by Miles Taylor | May 24, 2020 | Miles on the MBTA
Over seven years ago, I opened up my Lechmere review by saying that it was a station on its last legs. Seven years later, those legs have finally crumbled: yesterday was the 98-year-old terminal’s last hurrah, with the station now in the process of getting...
by Miles Taylor | May 18, 2020 | Miles on the MBTA
Well, we’ve covered the North Shuttle, now it’s time to head south! The Dial-A-Ride vehicle returns. While the North Shuttle acts as a park-and-ride route for northern Bellingham, the South Shuttle has ulterior motives: it runs from Forge Park to almost...
by Miles Taylor | May 16, 2020 | Miles on the MBTA
Oh YES! THE TRIUMPHANT RETURN OF GATRA!!!!! And this is a side of our favorite RTA not seen quite as often on here: commuter routes with HORRIBLE ridership! Welcome to the Bellingham North Shuttle! Oh, of course it uses Dial-A-Ride vehicles. I suppose it’s not a...
by Miles Taylor | May 14, 2020 | Miles on the MBTA
The WRTA loves to take one bus and use it to single-handedly run some sort of “bonus route” on the system. For a while this took the form of a downtown shuttle, whether it was the small free loop of the 80 or the larger un-free loop of the 40. Eventually...
by Miles Taylor | Apr 27, 2020 | Miles on the MBTA
The 25 has really shifted around throughout the past few years – as far as I can remember, it’s had three different termini since I started paying attention to the WRTA. The one commonality between the route’s various permutations is its 0.8 mile...
by Miles Taylor | Apr 4, 2020 | Miles on the MBTA
Yes, this is the end of our BRTA adventures for now. I know there are two night routes I still have to do, but they’re near-impossible unless I can find a place to stay out there, so for now, we’re gonna be taking the 21X back out into the hinterlands to...
