by Miles Taylor | Aug 3, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
A guest post from Phillip Byrne about North Quincy. Thanks, Phillip! Continuing south on the Braintree Branch of the Red Line, North Quincy is about 2 minutes to Wollaston. Going north it’s eight minutes to JFK/UMASS, the longest distance between 2 stops in the subway...
by Miles Taylor | Aug 1, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
How can any bus route be scheduled this incompetently? How can any bus route be scheduled this incompetently? Unless the PVTA has figured out how to slow down and speed up time, the G5 defies any sort of logic. The bus at Union Station. From Union Station, we...
by Miles Taylor | Aug 1, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
Wow, this route taught me about the existence of so many new neighborhoods and towns! Williamsburg! Haydenville! Leeds! All that and more on the R42! This is about it for Williamsburg Center… Sam and I just took the route out and back in, but I’ll be...
by Miles Taylor | Jul 31, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
Huh…y’know, this station is practically identical to Greenfield, and yet…yeah, I just don’t like it nearly as much. Why could this be? Well, we’ll have to take a look and find out. Here’s Northampton Station! Well, this platform...
by Miles Taylor | Jul 30, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
The B43 is one of the backbones of UMass transit…even though it’s not actually run by UMass Transit. Providing a crucial connection between Northampton and UMass (plus Smith and Amherst Colleges), this route can get absolutely packed during the school...
by Miles Taylor | Jul 28, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
Finally, our last Boston-area route before I can switch entirely to the PVTA! Funnily enough, it’s a route serving a different UMass – UMass Boston. This will finish our reviews of the university’s small shuttle system. This was a nice bus....
