MVRTA: 21 (Andover Shuttle)

MVRTA: 21 (Andover Shuttle)

What the heck is the 21, MVRTA? Deviations, weird headways, and PVTA Syndrome…oh my! Oh, and it goes to a senior center. Even better! We left the North Andover Mall onto Winthrop Ave, but we soon turned onto Waverly Road, the first cross street we came across....
MVRTA: 33 (North Andover)

MVRTA: 33 (North Andover)

Whenever my train gets into Lawrence, I always check the 33 schedule to see if there’s a bus coming to the station to take me to Lawrence. So far, I haven’t been lucky, being forced to do the rather long walk to the Buckley Transportation Center. Still,...
MVRTA: 51 (Haverhill – Amesbury)

MVRTA: 51 (Haverhill – Amesbury)

In comparison to the last route, the 51 is a rather straight connector between Amesbury and Haverhill. It’s also the busiest route based out of Haverhill, despite the fact that it runs more infrequently than the other Haverhill routes. Weird! The bus in...
MVRTA: 83 (Salisbury Beach/Hampton Beach)

MVRTA: 83 (Salisbury Beach/Hampton Beach)

This is the problem with hyper-riding a million routes at the end of the summer: now I’m stuck reviewing a summer-only route in December! Oh well, this is a pretty cool one. The 83 runs from Lawrence allllllllllll the way to Hampton Beach! The bus at Buckley,...