by Miles Taylor | Aug 13, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
The H2O route of the CCRTA runs from Orleans to Hyannis, via Brewster, Harwich, Chatham, Harwich again, Dennis, and Yarmouth. Sound circuitous? You bet it is. I’ll start this post right where the last one let off… The “stop” at which we waited...
by Miles Taylor | Aug 12, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
If you’re coming from Hyannis, taking the Capeflyer train is simple and straightforward. If you’re coming from Provincetown…not so much. Although the Plymouth and Brockton bus runs direct from Provincetown to Hyannis, I wanted to see the local...
by Miles Taylor | Aug 4, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
Okay, Haverhill’s a nice town and all, but you run out of things to do when you’re stuck there for three hours. I took it upon myself to come up with a solution: take a bus. And not just any old bus – a bus to another state. That’s right, we...
by Miles Taylor | Jul 28, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
Well, I hate to say it, but the only high speed train in America is a bit of a joke. For a beefed up price, you only save about half an hour from New York to Boston. And on our trip, we lost about 45 minutes because our train stopped in the middle of nowhere for...
by Miles Taylor | Jul 27, 2015 | Miles on the MBTA
After our Staten Island adventure, my father and I wanted to take one more ride. Well, I wanted to take one more ride. Okay, anyway, we decided to take the 1 up to Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx. Problem was, the 1 is a slow local train. The solution was taking...