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Recent Posts from Miles on the MBTA
Update
Full disclosure: I have not started writing the Downtown Crossing review. The reason for this is that I'm in the pit band for my school's production of West Side Story, and next week is Tech Week. That means I'm going to be getting home at 10:30 every night with...
PVTA: 36 (Olympia Drive/Atkins Farm)
A little over 3 months after I left Amherst, we're finally finishing my summer tenure with the PVTA! And what better way to end that summer with a summer-only UMass route? Yes, today we'll be looking at none other than the 36, a route which kinda defies logical...
PVTA: R14E (Springfield/Agawam Industrial Park)
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 bus at Union...
PVTA: WS (Ware Shuttle)
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 been on...
PVTA: PV (Palmer Village)
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 Mall...
Park Street
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 the MBTA, Park Street! Here's...
Airport Terminals
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 Noteworthy: "This is...
Harbor Street, Tide Street, 23 Drydock Avenue, 27 Drydock Avenue, 88 Black Falcon Avenue, and Design Center
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 right?? Ahem...this is Harbor...
Worcester Square, Massachusetts Avenue, Lenox Street, and Melnea Cass Boulevard
What's on the ballot today? Oh, more Silver Line stations? Cool, cool...let's just get Washington Street done with, then. What the heck is this?? Well, it's Worcester Square. Station: Worcester Square Ridership: It's pretty low - only 817 people per weekday....
Herald Street, East Berkeley Street, Union Park Street, and Newton Street
This is painful, but in order to say I've truly reviewed every MBTA rapid transit stop, I kinda-sorta have to do the Silver Line ones too. Yup, I've stooped down to reviewing literal, actual bus stops. This should be interesting... A bus leaving Herald Street....
Morton Street
Let's take care of a one-off Fairmount Line review, shall we? This is Morton Street. It's a Fairmount Line station in Mattapan. That's all the background you need. There it is! Morton Street Station is located on the road of the same name, a four-lane behemoth of...
Logan Airport Shuttle: 55 (Serves All Terminals to subway station and to Rental Car Center)
So I found out that before I can do the big review, I have to do some other reviews that sorta pertain to the big review in a way, mostly for dramatic purposes for when the big review finally comes out. It'll become clear at some point. Well, anyway, before I can do...
PVTA: R27 (Springfield/Eastfield Mall via 16 Acres-Wilbraham)
As I continue to work on my big review that I know all of you will like quite a lot, let's take a look at a defunct PVTA route! The R27 was eliminated pretty soon after I left Amherst, so I'm glad I got the opportunity to ride it - and it was hard to find even when it...
Harvard Shuttle: Crimson Cruiser (Quad – Mather House via Memorial Hall)
Might as well crank this one out while we're on the topic of Harvard Shuttles. The big review that's coming will be really good, I promise! The bus alongside Cambridge Common...and a car that got in the way. I got on at Garden Street along Cambridge Common, and we...
Harvard Shuttle: Extended Overnight (Quad – Mather House via Memorial Hall)
We're taking a break from the PVTA for just a bit while I work on a huge review that I think all you guys will really like! In the meantime, let's look at this piece of trash. Comin' round the bend. The Extended Overnight is Harvard's overnight bus (obviously),...