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...
by Miles Taylor | Mar 21, 2020 | Miles on the MBTA
Unlike the rather rural 5, the BRTA has deemed that the 12/14, a loop serving the southeast area of Pittsfield, is worthy of bidirectional service! Wow, people, this is huge: you can go both ways around this loop. I’m sure we’re dealing with a ridership...
by Miles Taylor | Mar 16, 2020 | Miles on the MBTA
I was hoping that the whole Corona quarantine rendering me a housebound worm would at least spur me to write more (a “productive worm”), but it seems like it’s instead encouraging me to mindlessly watch a bunch of YouTube videos (a “worm...
by Miles Taylor | Feb 20, 2020 | Miles on the MBTA
The 16 interlines straight into the 15, so I wasn’t able to get a proper shot of the bus! Shoot. I had to get creative. We headed out from the ITC onto the highway-like Center Street, passing some suburban businesses before turning onto Housatonic Street, whose...
by Miles Taylor | Feb 14, 2020 | Miles on the MBTA
Yikes, Crane Ave is the main street on the 16, and it offers pretty much nothing transit-oriented aside from one apartment complex. That’s the breaks when you’re running a system as rural as the BRTA, I guess… Minibus time! The initial section on...
