by Miles Taylor | Aug 14, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
Gary took a trip on the Roanoke Valley Metro System and wrote up an interesting overview of what he saw. Thanks, Gary! The Valley Metro is a system in southwestern Virginia that comprises of thirty-one local and two express routes, special event shuttles, and the...
by Miles Taylor | Aug 4, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
Anyone familiar with the area must have known this was coming. Yes, of course, how could I have ridden the G5 without taking advantage of its connection at MassMutual: the CTtransit 905, express to Hartford? Time to visit the Insurance Capital of the World!...
by Miles Taylor | Sep 22, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
Here is Part 2 of Gabe W’s international transit journey. Great job as usual, Gabe! Gabe here again! When I was last with you guys I was leaving Israel. Now, for the second part of the journey, we stayed in Madrid for five days! So, of course, our plane landed...
by Miles Taylor | Sep 20, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
Gabe W. sent this guest post about transit in Israel. Thanks, Gabe! Look out for Part 2, which will talk about transit in Madrid. Hello fellow MBTA riders! I’m Gabe W., a random reader of Miles’s fantastic blog. Recently, I took a two week international trip to...
by Miles Taylor | Aug 15, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
A bus in New York City that’s…fast? Well, this is a new one! The Q35 is a quick route from Brooklyn College (a station on the 2 and 5) to Rockaway Park Beach in Queens. On my summer ride, the route had healthy ridership from beachgoers, as well as locals...