by Miles Taylor | Apr 23, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
Well, we established yesterday that the SL3 as a route isn’t as great as it might’ve seemed to be. Are the stations any better? Let’s take a gauntlet-style look at all of them! The inbound platform at Chelsea. We begin with Chelsea, and we’ll...
by Miles Taylor | Apr 22, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
I sprinted out of my house at 4:17 AM. I arrived at the empty main street…no cars going in either direction. Well, Sam said to wait at an inbound bus stop, so I headed over to the closest one. No cars coming. *BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP*!!!!! A vehicle...
by Miles Taylor | Apr 18, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
Yeah, this is technically a Logan Express, but they refer to it as the 99 on certain countdown clocks, so we’re calling it a Logan Airport Shuttle. No, I’m not going to do the other Logan Express routes. Okay, let’s go! Boarding at Hynes. The route...
by Miles Taylor | Jan 19, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
It’s the fifth anniversary of this blog, and we’ve gotta do something special for it! Here we are: South Station. The biggest station on the MBTA. The busiest station on the MBTA. The last station on the MBTA. Let’s. Do. This. Well, this...
by Miles Taylor | Nov 27, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
Downtown Crossing is a labyrinth. I mean, we’ve all used this station before, either to transfer or to get to Downtown Boston. But seriously…does anyone know just how many entrances and exits this place has? My friends and I walked around...