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Recent Posts from Miles on the MBTA
PVTA: 30 (North Amherst/Old Belchertown Road)
The 30 was a really nice convenience in the summer, mainly because of its clean schedule. Whereas the 31 runs every 35 minutes during the summer, the 30 is a nice every half hour. Of course, they both run every 15 minutes during the school year, when most people use...
PVTA: 33 (Puffer’s Pond/Shopper Shuttle)
While other UMass routes get insanely busy at peak periods, the 33 is always just kinda...there. During UMass's rush hour, packed 60-foot 30 and 31 buses truck students out to off-campus apartments, while the 33 just trundles through with a marginal amount of people...
PVTA: NE (Nashawannuck Express Flex/Van Service)
Oho, you can tell from that title that we're in for a good one today, folks! Oh man, it's good to be back in the world of deviatory minibus semi-flex services. Dear viewers, let's see what the Nash-a-wan-nuck Express has to offer. That's hard to...
PVTA: B6 (Union Station/Ludlow via Bay Street)
Ehhh, the B6 is just kind of a boring route. Sorry, I don't have anything exciting to say for the intro... The back of the bus at Union Station. We went down the main drag of Main Street for a while, at least until some tall buildings at Harrison Ave. There, we turned...
PVTA: R14 (Feeding Hills/Springfield)
Wow, how lucky was I to make it onto the R14's one Saturday trip that deviates to the Heritage Nursing Home? Pretty darn awesome, I gotta say! Of course, there's lots more to the route than that once-a-Saturday deviation... Boarding at Union Station. We went...
PVTA: R10 (Westfield/Westfield State University/West Springfield/via Route 20)
Thank goodness for my B23 being 20 minutes early! I was prepared to wait a really long time for the next R10, but thanks to a ridiculously early bus, I had time to both review the Olver Transit Pavilion and catch the previous R10! This is a route that runs every...
195 (Lemuel Shattuck Hospital – Tremont and Park Streets)
When I finished the 171, I was sure I was done. That was it. All the buses complete. Then I saw the anonymous comment (copied verbatim): "You stll need the 195 Shattuck Shelter-Park St. route." "No, I don't!" I thought. "It's not on the website, so it's not in my...
171 (Dudley Station – Logan Airport via Andrew Station)
How do I introduce the MBTA bus route that will be this blog's last? I still find it hard to believe that the thing I dedicated my life to for over four and a half years is...over. The last T bus route. This is it. We've been through a lot, everyone, but I think the...
GUEST POST: 72 (Huron Ave – Broadway @ Felton Street)
My girlfriend Zofia has some very strong opinions about the 72 school trip to Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School... Wanna have a stress free ride to school? Don’t count on the school trip 72 to do that for you. Yes, most days it can get you to school on time but...
PVTA: Olver Transit Pavilion
Okay, what is it with naming unnecessarily fancy transit centers after John Olver? Don't get me wrong, I'm sure he was a great congressman, but geez! First there was the FRTA's gigantic John Olver Transportation Center, and now we've got the PVTA's smaller (but no...
MBTA Bus Roadeo 2017!
Once again, I got the opportunity to attend the MBTA Bus Roadeo! It was basically the same thing as last year's Roadeo, but of course that means I had a blast! Like last year, I was a runner, bringing score sheets up to the scorers, and it was great to be able to help...
448/449 (Marblehead – Downtown Crossing via Paradise Road or Humphrey Street, Lynnway, and Airport)
My very first review was of the 459. My second-to-last MBTA review will be of its counterparts, the 448 and 449. The funny thing is that I took the 449 over a year ago, but I just didn't want to review it until I had the 448 done and I could do both in one post!...
PVTA: B23 (Holyoke/Westfield via Holyoke Community College)
The trip I took on this route would now be impossible! Yes, I took the B23 on a Saturday, and the PVTA has now eliminated Saturday service for it. I feel so accomplished! The bus just kinda sat in the middle of the street like this for a while... We went down Maple...
PVTA: R24 (Paper City Express)
I think the R24 can be summed up by what a passenger said to the driver as he got off the bus: "This took way too long! I'm never taking this bus ever again! Goodbye!" Couldn't have said it better myself. The bus coming towards the transportation center. We started...
Holyoke (Amtrak)
Holyoke was a newer addition to the newly-rerouted Vermonter, and it shows. This thing was designed with people in mind, and unlike Greenfield and Northampton, it actually has a full high level platform! Would you like to see more? If not, then you probably should,...