by Miles Taylor | Jan 5, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
No, of course I didn’t forget about the BAT’s Rockland Flex service! It’s a little minibus route that goes from Rockland to…I guess technically Brockton, but it’s not the BAT Centre. Instead, the bus starts at Signature...
by Miles Taylor | Jan 5, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
Alright, our final BAT route! It’s another typical one, just running out to the eastern sections of the city and a little bit into Abington. Let’s take a look at the 5. Getting on at the BAT Centre one last time. We went down Commercial Street, lined with...
by Miles Taylor | Jan 3, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
Oh yes, here we are on the craziest route of the BAT (barring the 12). The 4 could honestly pass for an MBTA route based on its crowds! Here we go! I purposely got the 4 in the inbound direction so I would have to take it around its loop from Westgate. First, we...
by Miles Taylor | Jan 1, 2018 | Miles on the MBTA
Huh, apparently the Mini Maller doesn’t use a minibus! It makes just as many deviations as a minibus would, but it does not in fact use one. Well, well! I boarded the bus at Market Basket, but we couldn’t leave the mall until we served the other side of...
by Miles Taylor | Dec 31, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
Who needs the 4 when you have the 4A, otherwise known as the less insane version of the 4? We’ll get into how crazy the 4 is another time, but for now, here’s its counterpart, the 4A. The bus at the BAT Centre. We went down Court Street, then turned onto...