by Miles Taylor | Aug 5, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
I had the perfect plan to get back to UMass from Hartford! Everything timed perfectly – Peter Pan from Hartford to Springfield, the P21E to Holyoke, the B48 to Northampton, and the B43 back to Amherst. Plus, it worked out that there were 25 grace minutes for the...
by Miles Taylor | Mar 24, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
If there was ever one redeeming factor about the GATRA, it was that its buses could be reasonably trusted to arrive on time. I never had any doubt that their routes were at least reliable, and even if they were late, it was never more than five minutes or so....
by Miles Taylor | Jan 31, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
The “last trip” system on the T is fantastic in theory, but it doesn’t always work out in practice. To put it simply, the last trains downtown all have to wait for each other, then there are a bunch of bus routes that have to wait for those trains to...
by Miles Taylor | Oct 25, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
I was heading home from school at around 5 PM, as usual. The Red Line was apparently experiencing severe delays, but it didn’t impact the trip from Harvard to Porter too badly. Once at Porter, I realized I had just missed the 83, so I figured I would wait for...
by sam | Aug 11, 2016 | Miles on the MBTA
This is a guest transit tale by Sam Hegg about an individual of note on the 1 bus. As somebody who has taken the MBTA daily for almost my whole life, I’ve seen a lot of people. Big people, little people, loud people, quiet people, snobby people, nice people, rude...
