by Miles Taylor | Jul 22, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
Finally! Our first PVTA review! As you may know, I’m doing a Summer Transportation Institute at UMass, so it makes sense that the first review out here would be of one of the system’s UMass routes. The 31 is actually one of the busiest routes on the PVTA...
by Miles Taylor | Jul 19, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
I’m not trying to stereotype, but…are all WRTA drivers really mean? I mean, Nathan and I tried to go to the end and back from Walmart on the 11 twice. The first time, the driver wouldn’t even let us on, so we ended up on the 1 instead; we were...
by Miles Taylor | Jul 18, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
I still have more WRTA routes to cover, but I figured I’d start interlining the PVTA stuff in between them to vary it up a bit. Except…what’s this? Yes, my first PVTA review isn’t even a PVTA review, but an FRTA review! This is a system...
by Miles Taylor | Jul 17, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
The 1 used to be the shortest, stubbiest little route, and I always wondered how the heck it could possibly get ridership. Ever since the demise of the 22, though, the 1 has been rerouted to cover some of the lost service, as well as extended to Walmart for…some...
by Miles Taylor | Jul 16, 2017 | Miles on the MBTA
Alright, take the B. Give it a bunch of extra deviations. Make it have a significantly worse schedule and way fewer riders. That’s the A! The bus at Walmart, with an actual sign! Leaving Walmart, we went down a hill out of the parking lot and turned onto Main...
