MVRTA: 83 (Salisbury Beach/Hampton Beach)

MVRTA: 83 (Salisbury Beach/Hampton Beach)

This is the problem with hyper-riding a million routes at the end of the summer: now I’m stuck reviewing a summer-only route in December! Oh well, this is a pretty cool one. The 83 runs from Lawrence allllllllllll the way to Hampton Beach! The bus at Buckley,...
Liam Asks…

Liam Asks…

What’s your favorite rapid transit line on the MBTA? I’ll do you one better, Liam, and rank them from worst to best! 5. Silver Line I mean, if you want to even count the Silver Line, of course it’s rock bottom. Although the Waterfront routes have...
MWRTA: 9 (Worcester Road)

MWRTA: 9 (Worcester Road)

Staples headquarters at 8 PM is a lonely place. I was just standing around, waiting for the 9 and hoping this last 8:10 trip actually existed. If it didn’t, I had no idea what I would do. 8:10 came and went. So did 8:15. Was I stuck forever? Finally, the bus...
MWRTA: 7C (Inner City Marlborough)

MWRTA: 7C (Inner City Marlborough)

To keep the 7’s schedule from being too infrequent, the MWRTA has decided to relegate all the Marlborough deviations to a separate route, the 7C. Is this route any good? No, no it isn’t. Another day, another minibus. We made our way onto Newton...
Maggie Asks…

Maggie Asks…

What would you say is the route on the MBTA that requires the most work? This is a very interesting question, and my default answer for this one is always the 70. This is a very long, very important route from Central Square, Cambridge to Central Square, Waltham. Or...