’s the age-old question that’s been asked for centuries: what’s the best way of getting to the South Philadelphia malls? Scientists generally agree that it’s most efficient to hop on a southbound Broad Street Line train armed with an app to...