by Miles Taylor | Nov 13, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
This is one of the biggest jumps I could possibly make – we’re going from the PVTA in western Mass to an MBTA station just a few towns away from Cape Cod. And just like the Cape itself, Middleborough/Lakeville is a boring place. Boom, roasted! Sorry, I...
by Miles Taylor | Nov 12, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
Well, here we are. The last PVTA route. This took way longer than I thought it would, but we’ve finished the second-busiest RTA in Massachusetts. Our final route is quite possibly the most scenic one on the whole system: the 39, the one Amherst route that...
by Miles Taylor | Nov 11, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
One of the great things about the Amherst area is the Five-College Consortium, allowing students to take classes in five great colleges, all in relatively close proximity to each other. One of the most important connectors between them is the 38, which serves four of...
by Miles Taylor | Nov 10, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
It’s so weird imagining a deviatory loop getting busy, and yet here we are! The 34 and 35 run a crazy figure-8 loop around the UMass campus in opposite directions, and we’re about to see how many deviations are possible within it! The 34 coming into...
by Miles Taylor | Nov 9, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
You thought Harvard’s shuttle system was confusing? Well, yeah, you’re right, but here’s a college shuttle that may be able to give Harvard a run for its money. I’m talking about the OWL, the PVTA’s shuttle within Westfield State...
by Miles Taylor | Nov 8, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
When I reviewed the R10 over the summer, it was on its school vacation routing, where it runs all the way to Westfield State University. During the school year, however, the R10 terminates at Westfield Center and they run a shuttle route, the R10S, from there to the...
