by Miles Taylor | Nov 7, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
What, you thought I was done with the PVTA? Nope, I still have to do the school year routes! Sam and I took Peter Pan out there recently so that I could truly complete the system. Let’s start things off with the P11, an express route from Springfield to the...
by Miles Taylor | Nov 6, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
Full disclosure: I have not started writing the Downtown Crossing review. The reason for this is that I’m in the pit band for my school’s production of West Side Story, and next week is Tech Week. That means I’m going to be getting home at 10:30...
by Miles Taylor | Nov 5, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
A little over 3 months after I left Amherst, we’re finally finishing my summer tenure with the PVTA! And what better way to end that summer with a summer-only UMass route? Yes, today we’ll be looking at none other than the 36, a route which kinda...
by Miles Taylor | Nov 4, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
Here’s another lost PVTA bus! The R14E was a rush hour-only (mostly) express route from Springfield to, as the name suggests, the Agawam Industrial Park. It’s gone now, but I rode it over the summer before it was cut, so we can see what it was like. The...
by Miles Taylor | Nov 3, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
Oh no oh no oh no OH NO OH NO OH NO! NOT ANOTHER ONE! NOT ANOTHER DEVIATORY MINIBUS SHUTTLE THING! All I can say about the Ware Shuttle is…beWare!!! Ha! OH MY GOD WHAT IS THAT?? This was quite possibly the worst minibus, and indeed the worst BUS, I’ve ever...
