by Miles Taylor | May 23, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
Ahhh, it’s good to be back on a system I know and love! Yeah, you know, I always miss GATRA whenever I’m away from it for a while. It’s so charming in its awfulness, and every GATRA route seems to be full of surprises. While the FAB wasn’t as...
by Miles Taylor | May 18, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
Yes! We’re finally leaving Athol! We’re on our way home! Let’s just wait at the Athol ITC and get the lovely Athol/Orange Link, and…oh God, what is that… TRUCK MINIBUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m just gonna come out...
by Miles Taylor | May 16, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
Man, this route is out there! It officially gets to a point where it’s closer to the New York border than it is to Boston. Interestingly, this far-out land has had a bus route for a while; this deviation-filled loopy-loop used to be operated by a company called...
by Miles Taylor | May 15, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
Oh no, ATHOL has an “intermodal transit center” too? This has to be even worse than the Gardner one, right? Well, right off the bat, I’ll say this: the Athol ITC is in an old train station, so it’s more “intermodal” than...
by Miles Taylor | May 12, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
Ohhh…we get to go back to…Gardner! And ride a really long, deviation-filled bus route around the whole…city. My…favorite……place………. YAY! GARDNER!!!! The bus was very nice, at least. It was that rear door-less...
