FRTA: 22 (BlueLink Connector)

FRTA: 22 (BlueLink Connector)

Why does the 22 have a colored name? Does that make it important? Because it only runs four trips a day. It doesn’t serve Greenfield. It almost entirely duplicates other routes. No, doesn’t seem important to me. The bus approaching at Turners Falls. We...
FRTA: 24 (Crosstown Connector)

FRTA: 24 (Crosstown Connector)

The 24 is probably the FRTA’s best route, but our experience on it was one of the worst. It all started when a real clunker of a bus showed up at the JWO Transit Center about 25 minutes late… This’ll be a fun ride! Hopefully. So the 24 runs from...
FRTA: 31 (Northampton/Greenfield)

FRTA: 31 (Northampton/Greenfield)

By the time my friend and I got to this point in the day, we had been seeing a lot of fields and tiny towns. The 31 was kinda like going back to civilization – it travels to the giant metropolis of Northampton! Okay, maybe it’s not that big, but it is the...
FRTA: 41 (Charlemont/Greenfield)

FRTA: 41 (Charlemont/Greenfield)

Welcome to the most rural route that the FRTA operates! The 41, the system’s westernmost route, runs out to a tiny town called Charlemont that I wouldn’t have heard of if the 41 didn’t end there. Also, it only runs four times per day… The...
FRTA: 21 (Greenfield Community)

FRTA: 21 (Greenfield Community)

Okay…time to do the 20, but in the opposite direction! Yeah, sorry if the 21 ends up being a bit redundant… Yikes, what an unflattering angle. So we headed straight up Federal Street, leaving downtown Greenfield pretty quickly in favor of more suburban...