by Miles Taylor | Nov 4, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
Here’s another lost PVTA bus! The R14E was a rush hour-only (mostly) express route from Springfield to, as the name suggests, the Agawam Industrial Park. It’s gone now, but I rode it over the summer before it was cut, so we can see what it was like. The...
by Miles Taylor | Nov 3, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
Oh no oh no oh no OH NO OH NO OH NO! NOT ANOTHER ONE! NOT ANOTHER DEVIATORY MINIBUS SHUTTLE THING! All I can say about the Ware Shuttle is…beWare!!! Ha! OH MY GOD WHAT IS THAT?? This was quite possibly the worst minibus, and indeed the worst BUS, I’ve ever...
by Miles Taylor | Nov 1, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
We go from Park Street, one of the busiest and most iconic stations on the entire MBTA, to the PVTA Palmer Village Bus, a stupid minibus route with half a million deviations? Sigh…alright, then… NO! Having gotten off our R27 just before the Eastfield...
by Miles Taylor | Oct 31, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
Oh yeah. I’m doing it. You guys have been requesting this for months and months and months, and now it’s finally here. We’re checking a big one off the list today – it’s time to look at what is quite possibly the most iconic station on...
by Miles Taylor | Oct 30, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
The last Silver Line reviews! It’s time to head up to the airport and see what kinds of “stations” the SL1 has to offer. A bus leaving Terminal A. Station: Terminal A Ridership: The stop gets 484 riders per weekday. Nearby and...
by Miles Taylor | Oct 28, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
The SL2 now, huh? We’re really gonna review SL2 stops? We’re gonna walk around an industrial area to review shelters and signs? Sigh…duty calls, I guess… I think the SL2’s been drinking some of the Harpoon Brewery’s exports, am I...