by Miles Taylor | Jul 25, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
For RIPTA standards, the 13 is about as far out as you can get on a local bus. In fact, this route goes so far out that it doesn’t even go to Providence! That’s right, we had to get this thing from the Warwick Mall. Boy, I sure do love that bus stop...
by Miles Taylor | Jul 22, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
Isn’t it sad how the only bus that runs in Lowell on Sundays isn’t even run by the Lowell bus system? Yes, today we’re checking out the MVRTA 41, doing its multi-jurisdictional trip from Lawrence to its milltown cousin to the west! Tight quarters...
by Miles Taylor | Jul 21, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
It’s time for Part 2 of our duo of weird commuter shuttles! Now we’re doing the MVRTA 75, which will take us from the scary land known as Raytheon to the Buckley Transportation Center, another scary land. Well, at least it’s civilization. Obviously I...
by Miles Taylor | Jul 6, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
Today, we’re entering the strange world of IRS/Raytheon commuter shuttles. LRTA runs one, and MVRTA runs one (they just eliminated a second one). The LRTA route, the 11, is bidirectional, so we’ll be taking a look at this one first as we head towards...
by Miles Taylor | Jun 29, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
Ohhh, this one’s a real monstrosity. The trouble began when my 7 arrived at Lunenburg Crossing seven minutes late. That should’ve been okay, though – there were ten minutes of screw-up time between the scheduled arrival of the 7 and the...
