by Miles Taylor | Sep 3, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
Holyoke was a newer addition to the newly-rerouted Vermonter, and it shows. This thing was designed with people in mind, and unlike Greenfield and Northampton, it actually has a full high level platform! Would you like to see more? If not, then you probably should,...
by Miles Taylor | Sep 2, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
Is it possible for a transit center built in 2010 to look like it came from the 1970s? The Holyoke Transportation Center tries to answer this question, and clearly, the answer is a resounding “Yes.” *Ahem.* Case in point… Yeah…this is it. Gotta...
by Miles Taylor | Aug 29, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
Wow, this route is scenic! The name of it doesn’t sound all that impressive, but the R41 offers some awesome views from mountain peaks as it winds its way from Northampton to Easthampton to western Holyoke. Let’s see how my awful pictures ruined those...
by Miles Taylor | Aug 28, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
On the day this post comes out, August 27th, 2017, the Tiger Trolley is being eliminated. Good freaking riddance. The bus at the Holyoke Transportation Center. We left the Holyoke Transportation Center and made our way up Maple Street, then we turned onto Lyman...
by Miles Taylor | Aug 27, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
I let out a groan when this thing showed up and it was a stupid minibus. I mean, with some routes you expect it. The “Tiger Trolley”? Yeah, that’s a minibus. The “Palmer Village Shuttle”? Gotta be a minibus. But the X98…gosh, I...
